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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
Marine micororganisms’action: a hazard that can turn to corrosion protection [Comunicação oral]
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Microbial action as an inspiring tool to propose innovative corrosion protection processes [Comunicação oral]
No full textABSTRACT: Among the strategies employed to protect metallic materials, coatings can be considered as
one of the most successful and cost-effective alternatives to increase the service lifetime of metallic structures, particularly in industries that are continuously exposed to changing and hard weather conditions such as shipbuilding, automobile, aerospace, marine and oil & gas energy infrastructures. However, towards a more constraining legislation as REACH, the surface treatment & coating Industry is at the forefront in developing innovative and even more sustainable products.N/
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
La biominéralisation comme bioinspiration pour le développement de solutions anti-corrosion [Resumo]
No full textRÉSUMÉ: Dans le domaine de la corrosion, la nature se révèle être une source d’inspiration pour développer de nouveaux concepts de protection verts. En effet, il est largement reconnu que les micro-organismes sont capables non seulement d’accélérer la orrosion mais ils peuvent également l'inhiber et/ou protéger les matériaux qu’ils colonisent [1]. Ce constat a ainsi conduit à proposer des stratégies à base microbienne pour l'inhibition de la corrosion des métaux. En particulier, le processus de biominéralisation à la surface des matériaux, tels que les pierres, le béton et divers métaux, a récemment été considéré comme une nouvelle approche respectueuse de l'environnement pour produire des couches protectrices [2-3]. Jusqu’à peu, la majorité des publications concernaient les aciers, matériaux historiquement utilisés dans les infrastructures. Au cours des dernières années, de nouveaux matériaux tels que les alliages d'aluminium, sont apparus sur le marché comme des alternatives possibles. Dans le cas spécifique de l'alliage Al-Mg, souvent utilisé dans les applications marines, peu d'études ont évalué l'influence de la biominéralisation sur la corrosion [4-6]. L'objectif de cette présentation est de montrer, à travers deux études de cas, comment la précipitation minérale influencée par l’activité microbienne sur les matériaux métalliques peut être envisagée comme une nouvelle approche pour le développement de solutions anti-corrosion
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
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