From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/4714 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Barr Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Science Citation Index Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:56:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Reply-To: Michael Barr NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241020124 14523 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:48:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:48:44 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Fri Dec 5 09:26:30 2008 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:26:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1L8acP-0002cf-Hb for categories-list@mta.ca; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:17 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 18 Original-Lines: 68 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:4714 Archived-At: Considering the AMS's attitude to category theory, I assume that this is what they meant to do. Michael On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, George Janelidze wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I think John asks a very good question! However: > > While the Thomson Scientific's "Science Citation Index" could be related to > some commercial matters that I do not understand, Mathematical Reviews in > just Mathematical Reviews, > > and for each of us it has "Author Profile", > > and among other things it gives you the total number of citations on your > papers, > > and if you click on "Citations", it lists citations, > > and below the list there is "Reference List Journals", > > and if you click on that, you will see a lot of journal titles, > > but not "Theory and Applications of Categories", not "Cahiers", and not > "Applied Categorical Structures". > > That is, according to Mathematical Reviews, the citations in Category Theory > journals are not citations! > > I am sure this is not what Mathematical Reviews really wanted to do, and > that it must be corrected first of all. > > George Janelidze > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Baez" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:23 PM > Subject: categories: Science Citation Index > > >> Dear category theorists - >> >> Thomson Scientific runs the well-known "Science Citation Index", which >> "provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, >> powerful access to the bibliographic and citation information they need to >> find relevant, comprehensive research data". I believe data from this > index >> is used in tenure and promotion decisions at some universities. >> >> I just heard that "Theory and Applications of Categories" and "Cahiers" > are >> not listed on the Science Citation Index, while - for example - Elsevier's >> journal "Homeopathy" is listed there. >> >> Is this true? Is there some way to improve the situation? >> >> Best, >> jb > > >