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Eugene Garfield

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Eugene Garfield · Technology & Engineering

What

Created citation indexing and the journal impact factor.

When

1925, New York City, United States — 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Eugene Garfield is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Created citation indexing and the journal impact factor.

How & why

Garfield, an American linguist and information scientist, created citation indexing and founded the Institute for Scientific Information, producing the Science Citation Index and the journal impact factor that transformed how research is tracked and evaluated. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

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Contributions & Sources

Created citation indexing and the journal impact factor.

1925

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science