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<br>
Segue uma circular da IMU, International Mathematical Union, de<br>
interesse para nossa comunidade.<br>
<br>
Esta circular está também acessível na página da IMU:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.mathunion.org/membership/circular-letters-adhering-organizations" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mathunion.org/membership/circular-letters-adhering-organizations</a><br>
<br>
Cordialmente,<br>
<br>
Yoshiharu Kohayakawa<br>
MAC<br>
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From: IMU Secretary General <<a href="mailto:secretary@mathunion.org" target="_blank">secretary@mathunion.org</a>><br>
Subject: [IMU AO Circular Letter 12/2025] Joint Recommendations and a<br>
Report of the IMU and the ICIAM on Fraudulent Publishing <br>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:37:21 +0200<br>
<br>
Dear colleagues<br>
<br>
Fraudulent publishing and citation cartels have emerged as a significant<br>
concern within our community. Notably, in November 2023, Clarivate, the<br>
parent company of Web of Science, announced that it excluded the entire<br>
mathematical discipline from the most recent edition of its list of<br>
highly cited authors. The rationale provided for this exclusion was as<br>
follows (see Clarivate’s blog entry by David A. Pendlebury, November 15,<br>
2023, Highly Cited Researchers 2023: The evolution of our evaluation and<br>
selection policy to support a robust scholarly landscape):<br>
<br>
“(Mathematics) is a highly fractionated research domain, with few<br>
individuals working on a number of specialty topics. The average<br>
rate of publication and citation in Mathematics is relatively low,<br>
so small increases in publication and citation tend to distort the<br>
representation and analysis of the overall field. Because of this,<br>
the field of Mathematics is more vulnerable to strategies to<br>
optimize status and rewards through publication and citation<br>
manipulation.”<br>
<br>
<a href="https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/highly-cited-researchers-2023-the-evolution-of-our-evaluation-and-selection-policy-to-support-a-robust-scholarly-landscape/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/highly-cited-researchers-2023-the-evolution-of-our-evaluation-and-selection-policy-to-support-a-robust-scholarly-landscape/</a><br>
<br>
Since then, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the<br>
International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) have<br>
established a working group to delve deeper into the study of fraudulent<br>
publishing and citation cartels. This working group, comprising Ilka<br>
Agricola, Lynn Heller, Wil Schilders, Moritz Schubotz, Peter Taylor, and<br>
Luis Vega, has recently authored a report on the subject and has<br>
formulated precise recommendations for policymakers and institutions,<br>
outlining strategies to foster ethical scientific practices while<br>
simultaneously detecting and addressing fraudulent conduct.<br>
<br>
For individuals, the recommendations provide a set of possible actions<br>
to safeguard research communities from being corrupted by fraud and pure<br>
business interests.<br>
<br>
These recommendations were formulated by the authors in close<br>
collaboration with the IMU Committee on Publishing (chaired by Ilka<br>
Agricola) and were endorsed by the Executive Committee of the IMU and<br>
the Board of the ICIAM in May / June 2025.<br>
<br>
Please find the recommendations and report below:<br>
<br>
• 2025-IMU-ICIAM-Recommendations-on-Fraudulent-Publishing<br>
<a href="https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CoP/Publications/2025-09-IMU-ICIAM-recommendations-fraudulent-publishing.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CoP/Publications/2025-09-IMU-ICIAM-recommendations-fraudulent-publishing.pdf</a><br>
• 2025-IMU-ICIAM-Report-on-Fraudulent-Publishing<br>
<a href="https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CoP/Publications/2025-IMU-ICIAM-fraudulent-publishing.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CoP/Publications/2025-IMU-ICIAM-fraudulent-publishing.pdf</a><br>
<br>
The report will appear in the October issue of the Notices of the<br>
American Mathematical Society.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202509/202509FullIssue-optimized.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202509/202509FullIssue-optimized.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Christoph Sorger <br>
Secretary General of the International Mathematical Union <br>
phone +49 30 20372-431 mail <a href="mailto:secretary@mathunion.org" target="_blank">secretary@mathunion.org</a> www <a href="http://www.mathunion.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.mathunion.org</a><br>
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