The EBRNetwork would like to acknowledge one of the giants on whom shoulders we stand. Eugene Garfield was a giant in publishing metrics, including writing about the failure to cite prior research for which he coined the terms ‘bibliographic negligence’ and ‘citation amnesia’. Tributes may be found here:
Obituaries:
The first was published a few days after Gene passed away with personal reflections by Ton van Raan. The second by Paul Wouters was published in Nature.
Videos with Gene:
How to Use the Science Citation Index
50 Years of Citation Indexing