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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
Use of virtual reality in residential estate marketing toward house purchasing intention
Get PDFThe provision of adequate housing is one of the key Malaysian government agenda for the growth and well-being of society. Despite the government 's endeavours to provide sufficient, affordable, and quality housing, research has found that this form of housing has not been satisfactory in terms of the living environtment among its inhabitants. The lack of study on homebuyers' emotion and behaviour within the housing industry motivates this research. This study believes in the potentials of virtual reality technology for facilitating home purchase decisions as part of the marketing tool in the residential real estate industry. This study reviewed extensive literature focusing on the role of emotions in homeownership, consumer behaviours and virtual reality applications in marketing. This study proposed that the atmospheric evaluation, perceived emotional values, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use are the stimuli that could influence pleasure, arousal and satisfaction emotions, which in turn, could influence home purchase intentions in the virtual environment. In this study, an experiment was conducted to determine whether virtual reality could be an adequate representation of the real environment for potential homebuyers to evaluate housing choices. The relationships between the proposed stimuli components, their effect on emotional states and purchase intention was assessed using Partial Least Squares- Structural Equation Modelling. Results indicated that there is a significant difference in the atmospheric evaluations, perceived emotional values, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, satisfaction and purchase intention between the real environment and the virtual environment. Only the pleasure and arousal emotions evoked in the real and virtual environment have no significant differences. Statistical analysis also revealed that atmospheric evaluations significantly and positively affect pleasure and arousal emotions. Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use both have a significant positive effect on satisfaction. Pleasure and satisfaction were found to positively influence home purchase intention. Based on the findings, this study highlights the recommendations to enhance the application of virtual reality to be strategically applied in the residential real estate marketing for facilitating emotional experience and home evaluation. This study also serves as a benchmark for future studies in residential estate marketing using virtual reality focusing on users' emotion and behaviour
BDES1020 CONTINUOUS CITY <Athira, Azmi>
Get PDFThe site I got is J13, located in Asakusa, Tokyo Japan. As the site is located at the waterside, I've decided to take advantage of it by designing a building that utilises both water and land. This theatre was inspired by Tadao Ando's ' theatre on the water' concept design in Hokkaido, Japan. I chose to design in an organic shape to create a new dimension to the city which is obviously too geometric and condensed. Besides, the curved and rounded corners express continuity of surface, compactness of volume and softness of forms. This theatre comprises of a main building and, an exterior auditorium and stage which is located on the water. In the main building, there is a restaurant on the ground floor, while on the first floor, there is an interior auditorium, conference & meeting rooms. There is also basement, which will be the primary space for actors and crews. The lobby on the ground floor is designed so that visitors entering the building can see directly through to the other side of the building towards the waterside where the stage and seats are located. This will give them a sense of direction that will directs them to those main areas. The exterior auditorium (which is on the water) comprises of 3 levels of seatings and a walkway with glass walls. On the other hand, the stage, is accessible only by performers and crews through the basement via stairs and the movable stage segment. The Balsa-wood structure model I built is cladded with only two materials; wire mesh and tracing paper. This expresses the simplicity of the design, and highlight the forms of the building. Besides, the cladding also creates an interesting lighting effects at nights. Thus, the building is named 'Daiki' which means to shine like bright lights in Japanese
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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