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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
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Metacognição em práticas colaborativas numa comunidade de b-learning: um estudo de caso
Full text linkDoutoramento em Multimédia em EducaçãoNesta tese apresenta-se um estudo sobre a metacognição em práticas
colaborativas numa comunidade de b-learning no ensino superior. O
referencial teórico adotado desenvolveu-se com o intuito de reunir as
discussões sobre a metacognição, o b-learning, a comunidade de
aprendizagem colaborativa e as comunidades de práticas no ensino superior.
Com base nesse referencial teórico desenvolveu-se um estudo empírico sobre
a metacognição analisada numa comunidade de b-learning tendo como estudo
de caso o Programa Doutoral em Multimédia em Educação da Universidade de
Aveiro (edições 2009 e 2010). O estudo, que envolveu 7 docentes e 17 alunos
das referidas edições do programa doutoral, teve como uma das suas
finalidades verificar a perspetiva do aluno sobre o processo de aprendizagem
vivido, das posturas que assume, das estratégias a que recorre para interagir
nas comunidades de aprendizagem no âmbito do Programa Doutoral em
Multimédia em Educação (PDMMEDU), que funciona na modalidade blearning.
Os dados foram obtidos através de inquérito por questionário
realizado com os alunos e de sessões de focus group com alunos e docentes.
A partir da análise dos resultados obtidos sob o referencial teórico que lhes
serviu de enquadramento, procurou dar-se resposta às questões orientadoras
do estudo: i) Encontramos evidências de pensamento ou processos
metacognitivos nas comunidades de b-learning que se instalaram nas
Unidades Curriculares (UC) do PDMMEDU? ii) Que perceções da
aprendizagem nas comunidades de b-learning têm os estudantes? iii) Que
sentimentos afluem da interação com o grupo de trabalho e com toda a turma?
Qual a perceção que os docentes têm sobre a temática e que evidências
poderão fornecer sobre a possibilidade de desenvolvimento de processos
metacognitivos no âmbito das respetivas UCs? iv) Que relação pode ser
observada entre os elementos motivadores da aprendizagem dos alunos e a
participação nas UC? Do resultado da análise dos dados obtidos através do
inquérito por questionário realizado com os alunos e das sessões de focus
group com alunos e docentes identificou-se o perfil metacognitivo dos alunos,
uma avaliação da experiência no programa doutoral, as novas posturas
assumidas e alterações nos cenários profissionais. Por fim, são feitas
sugestões para investigação futura com a proposta de sessões de trabalho
onde se desenvolvem competências metacognitivas por parte de alunos
envolvidos em cursos de pós-graduação em ambientes online.This thesis presents a study of metacognition in collaborative practices in a
community of b-learning in Higher Education. The theoretical approach adopted
aims to bring together the discussions regarding metacognition, b-learning,
collaborative learning communities and communities of practice. Based on the
theoretical framework developed, an empirical study on metacognition was
held, in which a b-learning community was studied, namely the case of the
Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education (PDMMEDU) offered by the
University of Aveiro (2009 and 2010 editions). The study, which involved 17
students and 7 teachers of these editions of the doctoral program, had as one
of its purposes to verify the students’ perspective on the learning process
experienced, the attitudes taken, the strategies used to interact in the learning
community in the PDMMEDU. Data were gathered through questionnaires
carried out with students and focus group sessions with students and teachers.
From the analysis of the results obtained and based on the theoretical
framework, the research questions guiding the study were sought to o be
answered: i) Is there evidence of thought or metacognitive processes in blearning
communities, especially in the subjects of PDMMEDU? ii) Which are
the students’ perceptions as to learning in b-learning communities? iii) Which
feelings arise from the interaction with the group and the whole class? What is
the teachers’ perception on the theme and which evidences can they provide
as to the possibility of developing metacognitive processes within their
subjects? iv) What relationship can be observed between the motivating factors
of student learning and participation in the subject? The results of the data
analysis, it was possible to identify: i) the students' metacognitive profile, ii) how
the participants evaluate their experience in PDMMEDU, iii) the new
posture/attitude assumed by them, as well as iv) the changes in their
professional settings. Finally, suggestions are put forward as to future research,
i.e. the organization of workshops, where metacognitive skills can be
developed by students of postgraduate courses in online environments
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