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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
Novel applications offered by integration of robotic tools in BIM-based design workflow for automation in construction processes
No full textNowadays the integration between existent Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software with robotic tools such as Robot Operating System (ROS) could represent the next step towards the correct design and application of automated construction processes in the Architectural Engineering and Civil Industry (AEC). The recent wide use of BIM improved significantly the quality and productivity in AEC field since it offers an alwaysupdated model of the building with a structured, precise and shared database made up of detailed information about every phase of its lifecycle. This facilitates the mass production of construction elements ad-hoc to be automatically installed in addition to reducing errors and omissions due to a fragmented management of information. However, BIM by itself is not sufficient to achieve neither the complete and correct representation of complex modern buildings nor the direct planning of automated construction processes both off and on-site. There is still the lack of a specific software which can be fulfilled by resorting to the knowledge of Robotics Industry. In this paper the potentialities offered by the integration of CAD,BIM and ROS were analyzed with respect to the automated production and installation of precast timber modules for the refurbishment of existing buildings and to the installation of robotic tools for the independent living of elderly. The path towards such an integration is long and hard, many aspects have to be defined, since ROS was not conceived for AEC Industry but the potentialities in terms of money and time saving, of increased quality and productivity in addition to reducing damage risks are actually big. Thus, such an integration it's worth of further attention given that it allows to exploit an open source software with many available repositories and offers the opportunity of modelling every existing robotized system beyond to enable to test in various conditions with a realistic virtual environment thanks to the possibility of importing 3D models. In this way it is possible to find out both the best configuration and the most suitable robotic system to perform each required task
Dynamic analysis of high precision construction cable-driven parallel robots
No full textIn this paper we propose a modeling strategy for Cable Driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs) that - given their complexity - are typically addressed using simplified analysis, therefore neglecting relevant dynamics. Specifically, the finite element method is used for cables modeling, in order to account for their mass and stress-dependent stiffness. Geometrical effects given by platform motion in the 3D space have been included in our study, coupling cables finite element model and platform dynamic, also mimicking the wrapping of cords around winches. As a result, frequency and time domain responses under harmonic excitation are well captured and, in contrast with other works, the modal analysis revealed system vibrations characterized by local and global modes
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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