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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
Hypertonic stress regulates amino acid transport and cell cycle proteins in chick embryo hepatocytes
No full textHyperosmotic stress affects cell growth, decreasing cell volume and increasing the uptake of organic osmolytes. However, the sensitivity of embryonic cells to osmotic treatment remains to be established. We have analysed some aspects of cell-cycle control and amino-acid transport in hypertonic conditions during prenatal life. The effects of hyperosmotic stress on amino-acid uptake mediated by system A, H-3-thymidine incorporation, and regulation of cell-cycle proteins were analysed in chick embryo hepatocytes. Hypertonic stress increased system A activity and caused cell-cycle delay. Effects on amino-acid transport involved p38 kinase activation and new carrier synthesis. Cyclin D1, cdk4 (cyclin-dependent kinase 4) and PCNA (proliferating-cell nuclear antigen) levels decreased, whereas cyclin E, p21 and p53 levels were unchanged. Incorporation of H-3-leucine indicated decreased synthesis of cyclin D1 In contrast, analysis of mRNA by qRT-PCR (quantitative real-time FOR) showed a net increase of cyclin D1 transcripts, suggesting post-transcriptional regulation. The data show that chick embryo hepatocytes respond to hyperosmotic conditions by arresting cell growth to prevent DNA damage and increasing osmolyte uptake to regulate cell volume, indicating that the adaptive response to environmental stress exists during prenatal life
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
Photos of Stemonitales.
No full text<p><b>A–D: Peridium types in Stemonitales;</b> A: Early evanescent peridium: <i>Stemonitis pallida</i><sup>1</sup>; B: Early evanescent peridium: <i>Comatricha nigra</i><sup>1</sup>; C: Splitting out peridium: <i>Meriderma spinulosporum</i><sup>1</sup>; D: Persistent, shining peridium: <i>Lamproderma sauteri</i><sup>2</sup>. <b>E–H: Genera allied to </b><b><i>Lamproderma</i></b><b>;</b> E: <i>Diacheopsis metallica</i><sup>2</sup>; F: <i>Colloderma robustum</i>, developing sporophore<sup>3</sup>; G: <i>Colloderma robustum</i><sup>4</sup>; H: <i>Colloderma oculatum</i><sup>1</sup>. <b>I–K: Spore ornamentation in </b><b><i>Meriderma</i></b><b>;</b> I: Spinulose in <i>M. echinulatum</i><sup>1</sup>; J: Nearly complete reticulum in <i>M. carestiae</i><sup>1</sup>; K: Reticulate in <i>M. cribrarioides</i><sup>1</sup>. <b>L–O: The “</b><b><i>Lamproderma maculatum</i></b><b>" group;</b> L: <i>L. acanthosporum</i><sup>1</sup>; M: <i>L. maculatum</i><sup>1</sup>; N: <i>L. pseudomaculatum</i> (M–N: also with white splinters in the peridium)<sup>1</sup>; O: <i>L. echinosporum</i><sup>1</sup>. <i>(</i><b><i>Photos</i></b><i>: 1: Alain Michaud, 2: Michel Poulain, 3: Martin Schnittler, 4: Anna Maria Fiore-Donno)</i>.</p
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
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