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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Russia Memory of the First World War
No full textThe artiche analysis how the Memory of the First World War wash rielaborated in Russia after 1991
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
From product to brand: towards understanding counterfeiting in the luxury fashion accessory sector
No full textThis paper presents a preliminary investigation into the counterfeiting phenomenon within the handbag and leather goods sector, by examining the case-studies of the two most well-known, and counterfeited, international luxury fashion brands: Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Through an historical analysis and a mix of marketing and economic history perspectives this paper tries to identify the market evolutions and the competitive dynamics within the luxury fashion industry, that have favoured the development of the counterfeit phenomenon in the last decades. The investigation points out how the increasing focus on the brand image and the intangible values of fashion products have stimulated the growth of counterfeiting. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section describes the main features of the market evolutions of the luxury brands during the last decades, paying a special attention to the demand side aspects. The second section deals with the luxury business and the analysis of the Gucci and Louis Vuitton firms’ evolution, focusing on the transformation of the product/brand relationship and product lines and the changes in distribution systems and advertising campaigns over the time. The last section presents concluding remarks in respect of the findings
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
Exploring Grassroots Fashion Storytelling: An Analysis of the Practices and Strategies of Italian and Chinese Bloggers
No full textThis paper investigates how the grassroots fashion storytelling developed in the second wave of the fashion blogosphere in Italy and in China. While in the first wave, according to the literature, the tropes that emerged were equality, counterculture and authenticity, our results show that in the second wave the main characteristics have become in both countries, Italy and China, technological diversification and commercialization, with the confirmation of a preference towards visual communication. In addition, in the Chinese fashion blogosphere a specific tension between the colonization of Western fashion and the autochthonous production of fashion content was registered. We argue that only by historicizing the phenomenon of fashion blogging is it possible to make sense of its real social meaning over time
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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