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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
The role of Azolla in lowering the pH of simulated floodwater
No full textRice is the single most important source of food for people and Azolla could play a very important role in rice production. For centuries Azolla and its nitrogen-fixing partner, Anabaena, have been used as "green manure" in China and other Asian countries to fertilize rice paddies and increase production. In recent decades Azolla has all but disappeared in rice cultivation. In this paper we present evidence from growth-chamber studies on the potential of Azolla to reduce the pH values in floodwater, particularly with respect to the CO2 equilibrium and metabolism, in the presence and absence of green algae and/or nitrate. Reduced pH values in floodwater could significantly reduce the volatilization of ammonia from applied urea fertilizer. The results show that aqueous systems containing unicellular green algae blooms of Chlorella kessleri and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibited pH increases to levels in excess of pH 9, and even higher in a nutrient solution amended with NaNO3. The presence of Azolla inhibited the pH rise, due to the reduction of the photosynthetic activity of algae caused by the Azolla cover. Azolla alone did not alter the pH or CO2 behavior in water. The ratio of measured and calculated dissolved inorganic carbon was near unity in the presence of Azolla, suggesting an equilibrium of the CO2 in solution with the atmospheric CO2. C-14 assimilation by Azolla was primarily from the atmosphere, but nearly half of it was respired in the subsequent dark period. Some leakage of CO2 into the solution occurred during the day, possibly as a result of photo-respiration. The results suggest that the use of Azolla to prevent a significant increase in pH might require an efficient cover to assure shade
The role of Azolla in lowering the pH of simulated floodwater
No full textRice is the single most important source of food for people and Azolla could play a very important role in rice production. For centuries Azolla and its nitrogen-fixing partner, Anabaena, have been used as "green manure" in China and other Asian countries to fertilize rice paddies and increase production. In recent decades Azolla has all but disappeared in rice cultivation. In this paper we present evidence from growth-chamber studies on the potential of Azolla to reduce the pH values in floodwater, particularly with respect to the CO2 equilibrium and metabolism, in the presence and absence of green algae and/or nitrate. Reduced pH values in floodwater could significantly reduce the volatilization of ammonia from applied urea fertilizer. The results show that aqueous systems containing unicellular green algae blooms of Chlorella kessleri and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibited pH increases to levels in excess of pH 9, and even higher in a nutrient solution amended with NaNO3. The presence of Azolla inhibited the pH rise, due to the reduction of the photosynthetic activity of algae caused by the Azolla cover. Azolla alone did not alter the pH or CO2 behavior in water. The ratio of measured and calculated dissolved inorganic carbon was near unity in the presence of Azolla, suggesting an equilibrium of the CO2 in solution with the atmospheric CO2. C-14 assimilation by Azolla was primarily from the atmosphere, but nearly half of it was respired in the subsequent dark period. Some leakage of CO2 into the solution occurred during the day, possibly as a result of photo-respiration. The results suggest that the use of Azolla to prevent a significant increase in pH might require an efficient cover to assure shade
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
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