Eugene Garfield and Web of Science system of citation and indexing
Abstract
The article examines the role of a famous American scientist Eugene Garfield in creating Web of Science, one of the world largest modern systems for indexing and citing scientific publications. The author notes the importance of considering not only quantitative but qualitative parameters to evaluate the science development, which have been indicated by Garfield. The paper contains historical information about the Web of Science system creation; characterizes general features of the modern state system. It shows the system importance as a possible tool of scientometric analysis.
About the Author
E. V. Melnikova
All-Russian Institute of Scientific-Technical Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Melnikova E.V. Eugene Garfield and Web of Science system of citation and indexing. Bibliosphere. 2017;(3):91-93. (In Russ.)
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