Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 25

My Scholarly Kitchen interview with Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill today:

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/25/r...

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Carsten Buhr - The Scholarly Kitchen

Robert Harington talks to Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1 1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 21

This is my world:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

Math Is Quietly in Crisis over NSF Funding Cuts

A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.

www.scientificamerican.com

1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 19

Just ordered your book!

1 1

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · Jul 18

"Preprints aren’t a threat - they’re part of the ecosystem.” Robert Harington, the AMS Chief Publishing Officer, makes the case for coexistence, not competition, between journals and preprints in publishing.

Read the article here: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/14/p...

Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem - The Scholarly Kitchen

Robert Harington digs into the world of preprints. He uses the field of mathematics to explore how an inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater t...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

2 4

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 18

My Scholarly Kitchen “Chef de Cuisine” interview today, with Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at the American Society for Microbiology.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/18/c...

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Melissa Junior - The Scholarly Kitchen

Robert Harington talks to Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at The American Society for Microbiology, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-p...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 16

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/16/b...

Better Together: ORCID and Other Researcher Identifiers - The Scholarly Kitchen

This post is based on a recently-published white paper by Alice Meadows and Josh Brown of MoreBrains Cooperative, in which they discuss why ORCID iDs work best in combination with other researcher ide...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 15

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/15/c...

Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses - The Scholarly Kitchen

An AAAS survey reveals authors' concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 14

My Scholarly Kitchen post today:

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/14/p...

Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem - The Scholarly Kitchen

Robert Harington digs into the world of preprints. He uses the field of mathematics to explore how an inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater t...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

5 6

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jul 2

My Scholarly Kitchen post today…

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/02/c...

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Matthew Kissner - The Scholarly Kitchen

Robert Harington talks to Matt Kissner, CEO of Wiley, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Jun 9

Scholarly Kitchen Chefs, including me, reflect on the recent SSP conference in Baltimore.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/09/a...

Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting? - The Scholarly Kitchen

The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1 5

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · May 26

“This debt …should be at the forefront of our minds this Memorial Day….We are being asked not to charge into a hail of …artillery fire but only to speak up and to stand up in the face of foundational threats.” Historian and former Harvard president Drew Faust. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...

Opinion | We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up.

www.nytimes.com

6 150 470

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · May 16

I am proud of the American Mathematical Society for launching this initiative.

American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · May 16

Read more about this new initiative: www.ams.org/grants-award...

AMS Backstop Grants

www.ams.org

2

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Michele Avissar-Whiting @madubs.bsky.social · May 15

Just learned of this effort to crowd-source a mega list of examples of benefits to health, prosperity, and national security resulting from federally-funded research. 41 examples listed to date. Please share and send ideas!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com

h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

5 7

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Liz Whitlock, MD, MSc @lizwhitlockmd.bsky.social · May 15

Wonderful message from Dr. Holden Thorp (EIC @science.org ) about @elisabethbik.bsky.social identifying fabricated data, sometimes in Science papers, & "trusted colleague" in the scientific publishing process. Deeply important for public trust to run towards, not away from, corrections.

2 5 32

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Anirvan Chatterjee @chatterjee.net · Apr 28

A group of artists created these images of scientists impacted by federal firings and budget cuts

silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists

Silenced Science Stories

Featuring scientists impacted by federal firings and budget cuts

silencedsciencestories.com

6 6

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Michele Avissar-Whiting @madubs.bsky.social · Apr 17

Humanity has developed a machine that is synthesizing the entire corpus of human knowledge and can now offer us contextual insights on and even reasoned analysis of its contents in milliseconds, but won't somebody think of the citation accuracy?
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/g...

Guest Post - The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train? - The Scholarly Kitchen

It is time for OA proponents to engage in public debate with academic associations, universities and national funding agencies, because the widespread use of academic content in AI models poses signif...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1 3 3

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Apr 14

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...?

A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice

The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.

www.newyorker.com

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Apr 7

Another good article from Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews

Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.

www.nytimes.com

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Mar 22

It seems to be standing up Ok.

2

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Mar 15

Really good from Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University:

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

A College President Gets Real About Trump’s Attack on Universities

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth lets loose on Trump’s executive orders and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

www.politico.com

2 8

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Mar 14

Too funny today on the Scholarly Kitchen:

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/14/a...

A Tradition Like No Other: The Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team - The Scholarly Kitchen

A spectacular crop of lettuce at this year's edition of the traditional mullet spotting competition.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

1

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Mar 12

www.ams.org/news?news_id...

1 1

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

Michele Avissar-Whiting @madubs.bsky.social · Mar 11

A big ray of sunshine in the clouds for science!

openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · Mar 11

openRxiv has arrived!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...

#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

1 6

Reposted by rharington.bsky.social

alicemeadows.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social · Mar 8

Many thanks to Michael Roth & Wesleyan University for speaking up - we need more of this from our leaders!

3 4

rharington.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social · Feb 19

Pam’s article mentioned in Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/howard...

What Do Family Caregivers Really Want? Cash.

Ask family caregivers what sort of government support they want and their answer is clear: They want upfront cash.

www.forbes.com

1