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Mapping science in the Third World

Eugene Garfield

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Eugene Garfield PhD is a pioneer in the field of information science. He is founder and president of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), which produces a broad spectrum of information services and systems. The inventor of ‘Current Contents’ and the ‘Science Citation Index’, he received his BS in chemistry from Columbia University, and returned there for a Master's degree in library science. He was awarded his PhD in structural linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Eugene Garfield PhD is a pioneer in the field of information science. He is founder and president of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), which produces a broad spectrum of information services and systems. The inventor of ‘Current Contents’ and the ‘Science Citation Index’, he received his BS in chemistry from Columbia University, and returned there for a Master's degree in library science. He was awarded his PhD in structural linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Eugene Garfield PhD is a pioneer in the field of information science. He is founder and president of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), which produces a broad spectrum of information services and systems. The inventor of ‘Current Contents’ and the ‘Science Citation Index’, he received his BS in chemistry from Columbia University, and returned there for a Master's degree in library science. He was awarded his PhD in structural linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Key concepts: Library science, Science Citation Index, Columbia university, Information science, Citation, Sociology, Media studies, Computer science

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