Dr. Eugene Garfield Wins The Online Information Lifetime Achievement Award

As many of you know, Dr. Garfield is the father of citation analysis a concept that is very closely related to link analysis. We have posted many items about Dr. Garfield on ResourceShelf over the years. Links to some interesting and important reading by and about Dr. Garfield at the bottom of this post. Congratulations to Dr. Garfield for all of his many contributions to the information profession and on receiving this most well-deserved honor.

See Also: The FUTURE of Citation Indexing: An Interview with Eugene Garfield
This post includes an interview with Dr. Garfield conducted by Dr. Peter Jacso. You’ll also find links to many of his most important writings.

See Also: More Interviews with Dr. Garfield

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