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The '''Institute for Scientific Information''' is an information service founded in 1956.


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Institute for Scientific Information
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The '''Institute for Scientific Information''' was founded by  [[Eugene Garfield]] in 1956 as Documation, Inc.; in late 1950s, changed company name to Eugene Garfield Associates - Information Engineers; in 1960, changed company name to Institute for Scientific Information; acquired by Thomson in 1992; acquired by Clarivate in 2016. 
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As of 1998, the Institute for Scientific Information described itself as "a database publishing company that has, for almost forty years, responded to the needs of the global research community." ISI was founded in 1958 by Dr. Eugene Garfield to provide researchers with access to current research information of the highest quality.
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The ISI database covers a large number of journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, indexing complete bibliographic data, cited references, and author abstracts for every item it includes. It is the foundation upon which all of our products and services are based.  
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PERSONS INVOLVED:
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<b>[[Arthur W. Elias]]</b>; <b>[[Eugene Garfield]]</b>; <b>[[George E. Vladutz]]</b>; <b>[[Herbert S. White]]</b>
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Products and services include current awareness data, retrospective citation indexes, customized alerting services, chemical information products, even  specially structured sets of bibliometric data.
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Others involved include [[Arthur W. Elias]], [[George E. Vladutz]] and [[Herbert S. White]].
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The Institute for Scientific Information is a database publishing company that has, for almost forty years, responded to the needs of the global research community.  ISI was founded in 1958 by Dr. Eugene Garfield to provide researchers with access to current research information of the highest quality.
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Today, ISI maintains the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary, bibliographic database of research information in the world.
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The ISI database covers over 16,000 international journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanitites, indexing complete bibliographic data, cited references, and author abstracts for every item it includes. It is the foundation upon which all of our products and services are based.
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These products and services include currrent awareness data, retrospective citation indexes, customized alerting services, chemical information products, even  specially structured sets of bibliometric data. They are available in a variety of media: print, diskette, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, online, and via the Internet. And all of them provide convenient access to our full-text document delivery service.
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But products and services are only part of who we are. As the leader in the information industry, ISI is actively engaged in a number of exciting R&amp;D efforts and initiatives to ensure that we continue to meet the dynamic needs of our customers around the world.
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The ultimate objective of ISI is to provide immediate desktop access to the most significant scientific literature. In its entirety. To anyone, anytime, anywhere.  
<p>Copyright 1997 Institute for Scientific Information®


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== Further reading ==
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See also article on [[Eugene Garfield]].
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*''The history of ISI and the work of Eugene Garfield''. Clarivate. (n.d.). [https://clarivate.com/the-institute-for-scientific-information/history-of-isi/]
*''About ISI''. Institute for Scientific Information.  (1998, January 9). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980119173648/http://www.isinet.com/about/aboutisi.html]
*Lawlor, B. (2014). "The Institute for Scientific Information: A brief history." In L. R. McEwen & R. E. Buntrock (Eds.) ''The future of the history of chemical information'' (pp. 109-126). American Chemical Society. [<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2014-1164.ch007</nowiki>]


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*Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Eugene Garfield Papers. Collection 2009-036.
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ISI does not have its own archives, and no one at the company was able to provide information on archival materials. The founder, <b>[[Eugene Garfield]]</b>, does have many papers in his personal possession about the early years of the company.
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Phone conversation, 1996.
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 11 January 2025

The Institute for Scientific Information is an information service founded in 1956.


The Institute for Scientific Information was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1956 as Documation, Inc.; in late 1950s, changed company name to Eugene Garfield Associates - Information Engineers; in 1960, changed company name to Institute for Scientific Information; acquired by Thomson in 1992; acquired by Clarivate in 2016.

As of 1998, the Institute for Scientific Information described itself as "a database publishing company that has, for almost forty years, responded to the needs of the global research community." ISI was founded in 1958 by Dr. Eugene Garfield to provide researchers with access to current research information of the highest quality.

The ISI database covers a large number of journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, indexing complete bibliographic data, cited references, and author abstracts for every item it includes. It is the foundation upon which all of our products and services are based.

Products and services include current awareness data, retrospective citation indexes, customized alerting services, chemical information products, even specially structured sets of bibliometric data.

Others involved include Arthur W. Elias, George E. Vladutz and Herbert S. White.

Further reading

See also article on Eugene Garfield.

  • The history of ISI and the work of Eugene Garfield. Clarivate. (n.d.). [1]
  • About ISI. Institute for Scientific Information. (1998, January 9). [2]
  • Lawlor, B. (2014). "The Institute for Scientific Information: A brief history." In L. R. McEwen & R. E. Buntrock (Eds.) The future of the history of chemical information (pp. 109-126). American Chemical Society. [https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2014-1164.ch007]

Papers

  • Science History Institute. Philadelphia. Eugene Garfield Papers. Collection 2009-036.
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