FW: Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science editorial by P. Balaram

[Eugene Garfield]

Our peripatetic friend Subbiah Arunachalam suggests you read

 

  the editorial by Prof. Balaram in the latest issue of Current Science
at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/10oct2010/857.pdf
<http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/10oct2010/857.pdf> .

"Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science"

 

 

 

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From: Subbiah Arunachalam [mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:10 PM
To: P. Balaram
Cc: Garfield, Eugene
Subject: Fwd: Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science
editorial by P. Balaram

 

 

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From: <eugene.garfield at thomsonreuters.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Subject: RE: Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science
editorial by P. Balaram
To: subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com



Dear Arun: If you are in touch with Prof. Balaram please send him my
best wishes and heart full thanks for his gracious editorial. If you can
confirm that I have his latest email address I will be glad to write him
myself as well. Gene

 

pb at mbu.iisc.ernet.in

 

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Eugene Garfield, PhD. email:  garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu
<mailto:garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu>  
home page: www.eugenegarfield.org <http://www.eugenegarfield.org/> 
Tel: 610-525-8729 Fax: 610-560-4749

Chairman Emeritus, ThomsonReuters Scientific (formerly ISI)
1500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130-4067

Editor Emeritus, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com
<http://www.the-scientist.com/>    
400 Market St. Suite 330 Philadelphia, PA 19106-2535

Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology
(ASIS&T) www.asist.org <http://www.asist.org/>  

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From: Subbiah Arunachalam [mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:07 AM
To: Garfield, Eugene
Subject: Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science

 

Dear Gene:

 

Please read the editorial by Prof. Balaram in the latest issue of
Current Science at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/10oct2010/857.pdf
<http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/10oct2010/857.pdf> .

"Citations, Impact Indices and the Fabric of Science"

 

Regards.

 

Arun

 

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