Sub-series 1. Institute for Scientific Information - Citation Classics, 1985-1993
Scope and Content
The Eugene Garfield Papers contains the personal papers of Eugene Garfield. The collection is arranged into the following 11 series:
- Subject Files
- Publication and Presentation Files
- Meeting Files
- Trip Files
- Anthony Cawkell Files
- Personal Files
- Printed Materials
- Audio-Visual Materials
- Electronic Storage Materials
- Transparencies
- Photographic Materials
Dates
- Creation: 1985-1993
Sub-series Description
Arranged chronologically and alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains materials pertaining to ISI'sCitation Classics article series. Published between 1977 and 1993 in the ISI weekly publicationCurrent Contents, this article series featured commentary on highly-cited publications as identified byScience Citation Index (SCI),Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), andArts and Humanities Citation Index (A and HCI). In the words of Eugene Garfield, Citation Classics was also intended to capture "the human side of science".
Photocopies ofCitation Classics articles published between 1985 and 1993 make up the bulk of the materials in this sub-series. Photocopies ofCitation Classics article lists are preserved here as well.
Repository Details
Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19106 United States
215.873.8265
215.873.5265 (Fax)
reference@sciencehistory.org