Eugene Garfield
American linguist and businessman (1925–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 – February 26, 2017)[2][3] was an American linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics.[4] He helped to create Current Contents, Science Citation Index (SCI), Journal Citation Reports, and Index Chemicus, among others, and founded the magazine The Scientist.[5][6][7][8]
For the American lawyer, see Eugene K. Garfield.
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Born | Eugene Eli Garfinkle[1] (1925-09-16)September 16, 1925 |
Died | February 26, 2017(2017-02-26) (aged 91)[2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Thesis | An algorithm for translating chemical names to molecular formulas (1961) |
Website | Archived: Garfield Library |
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