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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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Le stress étudiant au sein de l'École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort : étude et gestion
No full textStudent stress has been a more and more studied issue in the last decades. Veterinary studies are long and intensive both physically and psychologically. Students of this course are subject to many stressors during their studies : a demanding selection process, academic pressure, workload, time constraints, exams, competition, concern for the financing of studies, lack of sleep, exposure to suffering and death. The literature on the subject has been reviewed in order to define the concept of stress and its place in today's society. The different stressors and the various types of impacts of stress were also identified. This objective of the study was to evaluate student stress within the National Veterinary School of Alfort and identify stress management methods used by students, with the aim of bringing out solutions that could be put in place at the collective level. In order to do this, a questionnaire on various points was submitted to the EnvA's students. The obtained results were used to develop a conference support on student stress. This conference aims to raise student awareness of stress detection and prevention by providing them with comprehensive information on the subject. Two hundred and fifty-five students replied to our survey, i. e. more than a third of EnvA students. The response rate varied according to the year and ranged from 30.5 % to 39.3 %. Eighty-nine per cent of students considered veterinary studies to be stressful. The average stress level was 4.2/10, with about a third of students giving a score of 6/10 or higher. Twenty-eight point two per cent of students said they felt stressed at least once a week, and 14.9 % daily. This stress negatively impacted 71.3 % of students in the way they cared for the animals. Seventy-two point two per cent of participants were interested in implementing collective stress management methods. Three dynamics of action were then identified : increase communication about student stress, offer meditation or sophrology workshops, and give more prominence to the work of the school psychologist or reference teachers.Le stress étudiant est une problématique qui fait l'objet de plus en plus d'études depuis les dernières décennies. Les études vétérinaires sont longues et intenses, tant physiquement que psychologiquement. Les étudiants de cette filière sont soumis à de nombreux facteurs de stress au cours de leurs études : processus de sélection exigeants, pression scolaire, charge de travail, contraintes horaires, évaluations, concurrence, souci de financement des études, manque de sommeil, exposition à la souffrance et à la mort. La bibliographie sur le sujet a été étudiée afin de définir la notion de stress, et de cerner la place qu'il occupe dans notre société actuelle. Les différentes sources et les différents impacts du stress ont également été recensés. L'objectif de notre travail était de faire un état des lieux du stress étudiant au sein de l'Ecole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, ainsi que de recenser les méthodes de gestion du stress employées par les étudiants, dans le but de dégager des perspectives à mettre en place à l'échelle collective. Pour cela, nous avons soumis aux étudiants de l'EnvA un questionnaire portant sur ces différents points. Les résultats obtenus ont été utilisés pour développer un support de conférence sur le stress étudiant. Cette conférence vise à sensibiliser les étudiants au repérage et à la prévention du stress en leur apportant des informations globales sur cette thématique. Deux cent cinquante-cinq étudiants ont répondu à notre sondage, soit plus d'un tiers des étudiants de l'EnvA. Le taux de réponse était variable en fonction des promotions, et allait de 30,5 % à 39,3 %. Quatre-vingt-neuf pour cent des étudiants ont considéré que les études vétérinaires étaient une source de stress. Le niveau de stress moyen était de 4,2/10, avec environ un tiers des étudiants ayant accordé une note supérieure ou égale à 6/10. Les étudiants ont estimé ressentir un stress au moins une fois par semaine à hauteur de 28,2 %, et quotidiennement à hauteur de 14,9 %. Ce stress impactait négativement 71,3 % des étudiants dans leur prise en charge des animaux, 72,2 % des participants étaient intéressés par la mise en place de méthodes de gestion du stress collectives. Trois dynamiques d'action ont alors pu être dégagées : augmenter la communication autour du stress étudiant, proposer des ateliers de méditation ou de sophrologie, et accorder une place plus importante au travail de la psychologue scolaire ou d'enseignants référents
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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