Eugene Garfield
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Eugene Garfield at the Heritage Day awards in 2007 | |
| Born | Eugene Eli Garfinkle September 16, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 2017 (aged 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Thesis | An algorithm for translating chemical names to molecular formulas (1961) |
| Website | Archived: Garfield Library |
Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 – February 26, 2017) was an American linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He helped to create Current Contents, Science Citation Index (SCI), Journal Citation Reports, and Index Chemicus, among others, and founded the magazine The Scientist.