Henry Small (information scientist)
Henry Gilbert Small (* 1941 ) is an American information scientist.
Life
After studying chemistry , Small earned an academic Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971. in the field of the history of science and chemistry. He then worked at the Center for History and Philosophy of Physics at the American Institute of Physics until 1972 . From 1972 to 1977 he was Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania ) and then until 2010 Head of Contract Research at ISI and Chief Scientist . Since 2010 he has been a Senior Scientist at SciTech Strategies, Inc.
To the cognitive context to clarify scientific publications, developed Small 1973 Kozitationsanalyse , unrelated to him by Irina Marshakova in the scientometrics was introduced. In a large number of other publications, he expanded and refined this method of analyzing networks of scientific communication.
In 1987 he and VV Nalimov received the Derek John de Solla Price Award from Scientometrics magazine. In 1998 he received the Award of Merit from the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS & T), the highest honor this society bestows on individual scientists. In 1989 he became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
literature
- AFJ van Raan: Comments on Henry Small, recipient of the 1987 Derek de Solla Price award . In: Scientometrics . tape 14 , no. 5-6 , 1988, pp. 361-363 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02017096 .
- Eugene Garfield : Current Comments - Co-Citation Analysis of the Scientific Literature: Henry Small on Mapping the Collective Mind of Science . In: Current Contents . No. 19 , 1993, pp. 293–294 ( online [PDF; accessed June 25, 2017]).
Web links
- Leaders of Information Science and Technology Worldwide: In Their Own Words. Henry G. Small. April 21, 2014, accessed June 25, 2017 .
- Henry G. Small : Directory of Important Publications (selection by E. Garfield)
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Small: Co-Citation in the Scientific Literature: A New Measure of the Relationship Between Two Documents . In: Journal of the American Society for Information Science . tape 24 , no. 4 , 1973, p. 28-31 .
- ^ Fellows of the AAAS: Henry Small. American Association for the Advancement of Science, accessed July 28, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Small, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Small, Henry Gilbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American information scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |