. . . And Many Happy Returns

To the great scientific leaps witnessed during our first 25 years, and the game changers yet to come.

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ANDRZEJ KRAUZ

The Scientist debuted as a 32-page newspaper in October 1986, and quickly came to occupy a special niche in the science world. Eugene Garfield, publishing entrepreneur and founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (including Current Contents, the citation index, and the impact factor), launched the publication to disseminate information that he passionately believed was as important to scientists as what they read in research journals: news, opinions, and interviews about funding, ethics, politics, and other career-related issues, plus profiles, book reviews, and even pithy quotes.

Twenty-five years later, Editor Emeritus Garfield reflects on the not-so-easy birth and nurturing of the publication as a labor of love in "Alive and Kicking." Recalling how The Scientist grew and changed over time, he proudly touts the magazine ...

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