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The Hirsch spectrum: a novel tool for analysing scientific journals
Get PDFThis paper introduces the Hirsch spectrum (h-spectrum) for analyzing the academic reputation of a scientific journal. h-Spectrum is a novel tool based on the Hirsch (h) index. It is easy to construct: considering a specific journal in a specific interval of time, h-spectrum is defined as the distribution representing the h-indexes associated to the authors of the journal articles. This tool allows defining a reference profile of the typical author of a journal, compare different journals within the same scientific field, and provide a rough indication of prestige/reputation of a journal in the scientific community. h-Spectrum can be associated to every journal. Ten specific journals in the Quality Engineering/Quality Management field are analyzed so as to preliminarily investigate the h-spectrum characteristic
A Survey of Quality Engineering-ManagementJournals by Bibliometric Indicators
Get PDFThis paper analyses some of the most popular scientific journals in the Quality field from the point of view of three bibliometric indicators: the Hirsch (h) index for journals, the total number of citations and the h-spectrum. In particular, h-spectrum is a novel tool based on h, making it possible to (i) identify a reference profile of the typical authors of a journal; (ii) compare different journals; and (iii) provide a rough indication of their ‘bibliometric positioning' in the scientific community. Results of this analysis can be helpful for guiding potential authors and members of the scientific community in the Quality Engineering/Management area. A large amount of empirical data are presented and discusse
Proposals for evaluating the regularity of a scientist'sresearch output
Get PDFEvaluating the career of individual scientists according to their scientific output is a common bibliometric problem. Two aspects are classically taken into account: overall productivity and overall diffusion/impact, which can be measured by a plethora of indicators that consider publications and/or citations separately or synthesise these two quantities into a single number (e.g. h-index). A secondary aspect, which is sometimes mentioned in the rules of competitive examinations for research position/promotion, is time regularity of one researcher's scientific output. Despite the fact that it is sometimes invoked, a clear definition of regularity is still lacking. We define it as the ability of generating an active and stable research output over time, in terms of both publications/ quantity and citations/diffusion. The goal of this paper is introducing three analysis tools to perform qualitative/quantitative evaluations on the regularity of one scientist's output in a simple and organic way. These tools are respectively (1) the PY/CY diagram, (2) the publication/citation Ferrers diagram and (3) a simplified procedure for comparing the research output of several scientists according to their publication and citation temporal distributions (Borda's ranking). Description of these tools is supported by several examples
Analysis of the Hirsch index's operational properties
Get PDFThe h-index is a relatively recent bibliometric indicator for assessing the research output of scientists, based on the publications and the corresponding citations. Due to the original characteristics of easy calculation and immediate intuitive meaning, this indicator has become very popular in the scientific community. Also, it received some criticism essentially because of its ‘‘low" accuracy. The contribution of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of the h-index, from the point of view of the indicator operational properties. This work can be helpful to better understand the peculiarities and limits of h and avoid its misuse. Finally, we suggest an additional indicator ðf Þ that complements h with the information related to the publication age, not compromising the original simplicity and immediacy of understandin
Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = Hori Apollinis Selecta hieroglyphica : imagines vero cum priuilegio.
No full textIncludes errata, p. 256, and index at end.The first 111 emblems consist of woodcut ill. with motto and explanation in both Latin and Greek. The 7 emblems not by Horus Apollo added at the end have Latin text only.Edited by Franceschini for use in schools; see his preface, p. 3-4. The translation of Horapollo's lost Coptic original text into Greek is attributed to "Philippus" on p. 5.Mode of access: Internet.Binding: old limp vellum. Brief title and author written on spine. Remains of two pairs of ties at foredge
Quality & Quantity journal: a bibliometric snapshot
Get PDFThis article analyzes the Quality & Quantity journal from the point of view of some bibliometric indicators: the Hirsch (h) and the g-index for journals, the total number of citations, the h- and the g-spectrum. Journal time evolution is also studied and discussed in detail. As a final point, an interesting issue about how to objectively evaluate the journal popularity in the professional world—rather than the scientific/academic—is presented and left ope
Il gioco dei nomi e "il gioco dei regni". La tragica inquietudine dei Sereni
No full textABSTRACT. (The names game and Il gioco dei regni) This paper examines the “names game” in Clara Sereni’s genealogical novel Il gioco dei regni (The Play of Kingdoms) that Alberto Asor Rosa deems «one of the most beautiful Italian books of the last twenty years.» The paper shows how names, pseudonyms and nicknames express familiar, friendly and sentimental relationships and either enhance or diminish personal, ideological and linguistic differences. The names in the text are based on names in real documents; diaries, letters, original deeds, police reports, prison files. New research from archives that the author herself had already exploited gives context to the tension between the fictional and historical dimensions. The essay also shows how the names game involves the author: she uses the etymology and the analysis of names as a narrative resource; at the same time through the use of names, she re-establishes the broken relationships in the familiar, political and cultural story that she tells
Buddhaghosa
No full textThis entriy is about Buddhaghosa or Buddhaghosacarya, a poet of unknown date known for being the author of the Padyacudamani (The Crest-Jewel of Verses), a Sanskrit mahakavya (great kavya) or sargabandha (canto composition) poem
Buddhaghosa’s Padyacudamani: A Medieval Mahakavya on the Life of the Buddha
No full textThe Padyacudamani is a Sanskrit mahakavya narrating the life and feats of the “historical” Buddha. Its dating and place of origin are uncertain, and nothing is known about its author, Buddhaghosa (merely a namesake of the celebrated Buddhist scholar). The one certain thing about the Padyacudamani is its considerable poetic value, highly praised by A.K. Warder in his Indian Kavya Literature. Despite such authoritative commendation and the several intriguing peculiarities that characterize the poem, it has received but scant attention in contemporary scholarly research. This paper aims to provide an overview of the Padyacudamani and of its most interesting features
Piccolo/Pikolo in Primo Levi: un italianismo tra i caffè di Vienna e Auschwitz-Monowitz
No full textLe versioni dattiloscritte (1946) e a stampa del Canto di Ulisse (Se questo è un uomo, 1947)
presentano, riferita a un compagno di prigionia di Levi, una forma che varia nella grafia
(piccolo, Piccolo vs. Pikolo) e nello statuto grammaticale. L’articolo censisce le attestazioni
otto e novecentesche, in ambito norditaliano, austriaco e tedesco, di piccolo, Piccolo, Pikkolo,
riferite a ragazzi che in botteghe, alberghi, caffè o nella vita militare assistono un loro
principale. Su questa base si discute se la voce sia passata nei Lager, col senso di ‘attendente
del Kapo’, da ambienti civili o militari tedeschi, o se sia stato Levi ad applicare il regionalismo
piccolo all’amico. Si esaminano infine, in rapporto al significato profondo di "Se
questo è un uomo", le ragioni della scelta di Pikolo con k.The typewritten (1946) and printed (1947) versions of the Canto di Ulisse from "Se questo è
un uomo" show a different form of the name of a Levi’s prison mate both in the spelling and in its
grammatical function (piccolo, Piccolo vs. Pikolo). The paper surveys the 19th- and 20th-century
occurrences of piccolo, Piccolo, Pikkolo in Northern Italian, Austrian and German areas, when
referring to errand boys in shops, hotels, cafes and military environments. On this basis, the author
wonders whether the word – meaning ‘Kapo’s assistant’ – came in the Lagers from German civilian
or military environments, or Levi himself applied the regionalism piccolo to his friend. The reasons
behind the choice of this word, in relationship with the deep meaning of "Se questo è un uomo", are
eventually examined
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