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A truly healthy publication must maintain the attitude that its readers are its partners. That’s the way we run The Scientist, and that’s the way we will continue to run it. The Scientist was started with you, the working scientist, in mind. Every two weeks we bring you stories about your colleagues, your working environment, funding, trends in research, and career and professional opportunities—stories that you just won’t find anywhere else. We also are very responsi

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A truly healthy publication must maintain the attitude that its readers are its partners. That’s the way we run The Scientist, and that’s the way we will continue to run it.

The Scientist was started with you, the working scientist, in mind. Every two weeks we bring you stories about your colleagues, your working environment, funding, trends in research, and career and professional opportunities—stories that you just won’t find anywhere else. We also are very responsive to your comments and suggestions. The editorial and design changes we’ve instituted with your input have made The Scientist a wholly new and vitally relevant newspaper for scientists and those who follow the world of science.

In a short time, we’ve succeeded in making a real impact among publications for the working scientist. How do we know that? You’ve told us. At conferences, by letter, and in person, the plaudits have been encouraging. “You ...

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    Eugene Garfield was an American linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He also founded The Scientist magazine in 1986.

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