Current Comments@ Contract Research Services at Isi— Citation Analysis for Governmental, Industrial, and Academic Clients Varied Scope of Data These Files Include the Nine-million-records

Over the last few years, there has been an increasing use of citation data by government, industry, and academia for measuring scientific performance. The unique, massive citation databases of the Institute for Scientific Information@ (ISI@) have played a central roie in tie growth of the field called “scientometrics.” Under the direction of Henry Small, 1S1’sResearch Department provides customized contract scientometric services. Clients include a variety of institutions in need of research performance evaluations and other studies.