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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Des lanternes magiques aux lyric videos : chansons lumineuses écrites (XIXè - XXIè)
No full textThe main goal of this thesis is to examine a cultural series that we designate as “chansons lumineuses écrites” (“written luminous songs”), hence producing a diachronic study of the cultural practice of writing the lyrics of a song on screen, from the 19th to the 21st century. In doing so, our second goal – of a theoretical and methodological nature – is to put the concept of “cultural series,” created by André Gaudreault and refined with the help of Philippe Marion , to the test of a case study, while working with a set of relevant examples.Two sets of examples give this cultural series its chronological boundaries: the magic lantern slides produced and marketed by the French firm Lapierre, in the second half of the 19th century, and lyric videos, official textual music videos which appeared on YouTube around 2010.In the first section of this thesis, we will focus on the Lapierre “vues sur verre en bande” (“glass views in strips”), hand-painted glass slides intended for domestic projection which illustrate popular subjects, including songs. We will document the technical functioning of magic lanterns in general and the series of slides marketed by the Lapierre firm in particular, to propose a relevant method of aesthetic analysis of these slides. In turn, we will put this method to the test as we examine the corpus of the Lapierre illustrated songs.In the second section, we will show that the practice of writing song lyrics on screen did not disappear in the 20th century, and that a cultural series exists, from the 19th to the 21st century. We will then focus on three types of medium: magic lantern, film, and video. A fourth chapter will discuss the particular practice of the bouncing ball and, through this example, we will prove the permanence of our cultural series, over the long term, and beyond changes of medium.The third and final part of this work will examine the emergence of lyric videos, official music videos which started appearing around 2010 on YouTube, illustrating mostly pop songs. Two theoretical chapters will first discuss how lyric videos force us to reconsider the theory, history and aesthetics of music videos in the era of YouTube and digital platforms. Three chapters will then attempt to describe and understand the vast corpus of lyric videos, using comparative, generic and genetic approaches. André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion, « The Unfinished Business of History: Defense and Illustration of the Concept “Cultural Series” », in The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema, edited by Rob King and Charlie Keil (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024), 95‑115.L’objectif principal de cette thèse est de postuler, pour l’étudier, la série culturelle des « chansons lumineuses écrites », soit une étude diachronique de la pratique consistant à écrire à l’écran les paroles d’une chanson, du XIXe au XXIe siècle. Ce faisant, notre second objectif, d’ordre théorique et méthodologique, est de mettre le concept de « série culturelle », forgé par André Gaudreault et précisé avec l’aide de Philippe Marion , à l’épreuve d’un cas particulier, et ainsi d’un ensemble d’exemples.Deux ensembles médiatiques donnent ses bornes chronologiques à la série culturelle : les plaques pour lanterne magique produites et commercialisées par la maison française Lapierre dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle, et les lyric videos, des clips textuels officiels apparus sur YouTube vers 2010.Dans une première partie, on s’intéressera aux « vues sur verre en bande » Lapierre, des plaques de verre peintes à la main destinées à la projection domestique et illustrant des sujets populaires, dont des chansons. On documentera d’abord le fonctionnement des lanternes magiques en général et des séries de plaques commercialisées par les Lapierre en particulier, dans le but d’en proposer une méthode d’analyse esthétique pertinente. En retour, ce modèle pourra être éprouvé en s’appuyant sur le corpus spécifique des chansons illustrées Lapierre.Dans la deuxième partie, on montrera que la pratique des chansons écrites à l’écran ne disparaît pas au XXe siècle, et qu’une série culturelle se forme bel et bien, du XIXe au XXIe siècle. On s’intéressera donc à l’apparition des chansons lumineuses écrites selon trois types de médiums : lanterne de projection, pellicule cinématographique et vidéo. Par un dernier chapitre précisément consacré aux bouncing balls, on prouvera la permanence de notre série culturelle, sur le temps long et par-delà les médiums.Dans la troisième et dernière partie, on se penchera sur l’émergence des lyric videos, des clips officiels apparus vers 2010 sur YouTube, et illustrant surtout des chansons pop. Deux chapitres théoriques s’attacheront d’abord à révéler comment les lyric videos forcent à reconsidérer la théorie, l’histoire et l’esthétique des clips à l’ère de YouTube et des plateformes numériques. Trois chapitres s’efforceront ensuite de décrire et de comprendre le vaste corpus des lyric videos grâce à des approches comparative, générique puis génétique
Des lanternes magiques aux lyric videos : chansons lumineuses écrites (XIXè - XXIè)
No full textThe main goal of this thesis is to examine a cultural series that we designate as “chansons lumineuses écrites” (“written luminous songs”), hence producing a diachronic study of the cultural practice of writing the lyrics of a song on screen, from the 19th to the 21st century. In doing so, our second goal – of a theoretical and methodological nature – is to put the concept of “cultural series,” created by André Gaudreault and refined with the help of Philippe Marion , to the test of a case study, while working with a set of relevant examples.Two sets of examples give this cultural series its chronological boundaries: the magic lantern slides produced and marketed by the French firm Lapierre, in the second half of the 19th century, and lyric videos, official textual music videos which appeared on YouTube around 2010.In the first section of this thesis, we will focus on the Lapierre “vues sur verre en bande” (“glass views in strips”), hand-painted glass slides intended for domestic projection which illustrate popular subjects, including songs. We will document the technical functioning of magic lanterns in general and the series of slides marketed by the Lapierre firm in particular, to propose a relevant method of aesthetic analysis of these slides. In turn, we will put this method to the test as we examine the corpus of the Lapierre illustrated songs.In the second section, we will show that the practice of writing song lyrics on screen did not disappear in the 20th century, and that a cultural series exists, from the 19th to the 21st century. We will then focus on three types of medium: magic lantern, film, and video. A fourth chapter will discuss the particular practice of the bouncing ball and, through this example, we will prove the permanence of our cultural series, over the long term, and beyond changes of medium.The third and final part of this work will examine the emergence of lyric videos, official music videos which started appearing around 2010 on YouTube, illustrating mostly pop songs. Two theoretical chapters will first discuss how lyric videos force us to reconsider the theory, history and aesthetics of music videos in the era of YouTube and digital platforms. Three chapters will then attempt to describe and understand the vast corpus of lyric videos, using comparative, generic and genetic approaches. André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion, « The Unfinished Business of History: Defense and Illustration of the Concept “Cultural Series” », in The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema, edited by Rob King and Charlie Keil (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024), 95‑115.L’objectif principal de cette thèse est de postuler, pour l’étudier, la série culturelle des « chansons lumineuses écrites », soit une étude diachronique de la pratique consistant à écrire à l’écran les paroles d’une chanson, du XIXe au XXIe siècle. Ce faisant, notre second objectif, d’ordre théorique et méthodologique, est de mettre le concept de « série culturelle », forgé par André Gaudreault et précisé avec l’aide de Philippe Marion , à l’épreuve d’un cas particulier, et ainsi d’un ensemble d’exemples.Deux ensembles médiatiques donnent ses bornes chronologiques à la série culturelle : les plaques pour lanterne magique produites et commercialisées par la maison française Lapierre dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle, et les lyric videos, des clips textuels officiels apparus sur YouTube vers 2010.Dans une première partie, on s’intéressera aux « vues sur verre en bande » Lapierre, des plaques de verre peintes à la main destinées à la projection domestique et illustrant des sujets populaires, dont des chansons. On documentera d’abord le fonctionnement des lanternes magiques en général et des séries de plaques commercialisées par les Lapierre en particulier, dans le but d’en proposer une méthode d’analyse esthétique pertinente. En retour, ce modèle pourra être éprouvé en s’appuyant sur le corpus spécifique des chansons illustrées Lapierre.Dans la deuxième partie, on montrera que la pratique des chansons écrites à l’écran ne disparaît pas au XXe siècle, et qu’une série culturelle se forme bel et bien, du XIXe au XXIe siècle. On s’intéressera donc à l’apparition des chansons lumineuses écrites selon trois types de médiums : lanterne de projection, pellicule cinématographique et vidéo. Par un dernier chapitre précisément consacré aux bouncing balls, on prouvera la permanence de notre série culturelle, sur le temps long et par-delà les médiums.Dans la troisième et dernière partie, on se penchera sur l’émergence des lyric videos, des clips officiels apparus vers 2010 sur YouTube, et illustrant surtout des chansons pop. Deux chapitres théoriques s’attacheront d’abord à révéler comment les lyric videos forcent à reconsidérer la théorie, l’histoire et l’esthétique des clips à l’ère de YouTube et des plateformes numériques. Trois chapitres s’efforceront ensuite de décrire et de comprendre le vaste corpus des lyric videos grâce à des approches comparative, générique puis génétique
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
Rereading the decline of the illustrated song : three crisis discourses in moving picture world, 1908
Get PDFLes recherches sur lesquelles se basent cet article, ainsi que sa traduction vers l'anglais, ont reçu le soutien financier du partenariat international de recherche sur les techniques et technologies du cinéma, TECHNÈS.
La première version de cet article a vu le jour au sein du séminaire "Histoire du cinéma : problèmes et méthodes", enseigné par Louis Pelletier à l'automne 2017 au département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques de l'Université de Montréal.
Une version révisée de ce devoir initial a été récompensée du Prix de l'essai étudiant décerné en 2018 par Domitor, l'association internationale de recherche sur le cinéma des premiers temps.Historians have well documented the decline of illustrated songs in nickelodeons in the United States from 1909 to 1913. In this article, a close examination of the
1907 and 1908 issues of Moving Picture World shows that several crises occurred before
1909 that help us understand this decline. Here I examine three main crises: the structural
crisis of free music, the economic and aesthetic crisis of piracy, and the legal dispute over
exclusive illustration rights
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