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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
A influência de uma boa comunicação para uma maior notoriedade das IPSS em Portugal: o caso banco do bebé
No full textO tema desta Tese de Projeto debruçou-se sobre a influência de uma boa comunicação para obtenção de uma maior notoriedade das Instituições Parti-culares de Solidariedade Social (IPSS) em Portugal, tomando como caso de estudo a IPSS Banco do Bebé. Este trabalho de investigação surgiu com o pro-pósito de se perceber a razão pela qual as IPSS são insustentáveis economicamente e se a sua notoriedade poderá estar relacionada com essa insustentabilidade.
O objetivo do projeto passou pela criação de um plano de comunicação para que esta IPSS consiga sensibilizar a sociedade e contrariar a sua perceção inadequada acerca das IPSS. Tendo em conta a questão de investigação: Como é que a comunicação (incluindo a publicidade) pode ajudar a difundir melhor a imagem de uma IPSS (e torná-la mais sustentável economicamente)? A autora desenvolveu um estudo elabo-rado sobre uma IPSS em específico, Banco do Bebé. Não foi feita uma análise generalizada e superficial sobre as IPSS tendo em conta que um estudo mais pormenorizado sobre uma dada IPSS pode facilitar o esclarecimento da questão imposta e a resposta obtida pode revelar-se transversal a todas as outras IPSS, o que se traduz numa abordagem ao problema mais eficaz.
Relativamente à metodologia utilizada, primeiramente foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica e revisão de literatura de modo a compreender con-ceitos que fossem pertinentes para a realização do projeto final. A metodologia utilizada foi apoiada num tipo de metodologia colaborativa, tendo como obje-tivo a reformulação e o reajuste de ideias para obtenção de várias soluções até que seja possível encontrar a solução que seja mais satisfatória e faça mais sentido. Sendo uma pesquisa colaborativa, foi necessário contactar o objeto de estudo e outras entidades para a realização de pequenos questionários e sessões de brainstorming para que, posteriormente, fosse possível à autora obter res-postas e conclusões mais benéficas e importantes para o seu projeto.
No final do projeto foi realizado um questionário ao público-alvo para validar a ideia de maquete proposta pela autora que apresenta uma possível so-lução face à problemática da sua investigação.The theme of this Project Thesis is focused on the influence that good com-munication might have on the greater notoriety of Private Social Solidarity In-stitutions (IPSS) in Portugal, taking IPSS “Banco do Bebé” as a case study. This research work emerged from the necessity to better understand the reason why IPSS are economically unsustainable and whether its notoriety could be related to this unsustainability.
The purpose of this project was to create a communication plan so that this IPSS could sensitize society and counteract its mispercep-tion concerning IPSS. Considering the research question: How can communication (including advertising) help to better disseminate the image of an IPSS (and make it more economically sustainable)? The author has developed an elaborate study about a given IPSS, “Banco do Bebé”. An extensive and su-perficial analysis of IPSS was not carried out considering that a more detailed study of a given IPSS could facilitate the clarification of the imposed question and the obtained answer could be transversal to all others IPSS, which translates into a more effective approach to the problem.
Regarding the used methodology, a literature research was first carried out in order to understand concepts that would be pertinent to the execution of the final project. The used methodology was supported by a collaborative type of meth-odology, with the aim of reformulating and redesigning ideas to obtain several solutions until it is possible to find the solution that is more satisfactory and that makes more sense. As a collaborative research, it was necessary to contact the object of study and other entities to perform small questionnaires and brain-storming sessions so that, afterward, the author could obtain answers and con-clusions that are more beneficial and important for the project.
For the validation of the project the target audience was given a questionnaire to evaluate whether it would be possible to validate the idea of the proposed model by the author, which, in its view, will be a possible solution to the problem of its investigation
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
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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