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Eugene Garfield

Researcher at University of Pennsylvania

Publications -  214
Citations -  19673

Eugene Garfield is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Citation & Science Citation Index. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 214 publications receiving 18273 citations. Previous affiliations of Eugene Garfield include Johns Hopkins University & University City Science Center.

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The growth of the cell death field: an analysis from the ISI-Science citation index.

TL;DR: As PCD/apoptosis emerged as a scientific field in its own right, it became apparent that no existing journal catered specifically to the increasingly varied aspects of the new discipline, and Cell Death and Differentiation was launched to provide a forum dedicated to this topic, accomodating the expansion of the field.
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Interview with Eugene Garfield, Chairman Emeritus of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Eugene Garfield
- 01 Sep 2001 - 
TL;DR: The journal impact factor was created to provide a simple method for comparing journals regardless of their size, and may not provide a complete enough picture for slower moving fields with longer half-lives, says Professor Eugene Garfield.
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The Permuterm Subject Index: An Autobiographical Review.

TL;DR: The Permuterm Subject Index (PSI) section of the Science Citation Index (SCI) was designed more than ten years ago and has been published both quarterly and annually since 1966, but there is no ‘primordial’ citable paper about it.

Tracing scientific influence

TL;DR: It is shown how a scientometric analysis can be used to shed light on the reception history of certain outstanding scholars through citation patterns of a specific paper by the American sociologist Robert K. Merton.