| 1958 |
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Eugene Garfield starts ISI by borrowing $500 from Household
Finance. Current Contents® (CC®) of Chemical, Pharmaco-Medical
& Life Sciences is the sole product. It covers 200 journals in about
32 pages per issue.
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| 1960 |
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ISI introduces Current Abstracts of Chemistry and
Index Chemicus®
ISI incorporates under Pennsylvania law.
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| 1961 |
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ISI receives a grant from the National Institutes of Health
to produce the experimental Genetics Citation Index using citation
indexing. First, a comprehensive interdisciplinary index was produced. From
this database, citations relating to genetics were extracted. Published
in 1963, the comprehensive database eventually becomes the 1961 Science
Citation Index® (SCI) which included 562 journals and 2 million
citations. The 1964 SCI comprises five volumes.
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| 1966 |
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Magnetic tapes of citation data and source data become available.
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| 1967 |
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1,800 periodicals are covered on an annual basis.
The weekly citation file consists of approximately 65,000 cited references
from approximately 5,800 source items.
CC Chemical Sciences is introduced.
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| 1969 |
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CC Education is published, along with CC Behavioral,
Social and Management Sciences.
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| 1970 |
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CC Agricultural, Food, and Veterinary Sciences, and
CC Engineering and Technology is published.
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| 1971 |
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Current Contents covers 4,000 scientific titles; 650
contents pages are received each week.
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| 1972 |
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Estimate 1 million scientists worldwide are accessing the
ISI database.
CC Life Sciences has a 90% renewal rate - chiefly individual scientists
subscribe. Average non-library copy is known to have 5 or 6 "pass along"
readers. Average weekly readership is estimated at greater than 200,000.
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| 1973 |
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Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI) is
launched.
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| 1978 |
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The twentieth anniversary of ISI is celebrated!
ISI employs 470 people and has offices in 9 countries.
5,200 journals in 31 languages are indexed.
Ground is broken for the current corporate headquarters at 3501 Market Street.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index® (AHCI) is launched.
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| 1988 |
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ISI provides Current Contents on Diskette®.
JPT Holdings acquires a controlling interest of ISI.
85% of revenues are generated by print subscriptions, 15% by electronic
subscriptions. ISI purchases Medical Documentation Services® (MDS),
a provider of customized biomedical and pharmaceutical information.
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| 1989 |
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Science Citation Index® Compact Disk Edition
wins Product of the Year from Online Inc.
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| 1990 |
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ISI employs 550 people.
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| 1992 |
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ISI is acquired by Thomson Business Information, a subsidiary
of The Thomson Corporation.
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| 1996 |
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In less than twenty years, revenues shift from their previous
balance (see 1988) to 34% generated by print subscriptions, 66% by electronic.
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| 1997 |
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ISI launches ISI Web of Science®
Internet and Intranet access to Current Contents introduced as Current
Contents Connect®
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| 1998 |
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ISI celebrates its 40th Anniversary.
ISI employs 800 people with offices in 7 countries.
8,000+ titles published in 35 languages are indexed.
53% of all United States Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member
institutions have licensed the ISI Web of Science.
Leslie Singer becomes first female President and CEO of ISI.
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| 1999 |
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ISI Current Web Contents™, a modular
component to Current Contents Connect, is launched. The new initiative
recognizes the value that high-quality, Web sites represent to the serious
researcher.
Nearly 70% of all U.S. Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions
have licensed the ISI Web of Science.
Derwent Innovations IndexSM is launched
in cooperation with Thomson Scientific sister company, Derwent Information,
Inc.
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| 1999 |
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ISI Researchsoft acquires Niles Software, Inc.
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| 2000 |
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ISI enters the new century with full Year 2000 Compliance.
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| 2001 |
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ISI launches ISIHighlyCited.comSM -
a free, expert gateway to the world’s most cited and influential
scientific authors.
ISI introduces ISI Essential Science IndicatorsSM
- a powerful evaluation tool that measures scientific trends
and ranks the performance of countries, researchers, institutions, corporations,
and journals.
ISI develops ISI Web of KnowledgeSM
- the single, sophisticated platform that unites journal literature, patents,
chemical compounds, and genetic sequencing, and integrates proceedings
and additional print and electronic sources.
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| 2002 |
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Thomson Acquires Current Drugs ltd.
Thomson Acquires Delphion Research Site
Thomson Acquires Wila Verlag GMBH
Thomson ISI Marketing Team Receives 2002 Benjamin Franklin Award
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| 2003 |
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Thomson Acquires Techstreet Inc.
EndNote by Thomson ISI ResearchSoft Named Finalist in “Readers’
Choice” Awards from The Scientist Magazine
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| 2004 |
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Thomson Acquires BIOSIS Publishing Assets
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