Jan Vlachý

Jan Vlachý (born February 7, 1937 in Plzeň , † September 27, 2010 in Berlin ) was a Czech information scientist ; he is considered one of the co-founders of Scientometry .

Life

Jan Vlachý studied nuclear physics in Prague , but turned to quantitative science research , especially scientometry and bibliometrics , as early as the mid-1960s while working at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (ČSAV) . Vlachý has published on numerous areas of these scientific disciplines. His works to be highlighted Lotka's Law (Lotka's law) and proof that similar power laws in very different fields of natural sciences, social sciences and humanities apply. From 1967 to 1986 Vlachý was the executive editor of the “Czechoslovak Journal of Physics”. Many of his bibliometric analyzes of physical research were published monthly as short communications in this journal.

In 1989 Jan Vlachý received the Derek John de Solla Price Award from the magazine "Scientometrics" for his services in quantitative science research .

Jan Vlachý's academic papers are in the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Jürgen Czerwon: Obituary - Jan Vlachý (1937-2010) . In: Scientometrics . tape 87 , no. 3 , 2011, p. 655-656 , doi : 10.1007 / s11192-011-0340-y .

^ Jan Vlachý: Evaluating the distribution of individual performance . Scientia Yugoslavica 6 (1980) 1-4, pp. 155-189 (review article on Lotka's law)

^ Directory of Jan Vlachý's publications in the Web of Science

^ R. Todorov: 'Comments on Jan Vlachy, recipient of the 1989 Derek de Solla Price award . In: Scientometrics . tape 19 , no. 3-4 , 1990, pp. 157-158 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02095343 .

↑ Hans-Jürgen Czerwon: Jan Vlachý's scientific estate at the KU Leuven , ISSI Newsletter , Volume 7 (2011) No. 4, pp. 83-84 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der Archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Vlachý, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech information scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plzeň
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 2010
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Hans-Jürgen Czerwon: Obituary - Jan Vlachý (1937-2010) . In: Scientometrics . tape 87 , no. 3 , 2011, p. 655-656 , doi : 10.1007 / s11192-011-0340-y .

[2] Jan Vlachý: Evaluating the distribution of individual performance . Scientia Yugoslavica 6 (1980) 1-4, pp. 155-189 (review article on Lotka's law)

[3] Directory of Jan Vlachý's publications in the Web of Science

[4] R. Todorov: 'Comments on Jan Vlachy, recipient of the 1989 Derek de Solla Price award . In: Scientometrics . tape 19 , no. 3-4 , 1990, pp. 157-158 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02095343 .