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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
Experimental Study and Identification of a Dynamic Deformation Model of Dry Clay at Strain Rates up to 2500 s-1
Full text linkThe paper presents the results of an experimental study and numerical simulation of dynamic deformation of dry clay at strain rates of ~103 s-1. The main physical and mechanical characteristics of the clay were determined using the modified Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar method for testing of lowly cohesive media in a rigid cage. Three series of experiments were carried out at strain rates of 1400 s-1, 1800 s-1 and 2500 s-1. The maximum values of the realized in the experiment axial stresses in clay were about 400 MPa and maximum pressures were 250 MPa. Based on the results of the experiments, the dependences of axial stresses on axial deformations σx-σx, shear stresses on pressure τ-P and pressure on volumetric deformation P-e (curves of volumetric compressibility) were plotted. The shear resistance of clay is noted to be well described by the Mohr-Coulomb law. The obtained deformation diagrams are found to be practically independent of deformation rate. The clay behavior under dynamic loads is shown to be essentially nonlinear. On the basis of the obtained experimental data, a parametric identification of the clay deformation model in the form of Grigoryan's constitutive relation was carried out, which was implemented in the framework of the LS-DYNA software in the form of MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM model. Using the LS-DYNA computational complex, a numerical simulation of the deformation process of a sample under real experimental conditions was carried out. In the computational experiment, the clay behavior was described by the identified model. Good agreement was obtained between numerical and experimental results
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
Non-intercepting Emittance Measurements by means of Optical Diffraction Radiation Interference for High Brightness Electron Beam
Full text linkConventional intercepting transverse electron beam diagnostics,
e.g. based on Optical Transition Radiation
(OTR), cannot tolerate high power beams without significant
mechanical damages of the diagnostics device. Optical
Diffraction Radiation (ODR) is an excellent candidate
for the measurements of the transverse phase space parameters
in a non-interceptingway. One of themain limitations
of this method is the low signal to noise ratio, mainly due
to the unavoidable synchrotron radiation background. This
problem can be overcome by using ODRI (Optical Diffraction
Radiation Interference). In this case the beam goes
through two slits opened in metallic foils, placed at a distance
shorter than the radiation formation zone. Due to
the shielding effect of the first screen a nearly backgroundfree
ODR interference pattern can be measured allowing
the determination of the beam size and the angular divergence.
Here we report the preliminary result of the first
measurements of the beam emittance using ODRI carried
out at FLASH (DESY, Germany). Our result demonstrate
the unique potential of this technique
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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