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Carissa Gilman

@chickybird.bsky.social

I work in scholarly publishing and spend as much of my free time as possible with horses, dogs, and cats. Director in the journals program at the American Cancer Society and past president of the Council of Science Editors. Opinions expressed are my own.

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Mental Health Awareness Mondays - Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone - The Scholarly Kitchen Today, nearly one in four adults serves as a caregiver. Because of this, work-life flexibility isnโ€™t just a nicety itโ€™s a game-changer, for individuals and organizations alike.

Mental Health Awareness Mondays โ€” Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/24/m...

24.11.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Manuscript Submissions Are Up! Thatโ€™s Good, Right? - The Scholarly Kitchen Publishers have led themselves into a mess by focusing on rising submissions as a positive indicator of journal performance.

Manuscript Submissions Are Up! Thatโ€™s Good, Right? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/04/m...

04.11.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Exclusive: Future of chronic disease journal in limbo after cuts at CDC Researchers dismayed by the targeting of Preventing Chronic Diseaseโ€™s editorial staff

Exclusive: Future of chronic disease journal in limbo after cuts at CDC | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

31.10.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Alternative' to CDC's Flagship Journal in the Works CIDRAP, NEJM Evidence plan to publish when MMWR can't

Alternative to CDC's Flagship Journal in the Works at CIDRAP www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

23.10.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Voice of CDC' Goes Silent In departure from the past, MMWR staff not allowed to be exempted from shutdown furlough

MMWR, "Voice of CDC," Goes Silent www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

16.10.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

09.10.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Drummond Rennie (1936-2025), in his own words Drummond Rennie I first became aware of the work of Drummond Rennie almost by accident: By borrowing his office. It was the summer of 1997, and as a rising fourth-year medical student, I was spendiโ€ฆ

Drummond Rennie (1936-2025), in his own words retractionwatch.com/2025/09/15/d...

16.09.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal Each MMWR article now requires clearance by the HHS secretary, sources said

There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

25.07.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access Exact amount still to be determined, agency says

NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

11.07.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcherโ€™s Paper

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcherโ€™s Paper www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

03.07.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americansโ€™ life expectancy.

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say

30.05.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cited Studies That Don't Appear to Exist The White House acknowledged problems with the report

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cited Studies That Don't Appear to Exist www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

29.05.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed In the wake of a brief PubMed outage, team launches project to ensure uninterrupted access

Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

29.05.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. May Ban NIH Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals HHS secretary claims pharma influence renders journals 'sock puppets for the industry'

My favorite part of this story is that he thinks reprint sales are still a significant revenue stream for journals. What year is he living in?

RFK Jr. May Ban NIH Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

29.05.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

"Weโ€™re going to create our own journals in-house." Meanwhile they're preparing to shut down important journals at the CDC. What a fiasco.

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

28.05.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journalsโ€™ impact factors Clarivate will no longer include citations to and from retracted papers when calculating journal impact factors, the company announced today.ย  The change comes after some have wondered over thโ€ฆ

Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journalsโ€™ impact factors retractionwatch.com/2025/05/15/c...

15.05.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Extremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators

Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Extremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

09.05.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Incredibly honored to join my Short Course Subcommittee co-chair @dreandea.bsky.social in receiving the Distinguished Service Award from @councilscienceed.bsky.social at #cseminneapolis. Thank you to CSE and to Amanda Ferguson, who presented the award.

07.05.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@emiliemgunn.bsky.social assumes the presidency of @councilscienceed.bsky.social at #CSEMinneapolis and gives past president Glenn Landis the ability to literally put on his CSE hat.

05.05.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are excited to feature five short courses as add-on options at the 2025 CSE Annual Meeting. It's not too late to register! Sign up here to reserve your spot in one of these invaluable courses! Register today at cse.memberclicks.net/annual-meeting

18.04.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time The enigmatic predator, the heaviest known invertebrate, had never been seen alive in deep water

Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

16.04.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our published work in a government journal curiously disappeared Several studies for a CDC journal were purged without explanation before a judgeโ€™s order restored them. That's unacceptable.

Our published work in a government journal curiously disappeared www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

19.02.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge 'This is exactly the way not to do it,' one expert says

Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

19.02.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The โ€œWild Westโ€ of Cancer Misinformation Online | Harvard Magazine At Harvardโ€™s Chan School of Public Health, experts discuss web and social media cancer misinformation

The โ€œWild Westโ€ of Cancer Misinformation Online www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/02/harv...

14.02.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Slashes CDC Workforce Agency's leadership was notified of the decision Friday morning

Trump Slashes CDC Workforce www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

14.02.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal judge blocks Trump from slashing NIH funding in 22 states that sued Universities filed an additional lawsuit Monday that seeks to halt the cuts nationally.

AAU, APLU, ACE file suit against restricting NIH indirect costs, said to be more widespread and cover more universities than the suit by the 22 states www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

11.02.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.

DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...

11.02.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

08.02.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7036    ๐Ÿ” 4107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 258    ๐Ÿ“Œ 903
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Removal of DEI content from a microbiology groupโ€™s website shows reach of Trump executive orders The professional society for microbiologists stripped content about Black, female, and LGBTQ scientists from its website

I'm told I shouldn't be surprised and disappointed at how quickly societies have been willing to bend the knee. But I am. -- Removal of DEI content from a microbiology groupโ€™s website shows reach of Trump executive orders www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t... via @statnews.com

07.02.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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CDC Journal Resumes Publication, but Without H5N1 Studies CDC spokesperson says papers are still in MMWR pipeline, but timeline is uncertain

CDC Journal Resumes Publication, but Without H5N1 Studies www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

07.02.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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