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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
Creating Participatory and Transparent Communication for an Organizational Transformational Strategy. Learning from Benevolent Hackers and Collaborative Communities
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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
COMMUNICATION RELATION ET MÉDIAS SOCIAUX Étude du cas de la sensibilisation aux feux de forêt
Get PDFOn line social media establish the basis of a new paradigm especially since collaboration is becoming essential in business activities. Social media are based on the principle of the multiplicity of connections and are used for their capacity to find and to exchange with many partners who answer the specific needs of each individual, each company or each institution. By this principle, an organization can reach a user from the social network of a member of its own social network. Social media allow a conversation between an organization and an on-line user, in a context of interaction between the users inside on-line social communities. We have analyzed the new forms of on line communication and especially their impact in terms of information diffusion and communication. In a first part, ¡§Internet Communication: communicating through arguments and through emotions and the role of confidence in cobuilding knowledge¡¨, we explain how the text and the context have an impact on the involvement of the Internet users and we expose why confidence is a key element of the relation in order to build some common knowledge for the users and the organization. We propose some tools, messages, arguments, emotional contexts adapted for communicating about forest preservation and prevention against wildfires. In a second part, ¡§Communication relation in on line social media: between utopia and reality. Research and applications for a wildfire awareness strategy¡¨, we develop the concept of a ¡§communication relation¡¨ with three main characteristics: individualized communication, social communication and transparent communication. We analyze an on line social platform, blogs and other on line tools thanks to a two years experimentation in a case study on wildfire awareness. The approach in terms of ¡§communication relation¡¨ has been applied to a case study which has been constituted by a large-scale European research project, the Fire Paradox project (Sixth Framework Program 2006-2010, consortium of 35 institutions) concerning social media. Thanks to different surveys, on one hand with members of the project and with experts in the field, on the other hand with Internet users, especially young adults ƒ{ students of several universities, 7 members of social networks or virtual communities ƒ{, we propose a first evaluation of the comparative interest of various social media. A first typology of the utility of social media according to various objectives is brought to light. The results from the observation of the Internet users participation and from the on-line surveys allow to indicate the contributions and the limits of social media particularly for developing public awareness in a general interest cause.L'utilisation de nouveaux outils de l'information et de la communication, liés notamment à l'Internet, pour communiquer sur des causes d'intérêt général n'en est qu'à ses débuts. Les études et retours d'expériences dans ce domaine sont encore peu nombreux. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'analyser la communication entre les organisations – entreprises, organisations à but non-lucratif ou associations – et les usagers qui porte sur une grande cause environnementale et qui repose sur l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication – TIC –, en particulier des médias sociaux en ligne. La réflexion a bénéficié d'une expérimentation communicationnelle à l'échelle européenne dans le cadre d'un projet de prévention et de lutte contre les feux de forêt : le projet Fire Paradox – 6e PCRD, période 2006- 2010, consortium de 35 institutions. Ce projet a pour vocation de promouvoir le développement de nouvelles méthodes de lutte contre les incendies forestiers par l'utilisation du feu lui-même, soit dans le cadre de la prévention – feux prescrits –, soit pour combattre des feux – contre-feux
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