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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
Gènesi i conseqüències teològiques de la revolució newtoniana
No full text[cat] Trobarà el lector en aquestes planes una anàlisi, que desitgem prou sòlida, al voltant de la gènesi dels Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica de Newton i de les conseqüències teològiques que van derivar-ne. L’objectiu d’aquesta anàlisi no és merament un estudi descriptiu, sinó un intent de resoldre què fou Newton des d’una perspectiva teològica i com hem d’entendre, en última instància, la seva relació amb la lògica interna del discurs científic. Dues tesis aquestes que l’autor ha procurat respondre aportant noves visions tot recolzant-se amb la documentació escaient i l’esforç de les investigacions que n’han brollat. En vista a la resolució d’aquestes tesis, és convenient entendre abans que res, en una primera part de l’obra, l’evolució genètica de les idees que van dur a la formulació gravitatòria. La revisió de les concepcions sobre l’estructura de l’univers anteriors a l’obra de Newton es fa imprescindible per a entendre el context en què va donar-se la seva revolució. A partir d’aquí, la deducció de la llei de l’invers del quadrat de la distància representa el bateig del trajecte excepcional que durà a l’aparició de la física newtoniana. Partint de la famosa trobada de Halley, Hooke i Wren al gener de 1684, la tesi aporta un seguiment de la gènesi de les idees de Newton, cosa que seria impensable sense entretenir-se en una anàlisi acurada del seu opuscle De motu corporum in gyrum de 1684. En aquesta obra apareix el fil conductor de gran part dels continguts posteriors que seran presents als Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. La segona part de l’obra haurà de considerar quins efectes va tenir sobre la teologia el descobriment de la llei de gravitació universal per part de Newton. Calen, d’entrada, una anàlisi de les coordenades teològiques del segle XVII i, sobretot, del corpus religiós que dominava la mentalitat de Newton. Quina visió tenia Newton de la divinitat, quina era la seva actitud en relació a l’oficialitat, i com hi relacionava l’exercici científic, són assumptes de cabdal rellevància. El veritable inici de la suma de les distintes conseqüències teològiques a què va dur la publicació dels Principia rau en les possibles respostes a la pregunta de quina hauria de ser la naturalesa de la gravetat mateixa. Haurem de veure, doncs, si rere el Déu que sentia Newton s’hi amagava realment una emmascarada visió deista de la realitat. Una anàlisi d’aquesta qüestió ha de fer veure la vertadera complexitat del Newton religiós: un teista heterodox i fragmentari que fins i tot va acabar flirtejant amb algunes imatges d’un panteisme prou inesperat i inconfessable. Es demostra, a més, que tant les exigències de la nova física de Newton com la presentació tan polièdrica de Déu i del fet religiós que s’enceta amb les seves críptiques concepcions van tenir unes conseqüències metafísiques i teològiques absolutament rellevants dins de certs cercles intel·lectuals propers al newtonianisme. Aquesta herència va constituir el fonament d’un grup de pensadors que es van erigir en «apòstols» del pensament newtonià i que van acabar esdevenint els teòrics de la nova «astroteologia». El lector té doncs a les mans una obra on s’entrecreuen gran part dels distints sabers humans essencials: la matemàtica, la física, la metafísica, la teologia i fins i tot, una reflexió antropològica implícita que no pot menysprear-se. Una cruïlla de sabers que ha de dur, després de realitzat un pregon estudi –o almenys aquesta ha estat la intenció-, a unes conclusions que, si bé estem molt lluny de titllar de sorprenents, aspirem que puguin ser útils tant al teòleg com a l’hermeneuta de la història i de la filosofia de la ciència.[eng] In these pages, the reader will find an analysis, which we conceive sound enough, of the genesis of Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and the theological consequences that arose from it. The main purpose of such an analysis is not a mere descriptive study, but an attempt to solve what Newton was from a theological perspective and how we must understand ultimately his relation to the internal structure of the scientific discourse. The author has tried to enlighten both theses by making new crucial contributions based on the available documentation and many other studies. This work is divided in two parts. The first one tackles the scientific path towards the discovery of the universal law of gravity. After careful consideration to the great part of the prenewtonian physical visions –and from the relevant events that took place in January 1684- the author delves deep and thoroughly into the intricate facts which led Newton first to the publication of his De motu and then to the classic physical comprehension of nature in his Principia. An accurate explanation of some mathematical principles is not only developed therein, but also and most especially the winding way Newton was able to walk in order to overcome the challenges and adversities. The second part of the work focuses on the main theological consequences of such a discovery. The author aims to understand better Newton’s religious soul and how he tried to clarify the deepest intangible nature of gravity with regard to his religious concepts. The scientific requirements emerging from the Principia had an important influence in determining the new religious visions which sought to harmonize the «God’s work» and the »God’s Book». In this context, the author demonstrates that Newton was not a deist nor even strictly an orthodox theist, but he should be rather considered as a «formal panentheist» who laid the foundations of what will be known in the future as «astrotheology»
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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