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It is over 50 years since Dr Eugene Garfield envisioned citation indexing tools that would allow researchers to expedite their research process, evaluate the impact of their work, spot scientific trends, and trace the history of modern scientific thoughts. Dr Garfield went on to build a company – ISI (now Thomson Scientific) around these ideas.

Here we bring together essays and articles written by Dr. Garfield and other Thomson Scientific staff members, to provide in-depth explanatory information for users of our citation databases and other information tools.

Citation Analysis

Citation Indexing

Journal Citation Reports

Journal and Web Site Selection Process

Use of the Thomson Scientific Citation Database

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: the history and the meaning of the Journal Impact Factor

Fifty years of citation indexing and analysis

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Selection of Content for the Web Citation Index™: Institutional Repositories and Subject-Specific Archives

Partnering helps institutional repositories thrive

Open access to the medical literature: How much content is available in published journals?

The Impact of Open Access Journals

Open Access Journals in the Thomson Scientific Citation Databases

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