Essays of an Information Scientist:1992 - 1993

Volume 15

Of Nobel Class, Women in Science, Citation Classics, and Other Essays

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Preface  xiii       Eugene Garfield  pdf file available


1992


CC No: CC Pgs. Date      . Essays 
Pg.     .
Title                                     .
1 3-8 6 Jun 92  1 The new Biotechnology and Neuroscience Citation Indexes on CD-ROM include abstracts and increased coverage.
(Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
3 5-9 20 Jan 92 7 New Chemistry Citation Index on CD-ROM comes with abstracts, related records, and Keywords Plus.
(Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available


 5     3 - 9     3 Feb 92  12   The 1991 Nobel Prize Winners--from Patch
                                Clamps (Neher and Sakmann) to Spaghetti 
                                Theory (de Gennes), Social Costs        
                                (Coase), and NMR (Ernst)--Were All      
                                Citation  Superstars. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 7     3 - 11   17 Feb 92  19   Reflections on "The Gene" (H. J. Muller 
                                1947) and the Impact of This Article on 
                                Modern Genetics. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
            
       3 - 9    Reprint   22   The Gene (H. J. Muller 1947).     
                                Joshua Lederberg. Genetics       
                                129:313-6, 1991. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 9     3 - 9     2 Mar 92  28   Science Historian I. B. Cohen Reviews   
                                Social Studies of Science by     
                                Sociologist Bernard Barber. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       7 - 9   Guest Essay 32   Bernard Barber. Social Studies
                                of Science. I. B. Cohen. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 11    5 - 13   16 Mar 92  35   Psychiatrist and Biographer Differ Over 
                                Anne Sexton's Suicide.  Was It          
                                Preventable or Inevitable? 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                           
       9 - 13   Reprint   39   Foreword to Anne Sexton: A     
                                Biography by D. W. Middlebrook.     
                                Martin T. Orne. Anne Sexton : A 
                                Biography. A Peter Davison Book, 
                                Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1991. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
  
13    3 - 9    30 Mar 92  44   Mel Kranzberg Receives Bernal Prize as  
                                Pioneering Historian of Technology. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 14    6 - 9    Reprint   47   Acceptance Speech of Professor    
                                Melvin Kranzberg, J.D. Bernal Prize     
                                (1991), Society for Social Studies of
                                Science, Cambridge, MA, Nov. 14-17, 1991.  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 15    3 - 8    13 Apr 92  51   The Restoration of Frantisek Sorm:
                                Prolific Czech Scientist Obeyed His
                                Conscience and Became a Nonperson
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                 
 17    5 - 10   27 Apr 92  57   Robert T. Watson of NASA Receives NAS   
                                Award for Scientific Reviewing of 
                                Stratospheric Ozone Dynamics. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                        
 19    5 - 10   11 May 92  63   Carl Djerassi Receives 1992 Priestley   
                                Award:  Prolific Scientist Publishes    
                                Autobiography Depicting Journey into    
                                Metaphysical Realm. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 21    3 - 8    25 May 92  69   Is Homosexuality Biologically           
                                Determined?  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       6 - 8    Reprint   72   Sex and the Single Brain (An
                                Interview with Bruce McEwen on 
                                differences in our most complicated
                                organ).  Susan Blum. Search 2(1):
                                22-3, 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 23    5 - 13    8 Jun 92  75   Contract Research Services at ISI--
                                Citation Analysis Services for 
                                Governmental, Industrial, and Academic  
                                Clients. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       7 - 13  Guest Essay 77   Research on Research: Customized
                                Citation Analysis for Governmental,
                                Industrial, and Academic Clients.
                                Elizabeth Aversa.  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 25    3 - 9    22 Jun 92  84   ISI's Medical Documentation Service     
                                (MDS) -- Monitoring the Literature for  
                                the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical       
                                Industries. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available  
 
       5 - 9   Guest Essay 86   ISI's Medical Documentation
                                Service: Support for Biomedical and     
                                Pharmaceutical Research. June Fulton. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 27    3 -10     6 Jul 92  91   David Kronick's 'Guide' Unearths the    
                                Bones of 17th- and 18th-Century 
                                Scientific Journals. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       6 -10    Reprint   94   The Scientific Journal:  Devant le
                                Deluge.  David A. Kronick. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 29    3 -10    20 Jul 92  99   The New Biomedical Engineering
                                Citation Index Database on CD-ROM       
                                , Containing Searchable Abstracts,  
                                Related Records, and KeyWords Plus. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                             
 31    3 -11     3 Aug 92 107   ISI's New Materials Science Citation 
                                Index on CD-ROM, with Abstracts,    
                                Related Records, and KeyWords Plus. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
 33    3 -13    17 Aug 92 116   'Of Nobel Class':  Part 1.  An Overview 
                                of ISI Studies on Highly Cited Authors  
                                and Nobel Laureates. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                             
       5 -13    Reprint   118   Of Nobel Class:  A        
                                Citation Perspective on High Impact     
                                Research Authors.  Eugene Garfield and  
                                Alfred Welljams-Dorof. Theor.        
                                Med. 13(2): 117-35, June 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 35    3 -12    31 Aug 92 127   'Of Nobel Class':  Part 2. Forecasting  
                                Nobel Prizes Using Citation Data and the
                                Odds Against It. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                              
       4 -12    Reprint   128   Of Nobel Class:  A        
                                Citation Perspective on High Impact     
                                Research Authors (Part 2).  Eugene      
                                Garfield and Alfred Welljams-Dorof.     
                                Theor. Med. 13(2): 117-35, June  
                                1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 37    3 -12    14 Sep 92 137   Theoretical Medicine's Special Issue on 
                                the Nobel Prizes and Their Effect on    
                                Science. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
  
       6 -12    Reprint   140   Discovery, Theory Change, and the
                                Nobel Prize:  On the Mechanisms of 
                                Scientific Evolution.  An Introduction. 
                                B.I.B. Lindahl Theor. Med (whole 
                                issue) 13(2): 97-231, 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 39    3 -10    28 Sep 92 147   How Science Works:  David L. Hull       
                                Reviews The Scientific Attitude  
                                by Fred Grinnell. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       5 -10  Guest Essay 147   A Review of The Scientific    
                                Attitude, Second Edition.  
                                David L. Hull. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 41    5 -15    12 Oct 92 155   Psychology Research 1986-1990:  A
                                Citationist Perspective on the Highest  
                                Impact Papers, Institutions, and        
                                Authors. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 43    3 - 8    26 Oct 92 166   Social Science Quotations by     
                                David L. Sills and Robert K. Merton: 
                                Revisiting the New Paperback Edition.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       4 - 8    Reprint   167   Social Science Quotations.
                                David L. Sills and Robert K. Merton.  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                          
 45    3 -10     9 Nov 92 172   Parascience, Pseudoscience and Political
                                Power:  Gerald Holton on the Anti-      
                                Science Phenomenon--And Why It Should   
                                not be Dismissed as a Harmless Fringe. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
       6 -10  Guest Essay 175   How to Think About the           
                                'Anti-Science' Phenomenon.  
                                Gerald Holton. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 47    3 -10    23 Nov 92 180   The Languages of Science Revisited:
                                A Focus on Microbiology, 1981-1991
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                               
       6 -10    Reprint   183   The microbiology literature:
                                languages of publication and their      
                                relative citation impact. Eugene        
                                Garfield and Alfred Welljams-Dorof.     
                                FEMS Microbiology Letters,       
                                100:33-7, 1992. Elsevier. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 49    3 -13     7 Dec 92 188   The uses and limitations of citation    
                                data as science indicators:  an overview
                                for students and nonspecialists. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
       5 -13    Reprint   190   Citation data:  their use as
                                quantitative indicators for science and 
                                technology evaluation and policy-making. 
                                Eugene Garfield and Alfred Welljams     
                                -Dorof. Science & Public Policy, 
                                19(5):327-7, October 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 51-  3 - 9   21-28 Dec   199   Science Watch Takes the Pulse of 
 52                 92        British Medicine and Other Fields. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                             
      4 - 6   Reprint     200   Can We Measure the UK's Research
                                Success?  A Summary.  David A.  
                                Pendlebury. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      7 -9    Reprint     203   Critical Condition:  Clinical
                                Research in UK Fading Fast Science   
                                Watch, 3(6):1-2, August 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available

 

 

1993

 

 
 
 CC   CC Pgs.   Date      Essays      Title
 No:                         Pg
 1    3 -11     4 Jan 93  206   Reaffirming the Central Role of
                                the Scientific Literature:  
                                Joshua Lederberg Discusses the
                                Print and Electronic Media
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                             
      5 -11    Reprint    208   Communication as the Root of
                                Scientific Progress  Joshua
                                Lederberg. Lecture at Sixth             
                                International Conference on Science  
                                Editing in the Age of Global            
                                Communication. International        
                                Federation of Science Editors, Woods    
                                Hole, Massachusetts, October 16, 1991. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 3    3 -15    18 Jan 93  215   A Citationist Perspective on Xenobiotics
                                Research, 1981-1992: The Highest Impact 
                                Papers, Institutions, and Authors. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 5    3 -12     1 Feb 93  228   To What Extent Is the Research          
                                Literature Cited?  Lowell Hargens and   
                                David Bott Examine Citation Rates in    
                                Sociology. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      5 -12    Reprint    230   Are Sociologists' Publications 
                                Uncited?  Citation Rates of Journal     
                                Articles, Chapters, and Books.  David M.
                                Bott and Lowell L. Hargens. 
                                The American Sociologist 
                                22:147-58, 1991. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 7    3 -12    15 Feb 93  238   New SCI and SSCI CD-ROM   
                                Editions Include Abstracts, KeyWords    
                                Plus, and Monthly Updates. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      7 -12    Reprint    242   Science Citation Index/Science
                                Citation Index with Abstracts on
                                CD-ROM.  Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo and
                                Jacqueline Trolley. Librarian,
                                7(9):34-42, October 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 9    3 -13     1 Mar 93  248   Women in Science. Part 1. The 
                                Productivity Puzzle -- J. Scott Long on 
                                Why Women Biochemists Publish Less than 
                                Men. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      6 -13    Reprint    251   Measures of Sex Differences in 
                                Scientific Productivity.  J. Scott
                                Long. Social Forces, 71:
                                159-78, 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 11   3 -13    15 Mar 93  259   Women in Science. Part 2. The Impact    
                                Enigma--J. Scott Long on Why Women      
                                Biochemists' Papers are Cited more than 
                                Men. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      4 -13    Reprint    260   Measures of Sex Differences in 
                                Scientific Productivity.  J. Scott Long.
                                Social Forces, 71:159-78, 1992.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 13   3 -12    29 Mar 93  270   Huichol Art and Culture:  Vanishing
                                Treasures of the Sierra Madre.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
                                
      5 -12    Reprint    272   Dancing Through the God's Eye.   
                                Maria von Bolschwing Hola Amigos!
                                2(1):11-3, 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 15   3 - 5    12 Apr 93  280   Bonnie Lawlor's Silver Anniversary at
                                ISI--A Tribute. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 17   3 -12    26 Apr 93  283   A Citationist Perspective on Science                                
                                in Taiwan:  Most-Cited Papers, 
                                Institutions, and Authors, 1981-
                                1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 19   3 -13    10 May 93  293   Co-Citation Analysis of the
                                Scientific Literature:  Henry Small
                                on Mapping the Collective Mind of
                                Science. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
      5 -13    Reprint    295   Macro-Level Changes in the       
                                Structure of Co-Citation Clusters:      
                                1983-1989. Henry Small. 
                                Scientometrics, 26(1):5-20, 1993.  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 21   3 - 8    24 May 93  304   The Symbiosis of Clinical Practice
                                and Basic Research:  Joshua Lederberg on
                                the Interface of Science and Medicine. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      4 - 8   Reprint     305   The Interface of Science and
                                Medicine.  Joshua Lederberg. The     
                                Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine,    
                                59(5):380-3, 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
                               
 23   5 -11     7 Jun 93  310   The Role of Undergraduate Colleges in
                                Research.  Part 1.  Highest Output,
                                Most-Cited, and Highest Impact 
                                Institutions, 1981-1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
 25   3 - 9    21 Jun 93  317   The Role of Undergraduate Colleges in
                                Research.  Part 2.  Highest Impact
                                Institutes and Most-Cited Papers,
                                1981-1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 27   3 -12     5 Jul 93  324   New Scientist Examines AIDS      
                                Research with ISI's Citation Data.  
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
      5 -12    Reprint    326   Has the AIDS Research Epidemic   
                                Spread Too Far?  Phyllida Brown 
                                New Scientist 138(1873):12-5, 15 
                                May 1993. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 29   3 - 8    19 Jul 93  334   Will Hot Papers Ever Become Hot 
                                Properties?  A Provocative Viewpoint
                                by Science Watch Editor David
                                Pendlebury. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
      5 - 8    Reprint    336   Are New Riches In Store For  
                                Superstars of Research?  If Some Current
                                Trends Continue, The Answer is Yes! 

                                David Pendlebury. The Scientist, 
                                7(12):1, 21, 14 June 1993. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available  
 
 31   3 - 9     2 Aug 93  340   In Appreciation of Vasily Vasilyevich
                                Nalimov:  Angela Thompson's Profile
                                of a Remarkable Scholar and
                                Courageous Individual.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
      4 - 9    Reprint    341   Vasily Vasilyevich Nalimov:      
                                Russian Visionary.  Angela M. Thompson 
                                Journal of Humanistic Psychology,
                                33(3):80-96, Summer 1993. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 33   3 -10    16 Aug 93  347   Using the Citation Classic Data-
                                base for Science Studies.  Part 1.      
                                Helen Astin on Gender Differences in 
                                Author Productivity.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      5 -10    Reprint    349   Citation Classics: Women's
                                and Men's Perceptions of Their          
                                Contributions to Science.  Helen S.
                                Astin. The Outer Circle: Women in the
                                scientific community, Zuckerman H,  
                                Cole J R & Bruer J T (eds): W.W. Norton 
                                & Co., New York, 1991, p.57-70. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
                           
 35   5 -11    30 Aug 93  355   Using the Citation Classic Data-
                                base for Science Studies.  Part 2. Helen
                                Astin on How Men and Women Perceive
                                Their High Impact Works. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                          
      6 -11    Reprint    356   Citation Classics: Women's
                                and Men's Perceptions of Their          
                                Contributions to Science.  Helen S.
                                Astin.    The Outer Circle: Women in the       
                                scientific community, Zuckerman H,  
                                Cole J R & Bruer J T (eds): W.W. Norton 
                                & Co., New York, 1991, p.57-70. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
                           
 37   3 - 7    13 Sep 93  362   The Birth of Fullerene Chemistry:
                                Harold W. Kroto Discusses New Lines
                                of Buckyball Research in a Science
                                Watch Interview. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
      4 - 7    Reprint    363   The Search for Carbon in Space   
                                and the Fullerene Fallout.  Harold W.
                                Kroto. Science Watch, 3(1):3-4,
                                January 1992. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 39   3 -12    27 Sep 93  367   The Double Helix 40 Years Later:
                                Joshua Lederberg's Personal
                                Commentary About Its Impact on 
                                Basic Research.                                 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
      5 -12   Reprint     369   What the Double Helix (1953) Has
                                Meant for Basic Biomedical Science. A
                                personal commentary. Joshua Lederberg. 
                                J. American Medical Association,
                                269(15):1981-3, 1993. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 41   3 - 8    11 Oct 93  377   Janet T.Spence Receives the 1993 NAS
                                Award for Excellence in Scientific
                                Reviewing. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
 
 43   3 - 6    25 Oct 93  383   The Scientist Newspaper:  Seven  
                                Years on the Human and Professional     
                                Sides of Science. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 45   5 -10     8 Nov 93  387   Citation Cassics -- From 
                                Obliteration to Immortality -- And
                                the Role of Autobiography in 
                                Reporting the Realities Behind High
                                Impact Research. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available 
 
 47   3 - 7    22 Nov 93  393   The 1993 John Scott Awards Go to 
                                Carlo Croce and Richard Smalley. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                 
49   3 -12     6 Dec 93  398   A Tribute to the New York Academy
                                of Sciences:  Denis Cullinan on its
                                History, Future, and Classic Papers. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
             Guest Essay  399   The New York Academy of Sciences
                                Annals:  From the Founding through
                                the Future.  Denis M. Cullinan. 
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
51-52 3 -12  20-27 Dec 93  408  From Current Comments to Citation Comments: 
                                Continuing a 31-year series of
                                Current Contents Essays with a new focus.
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                                
                           431  Cited Author Index
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available
                               
                           439  Subject Index
                                (Essays/Vol:15) pdf file available



 

Commentaries in The Scientist

by Eugene Garfield

1992-1993

1992

 
 

       page         Issue No:      Date    Page
 

                        24              12.7.92     411         Mentoring Young Scientists Is an
                                                                          Imperative--And a Pragmatic Necessity.
                                                                         The Scientist,
                                                                          Vol.6(24), p.12, 7 December 1992


 

1993

 
 

                                             


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                                                                     413                As We Launch into the New Year,
                                                                                           Reality Must Temper Expectations
                                                                                           The Scientist,   Vol.7(1), p.12, 11 January 1993.
                              
                                                            

                               415       Electronic Publishing Extends
                                                                                          Reach of Scientists--And of The
                                                                                          Scientist. Eugene Garfield
                                                                                          The Scientist, Vol.7(3), p.12, 8 February 1993.


                                                                    417                 A Pat on the Back for Westinghouse
                                                                                           Finalists--And for the Talent
                                                                                           Search Sponsors as Well. 
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(5), p.12, 8 March 1993.
                               

                                                                   419                  Citation Searches Can Be Powerful
                                                                                           Tools in Combating Redundant
                                                                                           Publication. 
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(8), p.12, 19 April 1993.
 
                                                                   421                  Top Flight Research at Small Colleges
                                                                                           Merits More Recognition, More Support.
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(11), p.12, 31 May 1993.
 
                                                                  423                   Scientists Should Understand the
                                                                                           Limitations as Well as the Virtues
                                                                                           of Citation Analysis. Eugene Garfield.
                                                                                           The Scientist,   Vol.7(14), p.12, 12 July  1993.
                               
                                                                  425                   Despite Problems with Peer Review,
                                                                                           Science Publishing Is Healthier than
                                                                                           Ever. 
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(18), p.12, 20 September 1993.
                                
                                                                 427                    Hillary Clinton and Mary Lasker:  A Photo in
                                                                                           Proper Focus. 
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(21), p.12,   1 November 1993.
  
                                                                429                     How an understanding of Science History is useful,
                                                                                           enriching, and rewarding.
                                                                                           The Scientist, Vol:7(24), p.12, 13 December 1993.