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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
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
Double-diffusive convection flow in porous media with cross-diffusion.
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.In this thesis we study double-diffusive convection and cross-diffusion effects in flow
through porous media. Fluid flows in various flow geometries are investigated and
the governing equations are solved analytically and numerically using established
and recent techniques such as the Keller-box method, the spectral-homotopy analysis
method and the successive linearisation method. The effects of the governing parameters
such as the Soret, Dufour, Lewis, Rayleigh and the Peclet numbers and the
buoyancy ratio on the fluid properties, and heat and mass transfer at the surface are
determined. The accuracy, computational efficiency and validity of the new methods
is established.
This study consists of five published and one submitted paper whose central theme is
the study of double-diffusive convection in porous media. A secondary theme is the
application of recent numerical semi-numerical methods in the solution of nonlinear
boundary value problems, particularly those that arise in the study of fluid flow
problems.
Paper 1. An investigation of the quiescent state in a Maxwell fluid with double-diffusive
convection in porous media using linear stability analysis is presented. The
fluid motion is modeled using the modified Darcy-Brinkman law. The critical Darcy-
Rayleigh numbers for the onset of convection are obtained and numerical simulations
carried out to show the effects of the Soret and Dufour parameters on the critical
Darcy-Rayleigh numbers. For some limiting cases, known results in the literature are
recovered.
Paper 2. We present an investigation of heat and mass transfer in a micropolar fluid
with cross-diffusion effects. Approximate series solutions of the governing non-linear
differential equations are obtained using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). A
comparison is made between the results obtained using the HAM and the numerical
results obtained using the Matlab bvp4c numerical routine.
Paper 3. The spectral homotopy analysis method (SHAM) as a new improved version
of the homotopy analysis method is introduced. The new technique is used to solve
the MHD Jeffery-Hamel problem for a convergent or divergent channel. We show
that the SHAM improves the applicability of the HAM by removing the restrictions
associated with the HAM as well as accelerating the convergence rate.
Paper 4. We present a study of free and forced convection from an inverted cone
in porous media with diffusion-thermo and thermo-diffusion effects. The highly nonlinear
governing equations are solved using a novel successive linearisation method
(SLM). This method combines a non-perturbation technique with the Chebyshev
spectral collection method to produce an algorithm with accelerated and assured
convergence. Comparison of the results obtained using the SLM, the Runge-Kutta
together with a shooting method and the Matlab bvp4c numerical routine show the
accuracy and computational efficiency of the SLM.
Paper 5. Here we study cross-diffusion effects and convection from inverted smooth
and wavy cones. In the case of a smooth cone, the highly non-linear governing
equations are solved using the successive linearisation method (SLM), a shooting
method together with a Runge-Kutta of order four and the Matlab bvp4c numerical
routine. In the case of the wavy cone the governing equations are solved using the
Keller-box method.
Paper 6. We examine the problem of mixed convection, heat and mass transfer along
a semi-infinite plate in a fluid saturated porous medium subject to cross-diffusion and
radiative heat transfer. The governing equations for the conservation of momentum,
heat and solute concentration transfer are solved using the successive linearisation
method, the Keller-box technique and the Matlab bvp4c numerical routine
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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