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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
Valorizzazione e restituzione alla fruibilità dell’architettura religiosa in disuso: analisi del contesto territoriale ed individuazione delle emergenze nel territorio della provincia di Lucca
Full text linkDispelling 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
Il Gargano e la geografia del sacro: lo spazio, i luoghi, le devozioni
No full textThe three sanctuaries of St. Michael at Monte Sant'Angelo, St. Matthew at San Marco in Lamis and St. Pius at San Giovanni Rotondo, along with other minor sacred places (hermitages, churches, chapels, hospitia) can be considered the key-features of the “sacred geography” at the promontory of Gargano (Apulia). Their existence covers a period lasting over than 1500 years. To the shaping of this peculiar geography has also contributed a network of roads and trails, crossed by people – not only pilgrims – who uninterruptedly walked these paths for diverse reasons. The Gargano is therefore to be considered a cultural melting pot, effective both for its inhabitants and for the people who travel along its roads. In this contribution we investigate the most important sacred places in Gargano and we argue that, although they seem to be heterogeneous, they prove to be deeply connected both in a concrete and a symbolic way. Moreover, they are associated by dynamics of identity-construction, which are reflected in patronages, hagiographic traditions, devotions.Il promontorio garganico si presenta come un unico spazio sacro, definito dai tre grandi santuari di S. Michele a Monte S. Angelo, S. Matteo a S. Marco in Lamis e S. Pio a San Giovanni Rotondo e da una serie di luoghi sacri “minori” (eremi, chiese, abbazie, hospitia), collegati da una rete di strade, sentieri, tratturi. Singoli individui e gruppi, percorrendo nel tempo queste vie per ragioni non solo di fede, hanno espresso una koiné culturale e cultuale, la quale, nel tempo, ha costruito l’identità del territorio. Tale processo di costruzione identitaria, sviluppatosi nel segno di una continuità di lunga durata, si riflette nei patronati, nelle tradizioni agiografiche, nelle devozioni ed è testimoniato anche dalle tavolette votive presenti nei santuari.
Nel complesso, i luoghi sacri del Gargano intercettano, e a loro volta realizzano, una “geografia del sacro” in cui fenomeni cultuali molteplici, emersi in epoche e in contesti storico-culturali differenti, si intrecciano e persistono da oltre 1500 anni. Questo paper evidenzia come tali luoghi, apparentemente eterogenei, siano connessi sul piano concreto e simbolico dalle vie di pellegrinaggio e dalle pratiche devozionali dei fedeli. Il contributo è l’occasione per presentare le ricerche condotte nell’ambito del Progetto FIRB Spazi sacri e percorsi identitari. Testi di fondazione, iconografia, culto e tradizioni nei santuari cristiani italiani fra tarda antichità e medioevo, che si è focalizzato sull’area garganica
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