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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
A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Egyptian University Campuses
No full textEgypt's 2030 development plan prioritizes sustainable development across all areas, including higher education. In this way, Egyptian universities adopted sustainable campuses to transform the campus into a sustainable form. The appropriate tools should be used to measure and monitor the progress achieved. The Green Pyramid Rating System has been implemented in Egypt to assess sustainability, but it encompasses all ongoing projects without specific emphasis on the university campus. This study proposes a framework for evaluating the sustainability of Egyptian university campuses. This study was based on two worldwide prevailing sustainability assessment systems for campuses, some selected reports, and previous studies were addressed to formulate a proposed framework that was investigated as suitable for the Egyptian context. This study applied this proposed framework to the Tanta University campus to assess its status and define the requirements to increase its sustainability. This study concluded that most percentages of criteria from moderate to good. The highest value was 66-92% for education & research, while planning & administration recorded 51-57% as the lowest value. Most percentages of indicators range from low to good, where education & research recorded the highest rate at 66-92%, while water indicator got the lowest at 20-26%. Finally, the highest percentage was 69% for the Sibirbay campus, while the lowest was 57% for the university administrative buildings based on the proposed framework.</p
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
A framework for prioritizing conservation strategies for neglected heritage sites using AHP: Case Study from Rosetta, Egypt
No full textHistoric buildings receive significant cultural and economic concern, encompassing challenges about their preservation, safeguarding, and adaptive reuse, alongside the imperative to enhance their technical and operational performance. They are frequently conceptualized as assets or resources within economic and cultural frameworks. Recent years have witnessed a substantial expansion in research and development focused on methodological strategies for intervening in historic building conservation. This contribution outlines a methodology for the integrated selection of conservation strategies, reconciling preservation mandates with technical-performance upgrades. The aim is to create a methodological tool designed to aid strategic decision-making for public and private stakeholders, fostering public-private partnerships. Given the need to use a multidisciplinary and multi-criteria approach, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been used; it facilitates the comparison of diverse conservation strategy alternatives against defined evaluation criteria to generate a quantifiable preference index. Consequently, this approach provides a rationally structured procedure to support decision-makers in identifying the most appropriate choice. The study concludes that the AHP analysis results can be used to prioritize the integrated heritage conservation elements that are most suitable for neglected areas in achieving their integrated heritage conservation goals
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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