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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
Air-sea momentum fluxes in the vicinity of the sea surface : a theoretical study of the coupling between turbulence and wind-waves
No full textMalgré de nombreuses études, le lien de causalité entre vent et vagues fait toujours l’objet de controverses : cela est dû entre autres au caractère multi-échelle d'une surface océanique réaliste, et à la présence de déferlements, qui modifient radicalement sa topologie. Dans cette thèse, ces deux questions sont abordées sous un angle théorique, à travers un modèle phénoménologique, qui relie les propriétés spectrales et moyennées de la turbulence proche de paroi en utilisant la géométrie de tourbillons attachés à celle-ci. La première partie de la thèse revisite ce modèle phénoménologique en questionnant ses hypothèses sous-jacentes et révèle, en particulier, des incohérences dans les modèles utilisés pour décrire le terme de redistribution d'énergie entre composantes turbulentes (modèle de Rotta). Le modèle phénoménologique est ensuite utilisé pour étudier le couplage entre vagues de vent longues (de l'ordre de 10m) et turbulence. Les résultats démontrent que la déformation des tourbillons attachés induite par cette interaction pourrait expliquer une partie de la variabilité des flux de quantité de mouvement à un vent moyen donné. Finalement, le couplage entre la turbulence et les vagues courtes et déferlantes est abordé en définissant une sous-couche rugueuse dans laquelle les propriétés des tourbillons attachés sont définies par la vitesse des fronts déferlants dominants pour un vent donné. Ces deux études posent les bases d'un nouveau paradigme, permettant d'étudier le couplage multi-échelle entre le spectre turbulent et le spectre des vagues. Celui-ci pourrait permettre de mieux prendre en compte l'influence de paramètres environnementaux sur les flux de quantité de mouvement et de chaleur. Il ouvre ainsi de nouvelles perspectives pour les études théoriques et pour l’exploration des données expérimentales.Despite numerous works, the causal link between wind and waves is still a controversial subject. This is due, among others, to the multi-scale nature of a realistic ocean surface and to wave breaking, which changes its topology. In this thesis, such problems are studied from a theoretical perspective, using a phenomenological model linking the spectral and averaged properties of wall-bounded turbulence through the geometry attached eddies.The first part of the thesis revisits this phenomenological model by questioning its underlying assumptions and, in particular, reveals inconsistencies in the models used for the energy redistribution between turbulence components (the Rotta model). The phenomenological model is then used to study the coupling between long wind-waves (of order 10m) and turbulence. Results indicate that the deformation of attached eddies, induced by this interaction, could explain some of the variability in momentum fluxes for a given mean wind. Finally, the study of the coupling between turbulence and short breaking waves is approached by defining a roughness sublayer, in which the properties of the attached eddies depend solely on the speed of the dominant breaking fronts for a given wind. These two studies from the basis of a new paradigm to study the multi-scale coupling between the turbulent and wave spectra. This would allow accounting for the influence of environmental parameters on momentum and heat fluxes, and opens new paths both from a theoretical perspective and for the analysis of experimental data
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
Flux de quantité de mouvement à l'interface air-mer : approche théorique du couplage entre turbulence et vagues de vent
No full textDespite numerous works, the causal link between wind and waves is still a controversial subject. This is due, among others, to the multi-scale nature of a realistic ocean surface and to wave breaking, which changes its topology. In this thesis, such problems are studied from a theoretical perspective, using a phenomenological model linking the spectral and averaged properties of wall-bounded turbulence through the geometry attached eddies.The first part of the thesis revisits this phenomenological model by questioning its underlying assumptions and, in particular, reveals inconsistencies in the models used for the energy redistribution between turbulence components (the Rotta model). The phenomenological model is then used to study the coupling between long wind-waves (of order 10m) and turbulence. Results indicate that the deformation of attached eddies, induced by this interaction, could explain some of the variability in momentum fluxes for a given mean wind. Finally, the study of the coupling between turbulence and short breaking waves is approached by defining a roughness sublayer, in which the properties of the attached eddies depend solely on the speed of the dominant breaking fronts for a given wind. These two studies from the basis of a new paradigm to study the multi-scale coupling between the turbulent and wave spectra. This would allow accounting for the influence of environmental parameters on momentum and heat fluxes, and opens new paths both from a theoretical perspective and for the analysis of experimental data.Malgré de nombreuses études, le lien de causalité entre vent et vagues fait toujours l’objet de controverses : cela est dû entre autres au caractère multi-échelle d'une surface océanique réaliste, et à la présence de déferlements, qui modifient radicalement sa topologie. Dans cette thèse, ces deux questions sont abordées sous un angle théorique, à travers un modèle phénoménologique, qui relie les propriétés spectrales et moyennées de la turbulence proche de paroi en utilisant la géométrie de tourbillons attachés à celle-ci. La première partie de la thèse revisite ce modèle phénoménologique en questionnant ses hypothèses sous-jacentes et révèle, en particulier, des incohérences dans les modèles utilisés pour décrire le terme de redistribution d'énergie entre composantes turbulentes (modèle de Rotta). Le modèle phénoménologique est ensuite utilisé pour étudier le couplage entre vagues de vent longues (de l'ordre de 10m) et turbulence. Les résultats démontrent que la déformation des tourbillons attachés induite par cette interaction pourrait expliquer une partie de la variabilité des flux de quantité de mouvement à un vent moyen donné. Finalement, le couplage entre la turbulence et les vagues courtes et déferlantes est abordé en définissant une sous-couche rugueuse dans laquelle les propriétés des tourbillons attachés sont définies par la vitesse des fronts déferlants dominants pour un vent donné. Ces deux études posent les bases d'un nouveau paradigme, permettant d'étudier le couplage multi-échelle entre le spectre turbulent et le spectre des vagues. Celui-ci pourrait permettre de mieux prendre en compte l'influence de paramètres environnementaux sur les flux de quantité de mouvement et de chaleur. Il ouvre ainsi de nouvelles perspectives pour les études théoriques et pour l’exploration des données expérimentales
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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