Essays of an Information Scientist:1981-1982

Volume 5

Table of Contents


 Foreword xv       Robert K. Merton pdf file available
 Preface    xxi       Eugene Garfield     pdf file available
 


1981


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1 5-7  5 Jan 81 1 The ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award: F. Wilfrid Lancaster Is the First Winner.
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2 5-7. 12 Jan 81 4 Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science Builds  Computerized Information Services on ISI's Data 
Base.
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3 5-8 19 Jan 81 7 Discipline-Oriented Citation Indexes & Data Bases:  Bridging the Interdisciplinary Gap  via Multidisciplinary Input.
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4 5-8 26 Jan 81 11 ISI's On-Line System Makes Searching 
so Easy Even a Scientist Can Do It:Introducing METADEX Automatic Indexing & ISI/BIOMED SEARCH. 
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5 5-9 2 Feb 81 15 Fine Art Enhances ISI's New Building:
A Ceramic Mural by Guillermo Wagner Granizo and a Sgraffito Mural by 
Joseph Slawinski. 
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6 5-10 9 Feb 81 20 All About Ice Cream: or, Confessions 
of an Ice Cream Addict. 
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7 5-9 16 Feb 81 26 What's in a Surname?
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8 5-12 23 Feb 81 31 Automatic Indexing and the 
Linguistics Connection. 
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9 5-10 2 Mar 81 39 Catching the wind. Part 1. Sailing.
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10 5-11 9 Mar 81 45 Catching the Wind. Part 2. Boardsailing.
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11 5-9 16 Mar 81 52  Introducing Discovery, Time 
Inc.'s Monthly Newsmagazine of Science. 
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12 5-13 23 Mar 81 57 Introducing Current Controversy -- Reviewing and Digesting the Popular and Scholarly  Press. 
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13 5-10 30 Mar 81 66 Indoor Pollution: Why Environmental Protection May Also Be an Inside Job.
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14 5-7 6 Apr 81 72 "How do you do it? Write all those essays, I mean."
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15 5-13 13 Apr 81 75 Alcohol: Are the benefits worth the risks?
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16 5-11 20 Apr 81 84 New Scientist: Science with a sense of humor.
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17 5-9 27 Apr 81 91 The Einstein Centennial and Citation Analysis.
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18 5-8 4 May 81  96 The 1981 NAS James Murray Luck Award for Excellence in Scientific Reviewing: John S. Chipman receives third award for his reviews in economics.
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19 5-12 11 May 81 100 What do we know about depression?
Part 1: Etiology.
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20 5-12 18 May 81 108 What Do we know about Depression? Part 2: Diagnosis and Treatment. 
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21 5-11 25 May 81 116 Scientific American -- 136 years of Science Journalism. 
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22 5-16 1 Jun 81 123 Citation Classics -- Four  Years of the Human Side of Science. 
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23 5-7 8 Jun 81 135 Grants from ISI:  Help for small and inadequately financed libraries.
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24 5-9 15 Jun 81 138 Senility: A major health problem in need of a  solution. 
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25 5-11 22 Jun 81 143 Herpes Simplex Virus Infections. Part 1. How widespread they are, and who  is most threatened. 
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26 5-11 29 Jun 81 150 Herpes Simplex Virus Infections. Part  2. Sexually transmitted diseases  without a cure. 
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27 5-11 6 Jul 81 157 What do we know about depression?
Part 3: Children and adolescents.
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28 5-11 13 Jul 81 164 Huichol Mythology and Culture. Part 1.  World's largest yarn painting is latest in series of ISI-commissioned art.
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29 5-11 20 Jul 81 171 Huichol Mythology and Culture. Part 2. Can the Huichols absorb modern  technology and retain their   traditions?
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30 5-15 27 Jul 81 178 English vs. Spanish vs. French vs..The Problem of Bilingualism.
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31 5-17 3 Aug 81 189 The 1980 Nobel Prizewinners. 
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32 5-9 10 Aug 81 202 ISI's Lecture-Seminar Program can help you and your students optimize literature searching.
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33 5-10 17 Aug 81 207 Works of Art at ISI: Jennifer Bartlett's "In the Garden" and "Interpenetrations" by Handel Evans.
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34 5-9 24 Aug 81 213 Introducing ISI/ISTP&B (Index to  Scientific and Technical Proceedings  & Books)-- Online Access to the  Conference Literature and  Multi-Authored Books. 
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35 5-8 31 Aug 81 218 Science Digest -- New Look,  New Personality. 
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36 5-20 7 Sep 81 222 Medical Genetics: The New Preventive  Medicine. 
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37 5-13 14 Sep 81  238 Aspirin: Headache or Health Promoter?
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38 5-10 21 Sep 81 247 To put it badly: Treatment of hair loss is a losing proposition.
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39 5-12 28 Sep 81 253 Science: 101 Years of Publication of High Impact Science Journalism. 
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40 5-12 5 Oct 81 261 Nature: 112 Years of continuous publication of high impact research and science journalism.
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41 5-14 12 Oct 81 269 The 1,000 Contemporary Scientists Most-Cited 1965-1978. Part 1. The Basic List and Introduction. 
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42 5-13 19 Oct 81 279 Introducing the ISI Atlas of Science: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1978/80.
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43 5-12 26 Oct 81 288 Another look at ISI's Master Dictionary -- Aiding scientific etymology and reflecting changes in science.
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44 5-16 2 Nov 81 296 A Tribute to R. Buckminster Fuller-- Inventor, Philosopher.
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45 5-9 9 Nov 81 308 Introducing Current Controversy -- Reviewing and Digesting the Popular and Scholarly Press.
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46 5-11 16 Nov 81 313 To Fast or Not Too Much Fast. Part 1.The Claims for Fasting in the Popular  Literature. 
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47 5-11 23 Nov 81 320 To Fast or Not Too Much Fast. Part 2. A controversial question gets some scientific answers. 
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48 5-8 30 Nov 81 327 A Swan Song for IBRS.
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49 5-8 7 Dec 81 331 The ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award: Pauline   Atherton Cochrane Wins the Second  Award. 
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50 5-6 14 Dec 81 335 Will advertising change Current Contents? - Yes and No.
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51 5-15 21 Dec 81 337 The economic impact of research and development.
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52 5-11 28 Dec 81 348 ISI's "World Brain" by Gabriel Liebermann: The World's First Holographic Engraving.
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 1982
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1 5-13 4 Jun 82 355 You're invited to historic Philadelphia for the tercentennial. 
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2 5-13 11 Jan 82 364 Acne Vulgaris: The adolescent's albatross.
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3 5-11 18 Jan 82 373 Journal Citation Studies. 34. The literature of Dental Science vs. the literature used by dental researchers.
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4 5-11 25 Jan 82 380 On the 25th Anniversary of Current Contents/ Life Sciences we look forward to the electronic online microcomputing era. 
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5 5-12 1 Feb 82 387 The Legacy of Albert C. Barnes. Part 1. The tempestuous life of a Scientist/Art Collector.
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6 5-15 8 Feb 82 395 Of Beggars, Bagladies, and Bums
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7 5-15 15 Feb 82 406 Autism: Few answers for a baffling disease.
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8 5-15 22 Feb 82 417 In tribute to V.V. Nalimov: Renaissance scholar and scientometrician par excellence.
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9 5-13 2 Mar 82 428 The 1,000 Most-Cited contemporary  authors.  Part 2A. Details on authors  in the Physical and Chemical Sciences and some comments about Nobels and 
Academy memberships. 
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10 5-10 8 Mar 82  437 ISI/CompuMath, multidisciplinary coverage of Applied and Pure Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, in print  and/or online -- Take your pick! 
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11 5-16 5 Mar 82  443 The Philadelphia Transit story continued -- how we all worked together to improve our subway station.
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12 5-13 22 Mar 82 455 The Legacy of Albert C. Barnes. Part 2. The Barnes Foundation.
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13 5-13 29 Mar 82 464 Journal Citation Studies. 35. Veterinary journals: What they cite and vice versa.
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14 5-15 5 Apr 82 473 Computer-Aided Historiography : How ISI uses cluster tracking to monitor the "vital signs" of science.
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15 5-13 12 Apr 82 484 Journal Citation Studies. 36. Pure and Applied Mathematics Journals:What They Cite and Vice Versa. 
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16 5-9 19 Apr 82 493 Introducing the ISI representatives - two way communicators who help us monitor the user's needs.
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17 5-12 26 Apr 82 498 Why aren't there more women in science?
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18 5-9 3 May 82 506 The 1982 NAS Fourth J.M. Luck Award for excellence in scientific reviewing goes to Victor McKusick for his Mapping of the Literature in Human Genetics.
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19 5-17 10 May 82 511  J.D. Bernal -- The Sage of Cambridge.  4S Award  memorializes His contributions to the Social Studies  of Science. 
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20 5-13 17 May 82 524 Is Research on Trichomoniasis commensurate with the prevalence of  this STD? 
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21 5-13 24 May 82 533 The 1,000 Most-Cited contemporary  authors.  Part 2B. Details on authors in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell  Biology, Enzymology, Genetics,  Molecular Biology, and Plant Sciences.  (Essays/Vol:5)pdf file available
22 5-13 31 May 82 542 The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors.  Part 2C. Details on authors in Hematology, Histology, Immunology, Microbiology, Physiology, and  Virology.
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23 5-15 7 Jun 82 551 Were the 1981 Nobel Prizewinners in Science, Economics, and Literature anticipated by Citation Analysis?
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24 5-13 14 Jun 82 562 The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors.  Part 2D. Details on authors in Cardiology, Endocrinology,  Gastroenterology, Nephrology, 
Neurobiology, Neurology, Neuropharmacology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, Pharmacology,  Psychiatry, and Surgery.  (Essays/Vol:5)pdf file available
25 5-8 21 Jun 82 571 ISI Custom Search and Research Services, small and large, serve an international clientele.
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26 5-20 28 Jun 82 575 The 1979 Articles Most Cited from 1979 to  1981. 1. Life Sciences. 
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27 5-20 5 Jul 82 591 1,000 Most-Cited contemporary scientists. Part 3. Details on their institutional affiliations. 
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28 5-12 12 Jul 82 607 Introducing ISI/GeoSci.Tech and the GeoSciTech Index-- the 50 most-active research fronts in 1981 in the Earth Sciences illustrate the unique retrieval capabilities of our new online and print services. (Essays/Vol:5)pdf file available 
29 5-10 19 Jul 82 615 A Tribute to Hilary Koprowski: Scientist, Musician, and Friend. 
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30 5-10 26 Jul 82 621 More on the ethics of scientific publication: abuses of authorship attribution and citation amnesia undermine the reward system of science.
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31 5-11 2 Aug 82 627 To remember Sir Hans Krebs: Nobelist, friend and adviser.
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32 5-13 9 Aug 82 634 The 1979 articles most cited from 1979 to 1981. 2. Physical Sciences. 
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33 5-13 16 Aug 82 643 Risk Analysis, Part 1. How we Rate the Risks of New Technologies.
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34 5-10 23 Aug 82 652 Putting Your Best Face Forward: The social psychology of physical attractiveness.
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35 5-13 30 Aug 82 659 Risk Analysis, Part 2. How we evaluate the health risks of toxic substances in the environment.
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36 5-14 6 Sep 82 666 The 200 "pure" mathematicians most cited in 1978 and 1979, including a list of most-cited publications for the top 100.
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37 5-14 13 Sep 82 676 Patient Compliance: A multifaceted problem with no easy solution. 
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38 5-13 20 Sep 82 686 Since 1816 the John Scott and other  Philadelphia Awards have recognized "useful" scientific discoveries -- James Black and Benjamin Rubin head a list of recent distinguished recipients. Essays/Vol::5) pdf file available 
39 5-12 27 Sep 81 695 ISl's "New" Index to Scientific Reviews (lSR): Applying research front specialty searching to the retrieval of the review  literature. 
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40 5-12 4 Oct 82 703 Benjamin Franklin -- Philadelphia's Scientist. 
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41 5-14 11 Oct 82 711 Journal Citation Studies. 37. Using  Citation Analysis to study the neuroscience journals. 
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42 5-14 18 Oct 82 721 A Tribute to Carl Djerassi: Reflections on a remarkable scientific entrepreneur. 
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43 5-15 25 Oct 82 731 William D. McElroy and the Illuminating Story of Bioluminescence. 
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44 5-11 1 Nov 82 742 Halitosis, the Silent Affliction. A Profjle of Bad-Breath Research. 
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45 5-12 8 Nov 82 749 Is public confidence in science declining?
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46 5-7 15 Nov 82 758 Data from Arts and Humanities Citation Index reveal the interrelationships of science and humanities.
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47 5-11 22 Nov 82 761 Journal Citation Studies. 38. Arts Humanities Journals differ from natural and social sciences journals-- but  their similarities are surprising. 
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48 5-10 29 Nov 82 768 The history and mission of ISI Press. 
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49 5-10 6 Dec 82 774 The ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award: Belver C. Griffith Wins the Third Award. 
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50 5-10 13 Dec 82 779 While you're up, dial me an OATS -- We're still waiting for the Document Delivery Revolution. 
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51 5-10 20 Dec 82 785 Birdsongs and Avian Linguistics -- There's more to them than meets the ears. 
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52 5-14 27 Dec 82 791 Joumal Citation Studies. 39. Earth Sciences Journals: What They Cite and What Cites Them. 
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. . . 801 Cited Author Index
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. . . 831 Subject Index.
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