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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
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
Get PDFThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
A marketing survey and a perception study of customers' acceptance and interest on Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) in Klang Valley / Shamshul Anaz Kassim
No full textPenyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti persepsi pelanggan terhadap penerimaan dan minat ke atas Sistem Pengesai? Kenderaan (Vehicle Tracking Sysyem) di kalangan firma firma pengangkutan di Lembah Klang. Penyelidikan ini merupakan satu kajian 'exploratory'
berdasarkan kepada teknologi baru dari negara maju. Kajian ini menggunakan analisis varians, chi-square, cross tabulation berasaskan kaedah Statistical Package For Social Sciences (SPSS). Hasil penyelidikan mendapati kebanyakan firma pengangkutan berminat dan menerima Sistem Pengesan Kenderaan tetapi tidak di dalam waktu terdekat kerana halangan teknologi, kos dan kesediaan
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
Get PDFIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
A study on the factors that leading towards customer satisfaction; a case studies of Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch) / Kamarul Anaz Kassim
Get PDFThis study is conducted to identify the factors leading to customer satisfaction of Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch). The data based on the research model that has been developed. The independent variables are trust, servicescape and waiting time while the dependent variable is customer satisfaction. Based on this research, the organization can identify what are the strongest factors that influence customer satisfaction.
The survey is conducted at Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch). 378 questionnaires were distributed but only 120 were returned. The data obtained by using primary and secondary data. The questionnaires contain elements which are potentially having relationship with customer satisfaction.
The findings and data analysis were made based on the research objective and for this research the researcher uses Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18.0 to analyze data. The results would also help the researcher to make recommendations to Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch) in order to improve their customer satisfaction and help their future
planning.
This research is to study the significant variables that will impact the customer satisfaction towards Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch). This research will examine the relationship between Trust, Servicescape and Waiting Time towards Customer Satisfaction. This may help Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch) to improve the daily transaction of operation and understanding the customer characteristic, expectations and preferences towards the means of achieving satisfaction. As a result, long term relationship and loyalty can be established as well as maximizing the profits of Bank Rakyat (Taiping Branch)
CFD study of lift and drag behavior of stretched hemisphere in a fully immersed flow using STAR-CD / Anaz Nazren Zainudin
Get PDFLift and Drag Coefficient are one of important parameters in modifying geometrical shapes or in this case hemisphere shape will be used. In progress, this hemispheric shape will be modified throughout this whole project where it will be stretched into different length-todiameter ratios which in this case will 2:1, 2.5:1, 3:1, 3.5:1, 4:1 and 4.5:1. This shape will be simulated in a way to obtain the highest net drag coefficient and at what angle that the net drag coefficient is best. Identifying the sustainability of this stretched hemispheric shape to retain its drag value under rotational mode before the lift coefficient exceeds the drag coefficient value is one of the main objectives in this project. CATIA is used to design this hemispheric and its stretched shape. Then, the final shapes are simulated by using STAR CCM+ to obtain its drag and lift coefficient. Every shape is simulated in various angles of attack in order to achieve what is the best drag and lift coefficient and at what angle that they intersect with each other. Results obtain from this simulation process will be exposed out at the end of this project and will be observed and discussed thoroughly
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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