Essays of an Information Scientist:1962-1973

Volume 1

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1962


CC No: CC Pgs. Date         Essays Pg. Title 
. . 19 Jun 62  1 The ideal library -- the Informatorium. (Essays/Vol:1) pdf file available
. . 7 Aug 62 2 Who are the information scientists? 
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1963


CC No: CC Pgs. Date          Essays Pg Title                                 
. . 25 Jun 63 3 Current Contents reader survey (Essays/Vol:1) pdf file available
. . 20 Aug 63 4 New author address directory. 
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. . 26 Nov 63 5 Aesthetics in scientific communication
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1964


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. .  8 Sep 64 6 What is a journal?
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. . 20 Aug 63 4 New author address directory. 
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. . 26 Nov 63 5 Aesthetics in scientific communication
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. .  6 Oct 64 8 Towards the world brain.
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1965 - 1967

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. .  1 Jun 65 10 Is the "free reprint system" free and / or  obsolete?
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. . 21 Feb 67 12 Current Contents -- ninth anniversary
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. . 22 Aug 67 16 Publication dates -- realities or promises?
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. .   5 Sep  67 17 Addresses and ZIP codes
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. . 10 Nov 67 18 200th "anniversary" of Index Chemicus
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. . 26 Dec 67 19 English -- an international language for science?
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  1968
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1 .  9 Apr 68 21 Decision making in libraries acquisitions -- indexes or journals?
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2 . 30 Jul 68 22 ASCAmatic -- the personalized journal
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3 . 30 Aug 68 23 Some elementary economics of publishing
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4 . 15 Oct 68 24 When does your Current Contents arrive?
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5 . 8 Nov 68 25 The value of article titles in bibliographic citations 
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. Reprint 27 E. Garfield, "Numerical vs. alphabetic order for cited references" New Scientist 39:56546, 1968
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6 . 24 Dec 68 28 ASCA -- insurance for Current Contents readers
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1969

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1 . 28 Jan 69 29 Current Contents / Education part of the growing ISI program.
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2 . 14 Mar 69 30 Current Contents/ Behavioral, Social & Management Sciences part of the  growing ISI program. 
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3 . 25 Mar 69 31 ISI's comprehensive system of information services. 
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4 . 25 Mar 69 32 New editions of Current Contents mark continuing growth of ISI
ISI's comprehensive system of information services. 
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. . Reprint 33 The who and why of ISI -- ISI eases scientists' information problems; provides convenient orderly  access to literature. Karger Gazette No. 13, 5 March 1966, p. 2. 
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5 . 2 May 69 38 Introducing ASCA IV, an SDI  system with exclusive features. 
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6 . 3 Jun 69 39 Permuterm Subject Index -- the primordial dictionary of science
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7 . 17 Jun 69 40 Incomplete citations and other sources of bibliographic chaos
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8 . 25 Jun 69 41 IDR&DS, an international directory of publishing scientists. 
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9 . 26 Aug 69 42 Citation indexes in sociological and historical research
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. . Reprint 43 E.Garfield, "Citation indexes in sociological and historical research" American Documentation 14:289-91, 1963
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10 . 30 Sep 69 47 Current Contents is available on tape
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11 . 4 Nov 69 48 Search strategies using the Science Citation Index
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. . Reprint 49 A. E. Cawkell. Search strategies using the Science Citation Index.  the Science Citation Index. From: Computer based information  retrieval systems, ed. B. Houghton  (London: Clive Bingley Ltd., 1968). 
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12 . 28 Nov 69 63 Introducing Current Abstracts of Chemistry and Index Chemicus. (Essays/Vol:1) pdf file available
13 . 23 Dec 69 65 OATS -- an economic alternative to free' library service and 'free' reprints
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14 . 30 Dec 69 67 The problem of overlap -- is veterinary science agriculture and is engineering-technology physical science?
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1970

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1 .  7 Jan 70  68 Current Contents/Agricultural,Food & Veterinary
Sciences --  part of the growing ISI Program. 
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2 . 14 Jan 70 69 Would Mendel's work have been  ignored if the Science Citation  Index was available 100 years ago?
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3 . 20 Jan 70 71 Why Medical Research?
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. . Reprint 71 E. Garfield. The long cold sleep (book  review). New Scientist 46:590, 1970.
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4 . 28 Jan 70 73 A new ISI grant program attempts to strike a balance between user needs and the cost of information services.
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5 . 4 Feb 70 75 The ISI grant program -- assistance for smaller colleges and departmental  libraries. 
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6 . 11 Feb 70 77 A suggestion for improving the  information content of authors' names. 
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. . Reprint 77 E. Garfield, British quest for uniqueness versus 
American egocentrism. Nature 223:763, 1969. 
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7 . 18 Feb 70 79 A new multidisciplinary section for Current Contents services.
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8 . 25 Feb 70 81 Joshua Lederberg - multidisciplinarian extraordinaire
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9 . 4 Mar 70 83 Can criticism and documentation of research papers be automated?
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. . Reprint 84 E. Garfield, "Can citation Indexing be automated?"  From: Statistical association methods for mechanized documentation, Symposium proceedings, Washington, 1964, ed. M. E. Stevens
et al. (Washington: National Bureau of  Standards, Miscellaneous Publication 269, 1965), p.188-92.
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10 . 11 Mar 70 91 A new ISI program for dissemination and retrieval of concerence papers
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11 . 18 Mar 70 93 INFO-EXPO/70, the second annual meeting of the Information Industry Association.
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12 . 25 Mar 70 95 Education by steeping, nibbling, or classification?
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13 . 1 Apr 70 96 ASIS national convention and the information-conscious society.
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14 . 8 Apr 70 98 What does automation of citation mean?
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15 . 15 Apr 70 100 SCI and ASCA promote international contacts
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16 . 22 Apr 70 102 Calling attention to Chauncey D. Leake, Renaissance scholar extraordinaire
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17 . 29 Apr 70 104 Concerning cover-to-cover translation journals
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18 . 6 May 70 106 What is a significant journal?
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19 . 3 Jun 70 108 Some kudos for Current Contents on its 650th consecutive issue
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20 . 15 Jul 70 109 The retrieval and dissemination of chemical information. 1.
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21 . 22 Jul 70 111 The retrieval and dissemination of chemical information.2. The Wiswesser Line Notation
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22 . 29 Jul 70 113 The retrieval and dissemination of chemical information. 3. The Index Chemicus Registry System (ICRS).
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23 . 5 Aug 70 115 The retrieval and dissemination of chemical information . 4. ICRS RADIICAL software
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24 . 12 Aug 70 117 When is a negative search positive?
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25 . 19 Aug 70 119 Trained scientists use Science Citation Index to complete bibliographic citations and update searches
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26 . 26 Aug 70 120 Citation measures used as an objective estimate of creativity
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. . Reprint 120 E. Garfield. Objective estimate of creativity. Chem. Eng. News 44(46):6, 1966
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27 . 2 Sep 70 122 Precise bibliographical verification with the Science Citation Index
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28 . 9 Sep 70 124 Information theory and the evaluation of information retrieval systems
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29 . 16 Sep 70 126 Is publication in "minor" journals tantamount to burial?
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. . Reprint 126 E. Garfield. Science publication. Chemistry in Britain 5(1):37, 1970
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30 . 23 Sep 70 128 Use of Current Contents in developing countries
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31 . 30 Sep 70 130 Kudos for ISI's ASCA from abroad!
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32 . 4 Nov 70 131 Does the SCI increase or decrease mediocrity?
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33 . 18 Nov 70 132 Citation indexing for studying science
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. . Reprint 133 E. Garfield. Citation Indexing for studying science. Nature 227: 669-71, 1970
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34 . 25 Nov 70 139 Location of milestone papers through citation networks
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. . Reprint 139 E. Garfield & A.E. Cawkell.  Location of milestone papers through citation networks.  J. Library History 5:184-88, 1970.                              (Essays/Vol:1) pdf file available
35 . 23 Dec 70 142 Source indexing through bibliographic citations brings UFOs down to earth
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36 . 30 Dec 70 141 Current Contents coverage of chemistry in a multidisciplinary world -- announcing Current Contents/Physical & Chemical Sciences.
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1971

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1 . 6 Jan 71 146 Does ISI's international directory of R&D authors and organizations perpetrate alphabetic discrimination?
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2 . 27 Jan 71 148 CC's new computer composed  author address directory. 
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3 . 10 Feb 71  150 How the Science Citation Index overcomes the linguistic and  terminologic barriers to precise  information retrieval. 
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4 . 17 Mar 71 152 Jacob Gershon-Cohen, M.D., D.Sc.in  memoriam. 
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5 . 24 Mar 71 154 Neither rain, nor snow deters lSI's  pony express man in London. 
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6 . 14 Apr 71 156 Citation indexing and the sociology of  science. 
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. . Reprint 158 Garfield. Citation indexing,  historio-bibliography, and the sociology of science. From: Proceedings of the third international Congress of Medical Librarianship (Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica. 1970), p. 187 - 204. 
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7 . 28 Apr 71 175 Who is publishing in science -- and how much?
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8 . 12 May 71 177 Noise-abatement R&D could help employment problems of physicists.
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9 . 2 Jun 71 179 Publication counting vs Citation counting in evaluating research.
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10 . 9 Jun 71 182 Current Contents receives first Information Industry Hall of Fame award -- and publishes its 700th consecutive issue.
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11 . 16 Jun 71 184 New Chemical Substructure Index is creative theoretical tool for molecule manipulators as well as practical system for retrieval.
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12 . 23 Jun 71 186 ISI announces a five-year cumulation of the Science Citation Index
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. . Reprint 188 M. Weinstock. Citation Indexes (part 1) From:Encyclopedia of  Library and Information Science (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1971), vol. 5, p. 16-40. 
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13 . 30 Jun 71 196 Will anyone need SCI in a deathless, computerized world?
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. . Reprint  198 M. Weinstock. Citation Indexes (part 2)
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14 . 7 Jul 71 206 The value of an index is inversely related to search-time.
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. . Reprint 207 M. Weinstock. Citation Indexes (part 3)
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15 . 14 Jul 71 217 ASCA, ASCATOPICS, and cyclic AMP
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16 . 28 Jul 71 219 Using the SCI to avoid unwitting duplication of research.
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17 . 4 Aug 71 222 The mystery of the transposed journal lists -- wherein Bradford's law of scattering is generalized according to Garfield's law of concentration
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18 . 11 Aug 71 224 Play the new game of twenty citations! Wherein ISI reveals the fifty most frequently cited 'nonjournal items'.
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19 . 18 Aug 71 229 Is death the last best friend or the ultimate enemy -- conference on thanatology and prolongevity signal increased research with seemingly contradictory objectives.
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. . Reprint 229 Review of: G. J. Gruman. A history  of ideas about the prolongation of life Transactions of the American   Philosophical Society, volume 56, part 9, 1966, 102 pp. 
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20 . 25 Aug 71 231 ISI announces availability of a weekly subject index to Current Contents / Life Sciences
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21 . 1 Sep 71 233 Deliberate omission of explicit citations of textbook errors is irresponsible science communication.
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22 . 9 Sep 71 235 Science, information science, and the information-conscious society. 
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. . Reprint 236 E. Garfield. Information science and information conscious society. J. Amer. Soc. Inform. Sci. 22:71-73, 1971.
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. 23 15 Sep 71 240 The Weekly Subject Index to CC/Life Sciences makes for zero delay in  current awareness and information  retrieval. 
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. 24 22 Sep 71 242 Relationship between basic and applied research illustrated by SCI case study in anesthesiology
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. . Reprint 242 A.E. Cawkell. Science Citation Index: effectiveness in locating articles in the anaesthetics field; "perturbation of ion transport" Brit. J. Anaesthesia 43:814,   1971.
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25 . 6 Oct 71 245 A. E. Cawkell, information detective and ISI's man in the UK. 
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. . Reprint 245 Information detective. New Scientist 45:274-75, 1970.
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26 . 10 Nov 71 247 Cost/benefit analysis and core journal collections in scientific libraries
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. . Reprint 247 M. Weinstock. Bradford's Law. Nature 233:434, 1971.
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27 . 22 Dec 71 249 How SCI bypasses "the road to scientific oblivion"
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. . Reprint 249 E. Garfield. "The road to scientific oblivion" J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 218:886-87, 1971. 
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28 . 29 Dec 71  251 New CC/LS Weekly Subject Index  means even greater coverage in the Science Citation Index
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1972
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29 . 5 Jan 72 253 A Current Contents odyssey from 200 to 1100 journals plus a Weekly Subject Index (WSI) with zero time lag.
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1 . 12 Jan 72  255 A basic journal collection; ISI lists the fifty most-cited scientific and technical journals.
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2 . 19 Jan 72 258 A Weekly Subject Index for discovery and recovery of information in the life sciences
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3 . 26 Jan 72 260 Introducing Herbert S. White, ISI's senior vice-president for operations and administration
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4 . 2 Feb 72 262 What is the "core" literature of biochemistry as compared to the "core" of chemistry? (Journal Citation Studies. 1.)
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5 . 9 Feb 72 266 Information, power, and the Science Citation Index
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6 . 16 Feb 72 268 Citation statistics may help scientists choose journals in which to publish
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7 . 23 Feb 72 270 "Citations-to" divided by "items-published" gives journal impact factor; ISI lists the top fifty high-impact journals of science
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8 . 1 Mar 72 274 What is the "core" literature of chemical physics? (Journal Citation Studies. 2.)
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9 . 8 Mar 72 278 ISI's special services group can provide your own personalized Current Contents or ASCATopics.
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10 . 15 Mar 72 280 Where the action is, was, and will be -- for first and secondary authors
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11 . 22 Mar 72 284 Society's need for paramedical and information scientists is no coincidence.
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12 . 29 Mar 72 287 Should journal publication dates be controlled by legislation
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13 . 5 Apr 72 289 Is citation frequency a valid criterion for selecting journals?
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14 . 12 Apr 72 291 Uncitedness and the identification of dissertation topics
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15 . 19 Apr 72 292 ISI's Journal Citation Index data-base -- a multi-media tool. 
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16 . 26 Apr 72 296 Introducing Morton V. Malin, Ph.D.,  ISI's vice-president for corporate planning and international relations. 
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17 . 3 May 72 298 'Word-phrases' in CC's Weekly Subject Index (WSI) increase search efficiency. 
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18 . 10 May 72 300 Introducing Richard M. Harris, ISI's vice-president for marketing. 
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19 . 17 May 72 302 ISI's Chemical Substructure Index -- research resource and invaluable tool for health and environmental sciences! 
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. . Reprint 304 C.E. Granito & M.D. Rosenberg. chemical Substructure Index (CSI) - a new research tool. J. Chem. Documentation 11:251-56, 1971. 
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20 . 24 May 72 314 ISI's Who is Publishing in Science (WIPIS) offers instant access to research and research workers worldwide
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21 . 31 May 72 317 The new Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) will add a new dimension to research on  man and society
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22 . 7 Jun 72 320 Citation studies indicate that two copies may be cheaper than one!
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23 . 14 Jun 72 322 Technology assessment, citation analysis, and invisible radiations
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24 . 21 Jun 72 324 Putting scientific information to work is the name of the game -- and of ISI's film
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25 . 28 Jun 72 325 If secrecy is human, is information-sharing divine?
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26 . 28 Jun 72 326 Journal Citation Studies. 3. Journal of Experimental Medicine compared with Journal of   Immunology; or how much of a clinician is the immunologist? 
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27 . 5 Jul 72 330 Advertising, education, and marketing of information services
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. . Reprint 332 The social contribution of advertising; a statement prepared by the Advertising 
Association in conjunction with the  European Association of Advertising. 
New Scientist, 18 May 1972. 
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28 . 12 Jul 72 333 Why is inormation science engineering more than publishing?
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29 . 19 Jul 72 334 "Cover-to-Cover" translation of Soviet journals -- a wrong "solution" of the wrong problem
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30 . 26 Jul 72 336 ASCA plus OATS equals the "repackaged" or "personalized" journal
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31 2 Aug 72 338 Journal Citation Studies. 4. The literature cited in rheumatology is not much different from that of other specialties
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32 . 9 Aug 72 342 ISI announces forthcoming publication of CC/CP - Current Contents / Clinical Practice
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33 . 16 Aug 72 348 How can you separate agriculture, biology and environmental sciences from life sciences (if you must)?
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34 . 23 Aug 72 352 What your air-conditioner may be giving you besides relief.
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35 . 30 Aug 72 354 "Explosive-welding" search reverberates in Moscow seminar on citation networks. 
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36 . 6 Sep 72 359 Reprint exchange. 1. The multimillion dollar problem ordinaire
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37 . 13 Sep 72 361 ISI's new Weekly Subject Index to Current Contents /Physical & Chemical Sciences will improve  access to the literature of  mathematics, as well as physics and chemistry. 
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38 . 20 Sep 72 363 Reprint Exchange. 2. Project REX is ISI's code name for contemplated reprint expediting service
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39 . 27 Sep 72 365 Information science then, now, and tomorrow -- or will the real  information scientist please stand up! 
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40 . 4 Oct 72 366 ISI's SCISEARCH time-shared system trades time for money -- but are you ready for this?
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41 . 11 Oct 72 368 'Hi-fi' lists in ASCA system reduce noise while measuring research activity. 
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42 . 18 Oct 72 370 Will the real Current Contents reader please stand up!
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43 . 25 Oct 72 372 Since information isn't free, why not direct stipends to prime the information pumps? 
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44 . 1 Nov 72 374 Introducing Samuel Lazerow, ISI's vice-president for administration
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45 . 8 Nov 72 376 What is a journal?
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46 . 15 Nov 72 378 ISI's CHEMTRAN 'compatibilizes' files of encoded chemical structures
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47 . 22 Nov 72 380 Of presidents, politics, and chicken-pluckers
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48 . 29 Nov 72 381 Unintelligible abbreviations and sloppy words in article titles create magic (invisible) spots for indexers.
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49 . 6 Dec 72 384 Current Contents/Clinical  Practice a new tool for optimum selection in maintaining current awareness. 
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50 . 13 Dec 72 386 Are you ready for chemical linguistics? chemical semantics? chemical semiotics? or, why WLN?
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51 . 20 Dec 72 389 Introducing Marvin Schroeder, ISI's treasurer
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52 . 27 Dec 72 391 Will the cancer "information explosion" produce another government boondoggle or a boon for scientists?
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1 . 3 Jan 73 393 To read or not to read -- can clinical  practitioners keep up? 
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2 . 3 Jan 73 395 If ISI's weekly subject indexes aren't perfect, whose are?
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3 . 10 Jan 73 397 The information revolution reaches the social sciences -- ISI helps bridge the 
gap between the two cultures. 
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4 5 - 8  17 Jan 73 400 Citation analysis of pathology journals reveals need for a journal of applied  virology! 
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5 . 24 Jan 73 404 International science requires cultural as well as economic 'imperialism'
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6 . 31 Jan 73 406 Citation frequency as a measure of research activity and performance
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7 5 - 6 7 Feb 73 409 Citation frequency and citation impact -- and the role they play in journal  selection for Current Contents  and other ISI services. 
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8 5 - 6  14 Feb 73 411 Should ISI adopt an author fee to  promote better dissemination of dissertations and other nonjournal  material? 
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9 5 - 6 21 Feb 73 413 Uncitedness III - the importance of not being cited
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10 5 - 6 28 Feb 73 415 An old admonition (with a new meaning) from non-smokers: Live! and Let live! 
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11 5 - 7 7 Mar 73 417 If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Publishing journals is not kid-stuff.
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12 5 - 7 14 Mar 73 418 We need a lobby for basic research; here's how it might be done
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13 5 - 6 21 Mar 73 421 Variety is the spice of life - whether in people, language, or the contents pages in CC
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14 5 - 6 28 Mar 73 423 Journal Citation Studies. 5. Is paleontology a life or a physicalce?  JCI reveals gap in coverage of paleontology and need for better small journal statistics
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15 5 - 7 4 Apr 73 425 A growth in biomedical literacy is changing the doctor-patient relationship!
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16 5 - 7 11 Apr 73 428 Some implications of the Soviet Union becoming party to the Universal Copyright Convention
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17 5 - 8 18 Apr 73 431 Copyright revision bill requires priority action to meet needs of the information revolution
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18 5 - 7 25 Apr 73 435 Publishing referees' names and comments could make a thankless and belated task a timely and rewarding activity.
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19 5 - 8 2 May 73 438 Introducing the Copywriter and ISI's subsidiary, Selective Information Devices, Inc. (SID)
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20 5 - 10 9 May 73 442 Introducing ANSA -- ISI's automatic new structure alert a compound-retrieval service for people more interested in compounds than retrieval!
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. . Reprint 443 E. Garfield, G.S. Revesz & J.H. Batzig.  The synthetic chemical literature from 1960 to 1969.  Nature 242: 307-09, 1973
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21 5 - 6 16 May 73 448 ISI's Press Digest helps narrow the gap between the scientist and the layman.
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22 5 - 6 23 May 73 450 Students' grades and student gradings
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23 5 - 6  30 May 73 452 Citation impact depends upon the paper, not the journal! Don't count on "citation by association"!
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24 5 - 6 6 Jun 73 454 Is science-information information-science?  Bridging gap between the cultures of the professional and trade associations
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25 5 - 6 13 Jun 73 456 Eggheads or not -- scientists and engineers will find CC/BS and ES -- intellectually exciting!
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26 5 - 6 20 Jun 73 458 The mythology of scientific information and doomsday philosophers
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27 5 - 6  27 Jun 73 460 Illusions of grandeur -- and other disappointments
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28 5 - 6 4 Jul 73 461 How WSI can save you and yours some searching time!
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29 5 - 6 11 Jul 73 463 WSI and CC use simplified by shifting "multi/chem" journals; CC/AB&ES coverage increased
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30 5 - 6 18 Jul 73 465 Learn to complain; the ultimate  responsibility is with the individual,  not the corporation. 
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31 5 - 6 25 Jul 73 467 Science for the sake of science is not  without its justifications. 
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32 5 - 6  1 Aug 73 469 The pulling power of Current  Contents  and the reward system of science. 
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33 5 - 6 8 Aug 73 471 A new Weekly Subject Index to Current Contents /Behavioral &  Social & Education Sciences means  more timely access to the social and behavioral sciences literature. 
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34 5 - 6 15 Aug 73 473 The new ISI Journal Citation Reports should signficantly affect the  future course of scientific publication. 
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35 5 - 6 22 Aug 73 475 The economics and Realpolitik of exponential information growth; or, 
journal selection ain't easy! 
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36 5 - 6 29 Aug 73 477 New section in CC/LS designed to cover the nonjournal literature. 
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37 5 - 6 5 Sep 73 479 Full text searching systems just around the corner? 
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38 5 - 6 12 Sep 73 481 How is the ISI Press Digest doing?
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39 5 - 6 19 Sep 73 483 Of shortages and stability -- what couldn't happen, has!
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40 5 - 6  26 Sep 73 485 Which journals attract the most frequently cited articles?
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41 5 - 7 3 Oct 73 487 More on forecasting Nobel prizes and the most-cited scientists of 1972!
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. . Reprint 487 E. Garfield. Citation and distinction. Nature 242:485, 1973
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42 5 - 6 10 Oct 73 489 Jabberwocky, the Humpty-Dumpty syndrome and the making of scientific dictionaries!
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43 5 - 7 17 Oct 73 491 Were the 1972 papers most cited in 1972 the most significant? (Highly cited articles. 1.) 
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44 5 - 6 24 Oct 73 494 The social impact of science and  technology, and the growth of anti-science. 
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45 5 - 8 31 Oct 73 496 The 25 most cited 1971 papers reveal a great deal about research in 1971. 
(Highly cited articles. 2.) 
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46 5 - 6 7 Nov 73 500 Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences -- a component of ISI's   total information system for the social and behavioral sciences. 
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47 5 - 6 14 Nov 73 502 Why can't doctors be more human like the rest of us? More on the physician- 
 patient relationship. 
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48 5 - 9 21 Nov 73 504 Highly cited works in mathematics. 1.   'Pure' mathematics. (Highly cited 
articles. 3.) 
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49 5 - 9 28 Nov 73 509 Highly cited works in mathematics. 2. 'Applied' mathematics. (Highly cited 
articles. 4.) 
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50 5 - 6 5 Dec 73 514 ISI cares -- do you? What can you do about improving scientific journals as 
a communications medium? 
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51 5 - 7 12 Dec 73 516 What can the history of Current Contents tell us about the future of the social sciences?
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52 5 - 8 19 Dec 73 519 The 1970 papers most frequently cited from 1970-1973. 
(Highly cited articles. 5).
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53 5 - 8 26 Dec 73 523 Does the quality of Soviet science justify double coverage in CC?  Copyright controversy calls for  reappraisal! 
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. . Reprint 527 E. Garfield. Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation. 
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Science 178:471-79, 1972. 
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