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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
Territorialización de la conservación de la naturaleza en Cerro Castillo, Patagonia-Aysén.
Full text linkThis research examines the political character of nature conservation territorialization in Patagonia-Aysén, focusing on the creation of Cerro Castillo National Park (PNCC) as a key case in the consolidation of the La Ruta de los Parques de la Patagonia conservationist megaproject. Through semi-structured interviews with key actors and field observation, the local implications of the conservationist turn in Cerro Castillo are explored. The results highlight two dimensions: first, the creation of the PNCC, driven by a public-private agreement, is based on an ecological sustainability rationale that conditions the historical forms of relationship between local communities and nature, generating tensions and controversies; second, the conditioning of the territory through the deployment of local development strategies, specifically based on local training in tourism, and reactive governance facilitates the local implementation of the sustainability agenda. It is concluded that the processes of conservation territorialization can help to understand how sustainability narratives are materialized in local territories, modifying the way local territories are produced and understood.Esta investigación examina el carácter político de la territorialización de la conservación de la naturaleza en Patagonia-Aysén, centrándose en la creación del Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo (PNCC) como un caso clave en la consolidación del megaproyecto conservacionista de La Ruta de los Parques de la Patagonia. A través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con actores clave y observación en terreno, se exploran las implicancias locales del giro conservacionista en Cerro Castillo. Los resultados destacan dos dimensiones: primero, la creación del PNCC, impulsada por un acuerdo público-privado, se basa en una racionalidad ecológica de sustentabilidad que condiciona las formas históricas de relación entre las comunidades locales y la naturaleza, generando tensiones y controversias; segundo, el acondicionamiento del territorio a través del despliegue de estrategias de desarrollo local, basadas específicamente en la formación local en turismo, y la gobernanza reactiva, facilita la implementación local de la agenda de sustentabilidad. Se concluye que los procesos de territorialización de la conservación pueden ayudar a comprender cómo se materializan las narrativas de sustentabilidad en los territorios locales, modificando la forma en que se producen y se comprenden los territorios
Territorios aislados en disputa: tensiones en las recientes expresiones del capitalismo en Cerro Castillo, Patagonia-Aysén
No full textThis article aims to analyze the socio-territorial transformations that underlie the commodification of nature in Patagonia-Aysen, for which the Cerro Castillo area is taken as a case study. Mixed research methods were used, combining qualitative and quantitative methods in order to understand the complexities of the social reappropriation of nature in territories of high environmental value. The results indicate that there are recent expressions of capitalism that manifest two lines of argument: first, in the local production of interpretations of nature that value its beauty as a source of capital generation through practices such as tourism, and secondly in the intensification of large-scale hoarding of water resources in the area. It is concluded that local natural spaces of high environmental value become highly attractive spaces, transforming themselves into disputed territories
Territorialización de la conservación de la naturaleza en Cerro Castillo, Patagonia-Aysén
No full textAbstract: This research examines the political character of nature conservation territorialization in Patagonia-Aysén, focusing on the creation of Cerro Castillo National Park (PNCC) as a key case in the consolidation of the La Ruta de los Parques de la Patagonia conservationist megaproject. Through semi-structured interviews with key actors and field observation, the local implications of the conservationist turn in Cerro Castillo are explored. The results highlight two dimensions: first, the creation of the PNCC, driven by a public-private agreement, is based on an ecological sustainability rationale that conditions the historical forms of relationship between local communities and nature, generating tensions and controversies; second, the conditioning of the territory through the deployment of local development strategies, specifically based on local training in tourism, and reactive governance facilitates the local implementation of the sustainability agenda. It is concluded that the processes of conservation territorialization can help to understand how sustainability narratives materialized in local territories, modifying the way territories are produced and understood.Resumen: Esta investigación examina el carácter político de la territorialización de la conservación de la naturaleza en Patagonia-Aysén, centrándose en la creación del Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo (PNCC) como un caso clave en la consolidación del megaproyecto conservacionista de La Ruta de los Parques de la Patagonia. A través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con actores clave y observación en terreno, se exploran las implicancias locales del giro conservacionista en Cerro Castillo. Los resultados destacan dos dimensiones: primero, la creación del PNCC, impulsada por un acuerdo público-privado, se basa en una racionalidad ecológica de sustentabilidad que condiciona las formas históricas de relación entre las comunidades locales y la naturaleza, generando tensiones y controversias; segundo, el acondicionamiento del territorio a través del despliegue de estrategias de desarrollo local, basadas específicamente en la formación local en turismo, y la gobernanza reactiva, facilita la implementación local de la agenda de sustentabilidad. Se concluye que los procesos de territorialización de la conservación pueden ayudar a comprender cómo se materializan las narrativas de sustentabilidad en los territorios locales, modificando la forma en que se producen y se comprenden los territorios
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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