Current Science in its November 2005 Issue has published number ofpapers on "Citation Indexing" to celebrate 50 years of CitationIndexing.http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/contents.htm Current Science, founded in 1932 is published by the Current ScienceAssociation in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences . ---SPECIAL SECTION: 50 YEARS OF CITATION INDEXING Early impressions of citation indexinghttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1502.pdf 'Citation Indexes for Science' – A 50 year citation historyhttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1503.pdf A hundred million acts of whimsy?http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1505.pdf Evaluation of research and evolution of science indicatorshttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1510.pdf Citation and hyperlink networkshttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1518.pdf Beyond SCI citations – New ways to evaluate researchhttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1524.pdf The emergence of competitors to the Science Citation Index and the Webof Sciencehttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1531.pdf As we may search – Comparison of major features of the Web of Science,Scopus, and Google Scholar citation-based and citation-enhanceddatabaseshttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1537.pdf Counting the gatekeepers of international science journals aworthwhile science indicatorhttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1548.pdf Mapping the global structure of Antarctic research vis-à-vis AntarcticTreaty Systemhttp://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1552.pdf ---- Those of you interested in quantitative assessment of research outputmay like to visit some of the links mentioned above. ThanksSukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in