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S. R. Ranganathan
Seergazhi Ramamrita Ranganathan was an Indian librarian and mathematician. S. R. Ranganathan is widely known as the “Father of Library Science in India.” His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major faceted classification system, the colon classification. He is considered to be the father of library science, documentation,…
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science · Indian mathematician and librarian · mathematician · librarian · writer · university teacher · library scientist · also S. R. Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Ranganathan Siyali Ramamrita, Ranganathan
Born 9 August 1892 · Died 27 September 1972 · Q457933
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Hindu: About 40 librarians receive S.R. Ranganathan Awards
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2019· 1 entry
Published “The Datacenter as a Computer” in Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture — cited 1,991 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines” in International Journal of Surgery — cited 1,957 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 3,511 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 1,691 times.
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2012· 3 entries
Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,822 times.
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Published “Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 10,812 times.
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Published “Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,636 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Human Blood CXCR5+CD4+ T Cells Are Counterparts of T Follicular Cells and Contain Specific Subsets that Differentially Support Antibody Secretion” in Immunity — cited 1,449 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Human Protein Reference Database--2009 update” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 2,713 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Universal Elastic Anisotropy Index” in Physical Review Letters — cited 2,618 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Adipose tissue tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-6 expression in human obesity and insulin resistance” in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism — cited 1,353 times.
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1995· 1 entry
Published “Leptin levels in human and rodent: Measurement of plasma leptin and ob RNA in obese and weight-reduced subjects” in Nature Medicine — cited 2,750 times.
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1972· 1 entry
Died 1972-09-27.
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Margaret Mann Citation (1970).
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1965· 1 entry
The Indian government honoured him for his contributions to the field with the title of National Research Professor
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1962· 1 entry
Where he served as honorary director for five years
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1957· 2 entries
Was elected as an honorary member of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and was made vice-president for life of the Library Association of Great Britain
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For valuable contributions to library science
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1951· 1 entry
Ranganathan released an album on Folkways Records entitled, Readings from the Ramayana: In Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita
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1928· 1 entry
And its growth) and the world during Ranganathan's lifetime (1892-1972) through two world wars, Indian independence, and the building of a democratic nation
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1923· 1 entry
The University of Madras created the post of University Librarian to oversee their poorly organized collection
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1916· 1 entry
Studied at Hindu High School, Matanhail, Bachelor of Arts (1913–1916).
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1892· 1 entry
Born 1892-08-09.
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