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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
Struttura dei contratti e trattamento dei dati personali nei servizi di cloud computing alla luce del nuovo Reg. 2016/679 UE.
No full textIl contributo analizza la struttura e la composizione dei contratti di cloud computing e si sofferma in particolare sui profili di interesse per il trattamento e la tutela dei dati personali alla luce del Reg. 2016/679 UE entrato in applicazione il 25 maggio scorso, comportando i servizi di cloud computing il trattamento di una grande mole di dati personali. L’esame di tali profili mette in rilievo elementi chiave dei contratti di cloud computing, come l’utilizzo di standard contrattuali, la relazione con il cliente e il ricorso al subcontracting, il ruolo del titolare (controller) e del responsabile (processor) nel trattamento dei dati e le responsabilità del Cloud Service Provider, le problematiche relative alla legge applicabile ai contratti di cloud, e il trasferimento transfrontaliero dei dati nei servizi di cloud computing. I temi trattati sono di attualità e saranno interessati da futuri sviluppi: assieme alla sperimentazione del nuovo Reg. 2016/679 UE di cui si avrà conto nei prossimi anni, sono attesi l’approvazione definitiva di un Regolamento UE sul trattamento dei dati non personali, la definizione delle conseguenze per la disciplina del trattamento dei dati del processo di uscita della Gran Bretagna dall’Unione europea e l’elaborazione di principi uniformi sul trattamento dei dati personali a livello internazionale. I servizi di cloud computing saranno un riferimento di rilievo per la definizione e la verifica di tali processi in corso
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
The use of empirical methods in open source software research: Facts, trends and future directions
No full textOpen Source Software (OSS) is a field of study with increasing interest of researchers. By its nature, OSS is especially suitable for empirical research. A great number of OSS related empirical studies have been conducted, but no effort has been made to systematically review the published evidence. This paper presents the results of a systematic review to investigate research topics and used methods in OSS related research. We present our results as facts and trends in this field and provide directions for future research.Klaas-Jan Stol, Muhammad Ali Babar, Barbara Russo and Brian Fitzgeral
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