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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
Peter Barkby interviewed by Colin Hyde, 11 April 2017 and 3 May 2017
No full textPeter Barkby (PB) interviewed by Colin Hyde (CH), 11 April 2017 and 3 May 2017. [00:00] PB details early life, born in Leicester and grew up in Braunstone. Called up to forces aged 18 during Second World War and left in 1947. Comments on education, attended Alderman Newton's school, left aged 16, went to work at Faire Brothers on Rutland Street, returned to job after war. [08:50] Recalls 1945 election - Parties not extremely different, grandmother very political, 'devastating' result for many people. Suggests Churchill won on personality rather than policy in 1952; country didn't feel socialist at the time, there was support for nationalisation. [19:00] Mentions married in 1948, worked at Faire Brothers up to retirement. Reflects that after war, people who had been at company a long time felt they had priority over young people returning. [24:25] Talks about transition out of forces, mentions living conditions had not improved up to 1950; hardship, little money. Mentions was a Clerk when married, worked with ex-servicemen, became Senior Clerk when Office Manager retired. [00:00] Describes work at Alexandra House, storage and distribution, raw materials, finished goods. Recalls Freeman Hardy & Willis building was burnt in bombing, was told wardens threw bombs off roof. Manufacturing done on Wimbledon Street: laces, parachute cords. Faire Brothers departmentalised production during the war to minimise bomb damage. Mention of copper dome being stolen. [08:48] Mentions after war, atom bomb meant no more movement of troops, waiting for de-mob. Asked parents in-laws to occupy his house to keep squatters out. Describes first house lived in with wife, very cold, no heating, in Western Park area, tram to work, semi-detached three bedroom, struggled with money. Mentions wife was nurse until had children, PB received poor pay at Faire Brothers, tried to move but too young, early returning troops had experience before war, but PB and others didn't. [19:35] Talks about being President of Conservative branch for short time, canvassed for elections, liked characters such as Barnett Janner, saw poorer side of Leicester through this; West Park Street. [23.50] Mentions Sir Ronald Tree was the Harborough MP, although Leicester mainly Labour. PB suggests Conservative Party lacked imagination. PB knew Ken and Thelma Bowder, helped get Ken elected after several failed candidates, Ken was solicitor for PB's purchase of house. [00:00] Talks about Young Britons Foundation, met in church rooms on Brazil Street, played games, PB was living on Fosse Road at this time. Recalls R100 airship over Leicester, watched from Fosse Road outside house. Comments on ambitions as a teenager, wanted to go to university but limited opportunities during war. Mentions father was a Fishmonger in Leicester Fish Market, had fought in First World War, few jobs on return from war, brother in law offered him job as Fishmonger, worked in this trade for rest of his life. [18:30] Talks about army training in 1943 and returning to work. Comments on discipline within business, returned to Faire Brothers in 1947, worked in textiles, shortages of raw materials, talks about coupons given. Mentions Faire Brothers were Mercers by description. [00:00] Comments on little change at Faire Brothers throughout 1950s, later became more venturesome, made arrangement with American company to develop items in shoe trade. [07:40] Talks about Leicester in 1950s, increase in population, service personnel from overseas came to live in Leicester, refugees and German ex-prisoners of war. Brief mention of untrained labour shortages in 1950s. Describe living in Western Park in 1950s, would shop in centre of Leicester at Joseph Johnson's, Fenwick's, Adderly's, Simpkin and James. Mentions cafes visited in 1950s, Winns Cafe, Turkey Cafe, The Oriental. Recalls dance halls opening again after war, PB and wife went dancing at the Bell Hotel, De Montfort Hall. Talks about Brucciani Cafe, baked their own cakes, popular with teenagers. Mentions going to cinema often, half a crown for ticket and chocolate box, Westleigh Cinema, Olympia Cinema, Roxy Cinema. [23:50] Mentions having children, first born in 1950. Little instruction given on child rearing, pregnancy wasn't spoken about. Mentions life became easier in 1960s, younger generation negotiated for greater pay in work place, increase in new small business as old industries declined. [33:50] Talks about modern conveniences, priority was furnishing house, bought three piece suite from shop in Kingston upon Thames, had it delivered to Leicester. [00:00] Mentions holidays with family, recalls first holiday abroad in France in 1960s, stayed in tent, bought new car. Would regularly holiday on east coast of England, stayed in caravan. Mentioned went on further holidays to France, visited Paris on business occasionally. [04:00] Talks about his initial involvement in local Conservative politics, friends were members, parents had been Conservatives. Mentions going canvassing on Hinckley Road and West Park Street, housing was a concern for Leicester residents, both parties wanted to improve on housing. Comments on changes witnessed to canvassing, suggests biggest change was telephones, sees this as an intrusion. [13:10] Reflects on schooling, played cricket in Western Park. [17:00] Recalls announcement of outbreak of Second World War, father made shutters for windows, listened to wireless, recalls feeling anxious seeing pictures of Warsaw bombing
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
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
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