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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 22
(2017) pp 165-171
Eugene Garfield, Scientometics Pioneer (1925–2017), Obituary
George B. Kauffman*
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu
Published: 18 October 2017
Abstract. Eugene Garfield, who originated the field of
citation analysis, died on Sunday, February 26, 2017 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife, Meher (née Mistry), three sons, a
daughter, a stepdaughter, two granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren. He
founded the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in 1955.
In addition to ISI’s Science Citation Index (a system used to chart connections
between pieces of scientific literature that later became accessible
electronically via the Web of Science), Garfield launched Current Contents, an early effort that sought to compile important information on the scientific
literature. He founded The Scientist in 1986 as a news magazine for
researchers.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; Biography; Scientometrics; Institute for Scientific Information; Current Contents; The Scientist magazine
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu)
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