Eugene Garfield

Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield
	Eugene Garfield at the Heritage Day awards in 2007
Born	Eugene Eli Garfinkle; September 16, 1925; New York City
Died	February 26, 2017 (aged 91); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania;
Known for	Impact factor; Bibliometrics; Scientometrics; Science Citation Index; Institute for Scientific Information;
Awards	John Price Wetherill Medal (1984); Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal (1984); Alice G. Smith Lecture (2003); Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award (2007);
	Scientific career
Thesis	An algorithm for translating chemical names to molecular formulas (1961)
Website	Archived: wayback.archive-it.org/11742/20231107215651/http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/

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.

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