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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

    Transferencia de tecnología en el manejo integrado de ácaros en el agroecosistema con base en papayo (Carica papaya L.).

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    Se integra el análisis de redes sociales aplicado a los procesos de transferencia de tecnología (TT) para el manejo integrado de ácaros (MIA) en papayo, mediante el modelo ascendente de TT “Grupos de Crecimiento Productivo Simultáneo” (GCPS), aplicado por socios de “Productora y Comercializadora de Papaya de Cotaxtla S.P.R. de R.L.” Los objetivos fueron determinar las redes y actores centrales presentes en la asociación, construir un programa de TT en forma participativa para el MIA y proponer mejoras al modelo GCPS. La información de redes sociales se analizó mediante UCINET 6. Se evaluaron los conocimientos antes y después del proceso, y el plan de transferencia mediante escala Likert. La red la conforman 32 participantes, 27 difunden activamente las innovaciones de acuerdo a su interés. Cuatro productores resaltan como actores centrales, que junto con el INIFAP, el CP y la propia organización de productores, pueden fungir como actores clave para la difusión y adopción de innovaciones. La Financiera Rural, los comercializadores mayoristas e intermediarios no participan en la difusión, pero cuentan con capital que podría ayudar a mejorar los procesos de innovación rural. El GCPS se formó con siete productores en transición y en edad madura productiva, con nivel educativo básico a intermedio. Todos aprendieron qué es un programa de MIA, 93% conocieron los beneficios y 27% usó el conocimiento adquirido, pero no obtuvo resultados positivos por la presencia de otras plagas. Su actitud hacia el proceso de TT fue ligeramente positiva, lograron el conocimiento y la toma de decisiones individuales y colectivas. Cuentan con 6.5 ha promedio, plantadas con la var. Maradol, utilizan riego por goteo, obtienen rendimiento medio de 90 t ha-1 y tienen un costo de producción medio de MX90,000.00ha1.Sevende87 90,000.00 ha-1. Se vende 87% de la producción en el mercado nacional y 13% para exportación. Producen con recursos propios (83%) o con crédito de la Financiera Rural (17%). Requieren mentalidad empresarial y consolidar su organización. Deben gestionar e implementar un proyecto de producción sustentable, acopio y comercialización de papaya. El modelo GCPS permitió construir conocimiento colectivo y llevar al equipo de trabajo a la toma de decisiones colectivas. _______________ TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE INTEGRATED MITE MANAGEMENT ON PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) AGROECOSYSTEMS. ABSTRACT: This study integrates social network analysis applied to technology transfer (TT) processes for integrated mite management (IMM) on papaya agroecosystems, using the TT bottom-up model “Simultaneous Productive Growth Groups” (SPGG), applied by the associates of "Productora y Comercializadora de Papaya de Cotaxtla S.P.R, de R.L.” The objectives were to determine the networks and key players present in the association, to build a participatory TT program for the IMM in papaya and to suggest improvements to the SPGG model. Social networks information was analyzed with UCINET 6. Knowledge before and after the process, and the transfer plan were evaluated using the Likert scale. The network has 32 participants, 27 actively disseminate innovations according to their interest. Four producers highlight as central players; they along with INIFAP, CP and the growers association itself, could be the key players for diffusion and adoption of innovations. Financiera Rural agency, wholesale traders and middlemen are not involved in the diffusion of innovations, however their capital might help to improve rural innovation processes. The SPGG was integrated by seven transitional, middle age-productive growers, with basic to intermediate level of education. Everyone learned what an IMM program is, 93% knew the benefits, and 26.6% used the knowledge gained, but no positive results were obtained due to the presence of other pests. Grower’s attitude towards the TT process was slightly positive, as they gained knowledge and performed individual and collective decision making. They have an average of 6.5 ha each, planted with Maradol var., and use drip irrigation; they obtain an average of 90 t ha-1 and have a production costs of MX 90,000.00 ha-1. 87% of the production is sold in the domestic market and 13% is for export. Majority (83%) produce based on their own resources, but 17% does based on credits from Financiera Rural. They need to become business minded and to consolidate their organization. A proposal for sustainable production, storage and marketing must be implemented. The SPGG model allowed to build collective knowledge and to lead the team to collective decision-making.Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, especialista en Agroecosistemas Tropicales).- Colegio de Postgraduados, 2013.Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

    Variations on the Author

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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 Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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