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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
Centri minori Identità e disidentità tra Appennino Tosco Emiliano ed Apuane
No full textStarting from the reading of urban phenomena arising from 'territorial human activity, namely the formation of the smaller towns in the area between the Apuane Alps on one side and the Appennino of Tuscany and Emilia on the other hand, the study brings up the critical situation of depopulation, and dis-identity of many smaller towns of the considered area reality similar to many situations of the national territory. Rich in history and stories, the studied centers, despite having great potential, are often abandoned with situations at " return no limit." The study comes to solutions where the religious buildings (because of their strong adherence to the places) once again become the "safety nets".Partendo dalla lettura dei fenomeni urbani derivanti da un’attività umana territoriale, cioè la formazione di centri minori nell’area tra le Alpi Apuane da un lato e l’Appennino della Toscana ed Emilia dall’altro, lo studio richiama la situazione critica di spopolamento, e dis-identità di molte città più piccole della realtà dell’area considerata simile a molte situazioni del territorio nazionale. Ricchi di storia e storie, i centri di studio, pur avendo un grande potenziale, sono spesso abbandonati a situazioni ad un “ritorno senza limiti.” Lo studio arriva a soluzioni in cui gli edifici religiosi (a causa della loro forte aderenza ai posti), ancora una volta, diventano le “reti di sicurezza”
Riabitare i borghi abbandonati, Nuove strategie abitative contro la crisi pandemica
No full textSocial distancing has brought the issue of repopulating abandoned villages and inland areas to the forefront. Italian experiences speak of the situations of communities, policies and projects which for years have been seeking an answer to the issue of empty inland areas and the country's two thousand semi-abandoned villages. The pandemic has accentuated the problem of lost places and shone a spotlight on these settlements, which could actually become a partial response to Covid-19. Today we must ask ourselves whether living in villages or small towns could be a model for a way of life that offers protection, or whether it is an experimental retreat, an act of bucolic revenge by those who have always been against cities and their lifestyle.Il distanziamento sociale ha portato alla ribalta il tema di riabitare i borghi abbandonati e le aree interne.Le esperienze nazionali ci raccontano di realtà fatte di comunità, di politiche, di progetti che da anni cercano di dare risposta al tema delle aree interne e dei duemila borghi in stato di semi abbandono. L’attuale situazione pandemica ha accentuato la problematica dei luoghi dispersi e ha acceso i riflettori a questi insediamenti che effettivamente possono diventare una parziale risposta al Covid 19.Oggi bisogna domandarsi se il sistema insediativo del borgo o centro minore può essere una tipologia insediativa che può divenire un modello di vita in condizioni di protezione ovvero un ripiegamento sperimentale, una rivincita bucolica di chi da sempre combatte la metropoli ed il suo stile di vita
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
Ruralità e residenzialità: modello di recupero fisico, sociale ed economico del patrimonio "Ex Opera Pia Landini Marchiani" nel comune di Fucecchio.
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La casa ed il lavoro sono due emergenze sociali che, a seguito della perdurante crisi economica, richiedono risposte sempre più urgenti.
Studi antropologici analizzati sostengono che per risolvere il problema sia necessario agire sugli individui passando dall’assistenza all’autonomia.
Deve crearsi un meccanismo di riscatto sociale per uscire dalla condizione di povertà che parte dal soggetto, devono incentivarsi le motivazioni nel migliorarsi (capacity to aspire).
Nel modello di studio si propone il recupero del patrimonio storico architettonico e rurale dell’area ‘Ex Opera Pia Landini Marchiani’, proprietà del comune di Fucecchio, per scopi di edilizia agevolata e per la creazione di un’azienda agricola che offrirà lavoro ai residenti.
Il sito si trova all’interno del Parco delle Cerbaie ed è composto da 12 poderi con relative case coloniche e pertinenze attualmente in abbandono.
Attraverso interventi di recupero e ricostruzione ex novo si riportano alla luce caratteristiche tipiche delle case coloniche, destinate alla funzione di alloggi ERP.
Per i terreni dei poderi, dopo aver condotto uno studio sull’evoluzione dell’uso del suolo dal 1954 ad oggi, si propone il recupero di una consistente parte delle superfici al fine di destinarle alla coltivazione agricola anche per dare impiego ai residenti degli alloggi.
Grazie a questo progetto, si avrà un aumento della disponibilità di alloggi Erp nel Comprensorio Empolese Valdelsa utilizzando risorse già disponibili, il recupero del patrimonio storico architettonico degradato, e la valorizzazione del patrimonio rurale.
L’obiettivo principale sarà l’incremento della capacity to aspire attraverso la creazione di nuovi posti di lavoro che consentirà ai beneficiari di uscire dalle condizioni croniche di povertà.
Abstract
The housing crisis and the lack of jobs are two critical social issues that, given the persisting economic slump, require increasingly urgent solutions. To address these problems, some anthropological studies have pointed to the necessity to act on individuals, switching from a framework based on assistance to one based on self-reliance.
This theory in particular emphasized that overcoming the economic difficulties must be achieved through a process of self-
esteem and awareness by the individuals that the author calls "capacity to aspire".
In this project we propose the restoration of the historical, architectural and rural heritage of the ‘Ex Area Opera Pia Landini Marchiani’, a site located in the “Cerbaie Park” in the city of Fucecchio.
The area includes twelve farms with their respective farmhouses, farm buildings and appliances, which are currently in a state of abandonment.
Recovery is directed to the social housing and the creation of a farm to offer job opportunities to social housing beneficiaries.
All this to make them move from one state of assistance to one of autonomy and independence.
With reference to the recovery of the buildings, renovation or reconstruction was planned with the maintenance of the typical features of the Tuscan rural architecture.
With reference to agricultural land, after having carried out an analysis of the evolution of land use since 1954, it is proposed to restore abandoned land by reconstructing the layout of the Tuscan rural landscape.
Definitely, with the implementation of the project, the availability of ERP accommodation within the "Empolese Valdelsa Compartment" will increase by using existing resources; at the same time, the architectural heritage and the rural heritage
will be restored and will be re-used.
Therefore, the main goal of the project is to increase the capacity to aspire through the creation of new jobs that will allow to the beneficiaries to improve their economic and social conditions
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