Eugene Garfield
American linguist and businessman
Eugene Eli Garfield was an American linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He helped to create Current Contents, Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports, and Index Chemicus, among others, and... Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1925, New York, NY
Died: February 26, 2017 (age 91 years), Philadelphia, PA
Awards: Herman Skolnik Award
Research interests: Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Citation analysis, and more
Known for: Impact factor; Bibliometrics; Scientometrics; Science Citation Index; Institute for Scientific Information