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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Eugene Garfield

1925 - 2017

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Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 – February 26, 2017) was an American linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene Garfield has received more than 154,114 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eugene Garfield is the 96th most popular computer scientist (up from 97th in 2019), the 5,491st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,926th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Eugene Garfield ranks 96 out of 201. Before him are Robert W. Floyd, Robert Taylor, Stephen Wolfram, Marlyn Meltzer, Radia Perlman, and Joseph Sifakis. After him are Manuel Blum, Edmund M. Clarke, John Hopcroft, Jan Koum, Robert C. Martin, and Betty Holberton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Eugene Garfield ranks 272. Before him are Tajuddin Ahmad, William Wharton, Roy Haynes, Vojtěch Jasný, Oldřich Lajsek, and Harry Guardino. After him are Alec McCowen, Attilâ İlhan, Yury Trifonov, Burkhard Heim, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, and Pyotr Todorovsky. Among people deceased in 2017, Eugene Garfield ranks 273. Before him are Darlene Cates, Ludvig Faddeev, Darlanne Fluegel, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Om Puri, and Daniil Granin. After him are François Van der Elst, Alec McCowen, Amotz Zahavi, Richard Hatch, Björn Granath, and Hrvoje Šarinić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Garfield ranks 5,491 out of 18,182. Before him are Danneel Ackles (1979), Thomas Friedman (1953), Oswald Veblen (1880), James Shigeta (1929), Milman Parry (1902), and Anne Shirley (1918). After him are Nancy Walker (1922), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Judith Light (1949), John Kuck (1905), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), and Michael Giacchino (1967).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Eugene Garfield ranks 59. Before him are Richard M. Karp (1935), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Robert Taylor (1932), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Radia Perlman (1951). After him are Edmund M. Clarke (1945), John Hopcroft (1939), Betty Holberton (1917), Evan Williams (1972), Peter Norton (1943), and Scott Fahlman (1948).

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