Dr.
Eugene Garfield
(
–
)
1925
2017
Institute for Scientific Information
;
Philadelphia, PA
Information scientist; Company founder and executive; Editor; Publisher
Area
Leadership, Policy, and Communications
Specialty
Journalism, Media, and Communications
Elected
2005
Dr. Eugene Garfield is the creator of Current Contents and the Science Citation Index, now the online Web of Science, as well as the founding editor of The Scientist. He is considered the pioneer in scientific communication and information science and has developed metrics for information retrieval (Journal Citation Reports), including journal impact factors, citation frequencies and other data to analyze longitudinal trends in scientific communication, comparing nations, institutions, departments, research teams, or journals by their productivity and impact in various fields, disciplines, and specialties. He is the Author of 15 volumes of Essays of an Information Scientist and the book - Citation Indexing.
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