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May 14, 2008
Professional Reading: Garfield Video on 50 Years of Citation Indexing and Analysis
Eugene Garfield reflects on the 50th anniversary of his citation indexing and searching work in this 11 minute interview. Topics include:
- how he got the original idea for citation indexing and searching
- what he was trying to change about the research process when he created the first science citation index
- the importance of high quality content and complete backfiles
- the new opportunities and challenges he envisions for the future of research.
See also Rodney Yancey's Fifty Years of Citation Indexing and Analysis. [JH]
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