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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
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
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
Molecular investigation of pathogenic and symbiotic bacteria in African hard ticks infesting wild and domestic animals
No full textIn
Africa,
the
most
prevalent
tick-‐borne
pathogens
are
considered
to
be
those
belonging
to
the
genera
Rickettsia,
Anaplasma,
Ehrlichia,
Babesia,
and
Theileria.
Very
few
data
on
ticks
and
tick-‐borne
diseases
in
Africa
are
found
in
the
literature,
notwithstanding
their
great
economic,
veterinary
and
medical
impact.
Considering
that
tick
symbiotic
bacteria
can
also
play
important
roles
in
host
biology
and
vector
efficiency,
we
investigated
the
co-‐presence
of
pathogenic
and
symbiotic
bacteria
in
hard
ticks
collected
from
wild
and
domestic
animals
from
different
ecological
areas
in
Kenya,
Egypt,
and
Ethiopia.
Taxonomic
identification
of
ticks
was
performed
by
means
of
both
morphological
(light
microscopy)
and
molecular
(12S
rRNA
PCR)
techniques.
Tick
DNAs
were
then
screened
for
the
presence
of
pathogenic
and
symbiotic
microorganisms
through
ad-‐hoc
molecular
approaches
(PCR).
Overall,
358
hard
ticks
were
taxonomically
identified
as
belonging
to
Ixodes,
Amblyomma,
Hyalomma,
Rhipicephalus,
Dermacentor,
and
Haemaphysalis
genera.
Pathogen
screening
provided
information
on
pathogens
circulation
in
Africa,
confirming
the
presence
of
Rickettsia
spp.,
Anaplasma
spp.,
Ehrlichia
spp.,
Borrelia
garinii,
Babesia
spp.
Theileria
spp
and
Coxiella
burnetii.
More
novel
is
the
detection
of
Candidatus
Cryptoplasma,
a
recently
described
α-‐Proteobacterium
belonging
to
the
family
Anaplasmataceae,
for
which
little
is
known
regarding
pathogenic
role,
ecology
and
epidemiology.
Furthermore,
our
work
provides
insights
on
the
African
scenario
of
tick-‐symbiont
associations
showing
that
Coxiella
endosymbionts
are
the
most
prevalent
microorganisms,
being
detected
in
sixteen
different
tick
species.
An
additional
endosymbiont,
Midichloria,
was
also
found
in
9
different
tick
species.
Gene
sequences
were
obtained
for
all
PCR-‐detected
microorganisms,
and
subsequent
phylogenetic
analyses
are
ongoing.
Statistical
analyses
will
also
be
performed,
to
evaluate
patterns
of
distribution
of
microorganisms
on
different
hosts
and
ecological
areas,
as
well
as
potential
co-‐occurrence
and
competition
between
pathogens
and
symbionts
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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