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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
Expérience de l’altérité dans les espaces publics et mobilités des personnes âgées
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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
The practices of the old women on the seaside walks in Brittany : ageing process and city life
No full textEn France comme dans la plupart des pays du Nord, les personnes âgées représentent une part de plus en plus importante de la population.Parmi elles, les femmes sont les plus nombreuses, et plus encore au fur et à mesure de l’avancée en âge. La féminisation de la population âgée pose des enjeux importants.Elle impose de s’interroger sur la place faiteaux femmes âgées dans notre société. L’objet de la présente thèse est de s’y attacher sous l’angle spécifique des pratiques des femmes âgées sur les promenades de bord de mer. Ces espaces singuliers ont été choisis pour questionner la citadinité. Caractérisant le rapport à la ville exprimé par les pratiques des individus quant à l’appropriation de l’espace,l’ancrage et les sociabilités, la citadinité permet de caractériser l’inclusion de la personne âgée dans la société et, notamment, de voir comment le processus de vieillissement fait son oeuvre dans ces dynamiques d’inclusion.Espaces ressource pour « faire ville » avec les autres, pour la réalisation de soi à l’heure de la retraite, pour continuer à « se tenir face au monde » au grand âge, les promenades balnéaires sont des terrains d’exploration éminemment riches pour appréhender la citadinité des femmes âgées et donc leur inclusion en ville. Au regard du parcours de vie(familial, professionnel, résidentiel), l’analyse des pratiques des femmes âgées a notamment montré une diversité de modes d’inclusion à l’espace. Le recours à la notion de déprise, qui rend compte de l’évolution des pratiques de l’espace au cours de la vieillesse en mettant en lumière ce sur quoi les individus « lâchent prise » et « gardent prise », permet de poser la question du maintien de l’inclusion sociale dans la ville. Par les possibilités de prise qu’elle offre aux femmes vieillissantes, la promenade est un espace ressource pour réajuster les pratiques au fur et à mesure que la déprise le suggère, et, par là, pour maintenir la citadinité. Elle permet de continuer à s’exprimer à travers les pratiques, mais dans des formes différentes, selon que la recherche de sociabilités, de grand air, d’indépendance,d’autonomie, d’imprévu, est constitutive de la citadinité des femmes, à travers les âges.As in many Northern countries, the elderly population in France represents an important increasing part of the population. Generally there are more elderly women than men, and this number increases, as the elderly women get even older. The feminisation of the elderly population raises important issues. It leads one to reflect on the position provided to older women in our society. The goal of this thesis is to look at the specific practices of elderly women on seaside promenade. This spaces are chosen to question citadinité. Examining the relationship between the community and the behaviors of these women, regarding their required space, their anchor and their sociability, the citadinité assess the inclusion of the elderly persons in the society. It helps,especially, to see how the process of aging works in these dynamics of inclusion.Strolls on waterfronts allows the use of space with others, one’s self realization when facing retirement, and the drive to still be an active participant as one ages. These waterfront walksare rich fieldworks to grasp the assimilation of the aged women’s citadinité with their inclusion in the community. Looking at the life course of elderly women (familial,professional, residential), the analysis has shown a grand diversity of modes of inclusion in relation to the space. The application of the notion of déprise, a form of disengagement which looks at the evolution of use of space ,through aging showing on what people « give up » and « hold on», allows to investigate the level of maintenance of social inclusion in the community. Through these characteristics, waterfront walks offers to aging women a resourceful space to readjust practices as the disengagement suggests it, allowing the maintenance of the citadinité. The waterfront walk allows, through the practices, to express oneself, but in various forms as long as the search for social relationships, fresh air,independence, autonomy, novelty, have the power to establish the women’s citadinité through aging
Pratiques en déprise et pratiques de reprise : la promenade balnéaire comme ressource pour les femmes âgées
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