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At work in garment factory [See 5173]
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
VPRS 5173 Outward Letter Books (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 1905-1910, Clerk of the Parliaments 1910-1914)
No full textThis series consists of various outward letter books, containing copies of unregistered outward correspondence letters created by Mr Thomas Watson, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly from 1902-1910, Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of the Parliaments 1910-1912, and continued by his successor Mr R.McCall 1912-1914. Letter books were the means by which copies of correspondence despatched from the office were retained for future reference.<br/><br/>The letter books that make up this series were originally registered by PROV as 3 separate series:<br/><br/>VPRS 5173 Interstate Conferences Letter Book now VPRS 5173/P0 and P1<br/>VPRS 5174 Outward Letter Book from the Gillies Monument Sub-Committee now VPRS 5173/P3<br/>VPRS 5176 Outward Letter Books from Clerk of Legislative Assembly now VPRS 5173/P2<br/><br/>In 1999, the records in the above 3 series were brought together to form VPRS 5173.<br/><br/>It would seem that Mr Watsons recordkeeping system for outward correspondence involved the use of several letter books simultaneously for letters relating to different subject matter. (Watson also arranged his letter books by subject when he was Clerk of the Parliaments see VPRS 5181 Outward Letter Books). Thus, several units in this series cover the same date range.<br/><br/>As at 1999, the letter books of Mr Watson are the only records in custody from this series.<br/><br/>A brief description of the subject matter of the contents of each unit follows:<br/><br/>5173/P0 Units 1 & 5173/P1 Unit 1 (Interstate Conferences)<br/>This unit contains the outward letters created in the Clerks capacity as the Secretary to the Interstate Conferences. Most of the correspondence is directed to the Ministers and Officers attending, concerning issues such as the program of events. It appears to be fairly routine organisational and administrative correspondence. Some items of correspondence are letters from the President of the Conference and the Chairman of the Reception Committee of the Cabinet. Two conferences appear to be covered in Unit 2. One session runs from August to September 1909 and the second from March to May 1914.<br/><br/>5173/P2 Units 1 & 2 (includes personal correspondence)<br/>As well as routine correspondence created in the course of his duties as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the P2 consignment units 1 and 2 include items that are marked personal or confidential, and are not strictly connected to his duties as officer of the parliament (eg letters to colleagues overseas, cover letters accompanying the gift of his brochure about the first 50 years of responsible government in Victoria).<br/><br/>5173/P3 (Gillies Monument)<br/>This was previously registered with the series title Outward Letter Book from the Gillies Monument Sub-Committee. Indeed, much of the correspondence in the P3 consignment in the period 1905-1907 relates to this Committee (for which Watson was Honorary Secretary) and the Gillies Memorial Fund. (Duncan Gillies died 14 September 1903, when Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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