Simon Buckmaster
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Simon Buckmaster
@simonbuckmaster.bsky.social
Head of Academic Publications, London Mathematical Society
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Opinion: To reclaim scholarly publishing, support society publishers, urges @ioppublishing.bsky.social CEO Antonia Seymour

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To reclaim scholarly publishing, support society publishers - Research Professional News
The search for community-driven alternatives doesn’t need to start from scratch, says Antonia Seymour
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June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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How do we rank journals so that publishers can prioritise their portfolio? Oversight tracks 100% of journals and 100% of research articles, so we need sophisticated methods to rank them all. clearskiesadam.medium.com/oversight-in...
Oversight: integrity metrics for journals
Oversight, by Clear Skies, is the first complete index of journal integrity. Oversight takes complex data on research integrity and enables…
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March 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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NSF and NIH Grant Reviews Still On Hold After White House Rescinds Memo

Trump reversed an order requiring federal agencies to freeze grants and loans, but programs at odds with his executive orders remain at risk of losing funding. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hmy44T
Grant reviews at NSF and NIH still paused
Trump reversed an order requiring federal agencies to freeze grants and loans, but programs at odds with his executive orders remain at risk of losing funding.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
UK-based people. I just wrote to my MP to support the Creative Rights in AI Coalition's campaign. Please consider doing the same.
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Creative Rights In AI Coalition
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January 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The @altmetric.com team are leaning hard into the memes today and I'm here for it.

Also good news about their integration with @bsky.app.
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 PM
It's great to see the first articles published in Moduli.

Moduli is a new open-access journal and provides a forum for significant new results on all aspects of moduli theory or related mathematics.
Moduli | Cambridge Core
Moduli - Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, Steve Bradlow, Dan Halpern-Leistner, Vicky Hoskins, Frances Kirwan, Margarida Melo, Anna Wienhard
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December 3, 2024 at 9:46 AM
One of the lovely traditions of the @londmathsoc.bsky.social is when new members get to sign the Members' Book, which dates back to 1865 when the Society was founded.

The Members' Book includes the signatures of James Clerk Maxwell, Henri Poincaré and Mary Cartwright.
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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The 2024 Mary Cartwright Lecture, with Bethany Marsh and Francesca Fedele (@universityofleeds.bsky.social) is now underway.

The lecture aims to celebrate the achievements of distinguished women mathematicians.

Registration is still open so join us if you can ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/mary-...
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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Calling all society publishing leaders! 📢 Take part in our survey designed for Vice Presidents, Directors, and Heads of Publishing & Editorial. Your insights are crucial to shaping the future of learned society publishing. 🌍 #Publishing #Survey #ScholarlyPublishing survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90744555/...
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM