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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
Spatio-Ternporal Characteristics of Children's Travel Behavior - A case study of the travel autonomy of elementary school children in Seoul-
No full textThis study exammes the spatio-temporal characteristics of urban children's travel behavior, especially their independent mobility. It also analyses such factors as age of child, pattern of parental car usage, mother's employment, and residential setting affect the independent mobility of children. For this purpose, a group of elementary school children in Years 3 and 6, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul were selected and questionnaires were given to them and their parents.
Travel diarys including both weekday and Sunday trips were analysed by travel accompanist, travel time, travel distance, and travel mode. According to weekday travel types, they were classified into four groups and their characteristics were studied. The major findings of this study are as follows.
First, there are differences between weekday trips and Sunday trips. Reasons for travel are more varied on Sunday than on weekdays when more activities are done in the residential area.
On weekday trips purposes are, for the most part, for education, while on Sunday social trips and leisure trips are significant. This phenomena is related to the different level of accompaniment. On weekdays, children mainly do routine activities in the residential area without the accompaniment of adults, while on Sunday they do various activities out of the residential area with their parents.
Four types of travel - simple type, home-based type, multi-purpose type, complex type - are classified, based on the travel linkage pattern. Home-based type is the most frequent, followed by multi-purpose type, simple type, and complex type respectively. The factors of frequency of travel and travel time vary among the travel type groups. In the case of the home-based type, they are the lowest and shortest respectively. They increases in the order of multi-purpose type, complex type. This stems from the differences in travel destination and the pattern of travel linkage of each group.
Second, independent mobility differs according to child's age. As they get older, they acquire more autonomy through travel mode and their range of activity time and space. In view of trip purposes, children have different travel autonomy by age. Little difference of autonomy exists in trips with family and compulsory activity, while, in the leisure and social trip, the autonomy increases in the 6th grade. This means the increasing impact of peer relationship and theexpanding life space as well as free travel range in the 6th grade. In addition, there are strong
relationships between a child's age and the composition of travel type group. In the 3th grade, the ratio of both simple type and home-based type is high. while in the 6th grade, the ratio of both complex type and multi-purpose type is high. This results from the decreasing travel frequency and travel distance in the 3th grade.
Third, parental lifestyle affects travel autonomy. The level of accompaniment by parents and the range of activity space are extended with increasing car accessibility. This can be attributed to children's accompaniment of parents' travel on Sunday. As for independent mobility, the vice versa. The level of independent mobility from the residential area decreases with increasing car accessibility. This is related to the decreasing mobility of children to leave their homes.
Mothers' employment also influences the frequency of accompaniment and permitted distance by parents. As mother is employed, the level of accompaniment decreases, while permitted range increases. This means the employed mothers are more generous about their children's activities.
In the relationship between parental lifestyle and travel type group, mother's employment is relevant to group composition while car accessibility is not. When mother is employed, the distribution ratio of multi-purpose type and mixing type is relatively higher.
Finally, the relationship between residential setting by housing type and children's travel behavior is analysed. Regarding travel accompaniment, there is little difference in housing type.
A slight increase of the percentage of accompaniment with friend is shown in the children who live in apartments. The location and density of facilities moderately affect travel range but they are not connected with travel frequency. In the composition of travel type group, the ratio of home-based type is higher children who live in apartments. It means their life space is more residential-centered.
As a result of this study, the most significant factor contributing to children's independent mobility is the age of the children. In addition, parental lifestyle and residential settings influence their travel autonomy. In other words, children's travel autonomy is primarily associated with their competence to explore their social and physical environment which, in turn, relates to their travel autonomy. These results suggest the travel demands of children should be differentiated
according to the children's developmental stage, parental lifestyle and residential environment
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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