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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
Canine Tales and Chinese Literature in Konjaku Monogatarishu
No full text早在中國周代，「犬」便被人類當成家畜來飼養。犬除了食用之外，亦具有逐盜、狩獵等用途。由於其與人類的日常生活有密切的關連。因此，自古便有很多與犬相關的文獻資料。至六朝時代，又從印度及西域傳入了不少的佛教故事，使得犬的故事更趨多樣性。而這些故事又在中日兩國頻繁的文化交流之下傳至日本。日本古代的文學裡也出現了不少與犬有關的故事。尤其是十二世紀前半，集天竺、震旦、本朝（日本）的佛教故事、世俗故事之大成的『今昔物語集』裡共收錄了十八則與犬有關的故事，當中有五則故事很明顯與中國古代的傳說、故事有關係。拙稿作為探討『今昔物語集』裡的異類與中國文學的關連及異同，特別聚焦於『今昔物語集』裡的犬說話，以探討其與中國文學之關連及異同。Canine used to be domesticated as livestock in the Chou dynasty of China. In addition to its edibility, it used to expel bandits and hunt with mankind. Due to its close ties with human daily routines, ancient canine tales are often found in texts. In the Six-Dynasty (Wei-Chin South-North dynasty) period, a great number of Buddhist tales in India and Xi-yu the west states (consisting of foreign tribes) against the Central Plain entered China, rendering the diversity to canine tales that entered Japan later for frequent cultural exchanges between China and Japan at that time.
Actually, ancient literature in Japan used to cover dog-related tales. In particular, Konjaku Monogatarishuu in the late Heian Period the first half of the 12th century as the anthology of Buddhist and vulgar tales in India, China and Japan collects 18 canine tales where 5 tales are identified to correlate obviously with Chinese ancient legends and tales. The author explores the correlation between aliens in Konjaku Monogatarishuu and those in Chinese literature besides their similarities and dissimilarities with a focus on canine talks described in Konjaku Monogatarishuu in order to inquire the correlation with Chinese literature besides the similarities and dissimilarities concerned
The “spirits” in Shintannbu of Konnjaku monogatarishu and Chinese Literature
No full text古代中國稱亡靈及「老物之精」為鬼，至六朝及唐代時，由於佛教的經典及故事的傳入，又有夜叉、羅剎女、異官、鬼卒等新的鬼的角色傳入，因此鬼的角色亦更多樣化。之後這些鬼的角色又隨著中國的文化一齊傳入日本，影響及日本的文學。在古代日本文學當中，特別是《今昔物語集》的震旦部裡收錄了最多中國的鬼的角色。然而，雖然收錄了不少中國的鬼的角色，當中卻也有由日本文學家加以改寫的鬼的角色，拙論作為考察中日兩國文學的鬼的角色的關聯及異同文一環，特別聚焦於《今昔物語集》震旦部的鬼的角色，以探討其與中國文學裡的鬼的角色的關聯及異同。In ancient China, “spirit”can either indicate the soul departing from the body of the person at death, or signify something that has developed into a supernatural being due to its old age. During the six dynasties and Tang Dynasty, with the introduction of Buddhist classics as well as parables, characters such as Yaksa(夜叉) and Rakasasa (羅剎女) were also brought in, thus diversifying the characters of “the spirit”. Later, these characters along with Chinese culture were introduced into Japan, and further exert an influence on Japanese literature. In ancient Japanese literature, we see Shintanbu(震旦部) of Konnjaku monogatarishu(今昔物語集) contains the most Chinese characters of spirits. Yet though a great number of characters of Chinese “Spirits”can be found in the work, one also finds a good many different ones that has been reshaped by Japanese writers. In the thesis, I am going to focus on the characters of spirits in Shintanbu(震旦部) of Konnjaku monogatarishu(今昔物語集) to further contrast and compare the differences and similarities between them and their counterparts in Chinese literature
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
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