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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
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
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
The Goddess of Victory : a philological and stylistic analysis of Sarasvatī in the Ṝgveda
No full textMa thèse a pour objet le rôle de la déesse-fleuve Sarasvatī dans le Ṛgveda, le plus ancien texte de l’Inde en sanskrit
védique (2ème millénaire av.n.è). Sarasvatī est l’une des rares divinités védiques dont le culte persiste jusqu’aux temps modernes, et cela malgré son statut mineur dans le Ṛgveda où son nom apparaît dans 71 strophes et trois hymnes qui lui sont adressés. La thèse cherche à résoudre la dichotomie entre la nature physique et mythologique de la déesse, notamment que les tribus védiques vénéraient un fleuve du nom de Sarasvatī qui se desséchait progressivement en même temps qu’elles la célébraient comme déesse de la poésie. Une analyse des attributs, des actions et des requêtes adressés à la divinité montre qu’elle a cinq fonctions distinctes : fleuve, elle est aussi une déesse de la guerre, des joutes verbales, de la poésie et de la fertilité. Ces diverses fonctions ne sont pas en contradiction les unes avec les autres : elles
sont liées entre elles par une série de connexions. Il apparaît que le fleuve formait jadis une frontière territoriale séparant les tribus indo-aryennes de la population indigène du sous-continent indien, ce qui a fait de Sarasvatī une déesse guerrière. La confrontation guerrière se répercute dans la sphère du sacrifice où Sarasvatī a une fonction en tant que déesse des joutes poétiques. Les fréquentes sollicitations en vue de l’assistance aux patrons-guerriers dans les guerres et aux poètes dans les joutes montrent qu’elle est, dans le Ṛgveda, avant tout une déesse de la compétition et de la victoire. Cette interprétation de Sarasvatī est tout à fait inédite et jette une nouvelle lumière sur son personnage dans la religion védique.This thesis examines the role of the river goddess Sarasvatī in the Ṛgveda, the most ancient text of the Indian corpus from the second millennium B.C.E. Sarasvatī is one of the few Vedic deities to have endured through to modern-day Hinduism despite her minor status in the Ṛgveda where her name appears just 71 times with only three hymns dedicated to her. The thesis seeks to resolve the dichotomy between the physical and mythical reality of the goddess by examining why the Vedic people worshipped a river that was seemingly in a state of desiccation and simultaneously revered it as a goddess of poetry. An analysis of all her attributes, actions, and requests reveals that her personality comprises five distinct aspects, which determine her unique role in the Vedic religion: she is a river but also a goddess of war, verbal contests, poetry, and fertility. These aspects are not at variance with one another, but are rather linked via a series of connections in such a way that her function as a goddess of poetry is tied to her physical nature. It seems that the river at
one time formed a territorial boundary dividing the migrating Indo-Aryans tribes from the indigenous population of the Indian subcontinent, which in turn led to Sarasvatī becoming a warrior goddess. This military competition is then reflected in the sacrificial domain where she holds the function of a goddess of poetic contests. The frequent requests for Sarasvatī to assist the warrior-patrons in battle and the poets in the verbal contests show that her most central roles are as a goddess of competition and victory. This wholly-revised perspective thus throws new light on her function in the Vedic religion
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
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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