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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
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
Stimulus optimization for retinal ganglion cell characterization
Get PDFLAUREA MAGISTRALELe cellule gangliari retiniche (RGC) sono i neuroni di uscita della retina e inviano segnali lungo il nervo ottico. Esistono svariati tipi di RGC, i quali rispondono in modo diverso agli stimoli visivi. La loro classificazione sulla base delle risposte a uno stimolo visivo prende il nome di tipizzazione funzionale delle RGC. Studi precedenti hanno dimostrato che è possibile eseguire una buona tipizzazione analizzando le risposte delle RGC a uno stimolo composto da dischi di varie dimensioni centrati nel campo recettivo della cellula. Questo metodo richiede la presentazione di un diverso stimolo a ogni neurone, ma ciò è difficilmente realizzabile in esperimenti ad alto rendimento, in cui si effettua la registrazione simultanea di svariate cellule utilizzando un array a multi-elettrodi. Una soluzione alternativa qui proposta è quella di mostrare lo stesso stimolo a molte cellule contemporaneamente e utilizzare questi dati per addestrare un modello delle RGC in grado di predire le risposte ai dischi. Lo specifico problema qui affrontato è capire quale stimolo utilizzare per apprendere al meglio il modello. Abbiamo utilizzato dei processi gaussiani per modellizzare le risposte delle cellule a diversi stimoli e in seguito abbiamo quantificato la loro capacità di predire le risposte ai dischi. Le prestazioni del modello riflettono la bontà dello stimolo, e questa misura può essere utilizzata per ottimizzare lo stimolo. Questa procedura è stata applicata a uno stimolo a scacchiera e siamo stati in grado di identificare lo stimolo ottimale per la caratterizzazione delle risposte delle RGC ai dischi in una sequenza temporale di scacchiere contenente quadrati di dimensioni diverse nella stessa proporzione. In futuro questo metodo potrà essere utilizzato per migliorare la tipizzazione funzionale delle RGC.Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGCs) are the output neurons of the retina and send signals down the optic nerve. There are many different types of RGC, which respond in a diverse way to visual stimuli. Their classification based on the responses to a visual stimulus takes the name of functional RGCs typing. Previous methods demonstrated that a good typing can be performed by exploiting the responses of the RGCs to a stimulus composed of disks of varying sizes centered in the receptive field of the cell. This method requires presenting a different stimulus to each neuron, which is difficult to do in high-throughput experiments, where many cells are recorded simultaneously using a multi-electrode array. An alternative solution proposed here is to show the same stimulus to many cells simultaneously and use these data to train a model of the RGCs able to predict responses to the disks. The specific challenge we address is to understand which stimulus to use to best learn the model. We use gaussian processes to fit cells responses to different stimuli and we quantify how good they are at predicting the responses to disks. The performance of the model reflects the goodness of the stimulus, and this measure can be used to optimize the stimulus. The procedure has been applied on the commonly used checkerboard stimulus and we were able to identify the optimal stimulus for the characterization of the responses of RGCs to the disks as a temporal sequence of checkerboards containing different check sizes in equal proportion. In the future this method can be used to improve the functional typing of RGCs
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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