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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
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Significance, Opportunities and Challenges of Cultural Landscape Conservation and Bhutan Heritage Bill – UNESCO’s Experiences of Bhutan
No full textProf/Dr. Roland Chih-Hung Lin, city planner and art historian, is Focal Point for Cultural Landscapes and Project Officer in the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, managing Heritage; Cultural Landscape Conservation projects in Asia, notably for the Silk Roads; Bamiyan Valley Cultural Landscape (Afghanistan), South Asian Cultural Landscape (Bhutan) and Lumbini, birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal). Born in Taiwan, living and working in Paris since 1991, working at UNESCO since 1997, he received his PhD in Art History and Archaeology from Paris-Sorbonne University in 1999, in addition to previous diplomas in City Planning and Oriental Metropolis Studies, as well as Gardens, Landscape and Territorial Studies. Prof/Dr. Lin holds Visiting Professorships and Phd students Directorship in China (Tianjin University, Tongji University and China South University of Technology) and contributes his expertise as Research Fellow and Chargé des conférences in France (CREOPS- Centre de Recherche sur Extrême-Orient de Paris – Sorbonne; École Pratique des Hautes Études/EPHE, Paris). He has published four academic books, and also published and co-authored over 80 papers about safeguarding world and cultural heritage and cultural landscapes in Asia. Prof/Dr Lin is a member of ICOMOS-France and IFLA-Taiwan. Since 2021, he is an expert member of ISCCL.UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale, notably through the 1962 UNESCO Recommendation on the Beauty and Character of Landscapes and Sites and the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This article shares the knowledge and experience garnered by UNESCO through its conservation and management activities at Cultural Landscapes in Bhutan and highlights the urgent need for a cultural-historical-natural territory approach to address the pressing challenges for the conservation of Cultural Landscapes in Bhutan, and for a strong focus on the peoples and communities that inhabit these territories and their involvement at all stages. Since long, Bhutan is regarded as a most mysterious and remote country, hidden in the Himalayas. A complex cultural landscape has evolved in the small nation of Bhutan for millennia. However, recently, Bhutan is considered to be one of the most rapidly urbanizing societies in Asia, and people in Bhutan have expressed worry about these changes. Acknowledging that Bhutan is a rare case where almost the entire land has retained a magnificent landscape displaying a harmonious co-existence of culture and nature, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre is providing technical assistance to the Government of Bhutan to make Cultural Landscapes a focus of heritage protection in the country’s administrative framework, the national policy, good practice as well as the very first Bhutan Heritage Bill. A series of the Five UNESCO-Bhutan Support Cultural Landscape Initiatives workshops, including panel sessions and forums, set up a platform since 2014 to introduce ‘cultural landscape’ as a new conservation concept, along with conserving and raising awareness of its cultural landscapes to gain attention of multiple stakeholders, such as of town planning, agricultural development and tourism. The cultural-historical-natural territory approach and communities involvement for Cultural Landscape conservation and management has been presented in order to develop a common vision to sustain the values of cultural landscape, which would be an important indicator of the success of the Bhutanese Gross National Happiness. It is very promising to note that in the draft Heritage Bill of Bhutan (now under final Governmental adoption), the entire country is defined as a Cultural Landscape from the Preamble onwards: ‘Bhutan’s uniqueness lies in its cultural landscape where tangible and intangible cultural heritage and nature coexist harmoniously’. Français : L'UNESCO a été la première agence des Nations Unies à s'occuper des paysages à l'échelle mondiale, notamment à travers la Recommandation de l'UNESCO de 1962 sur la beauté et le caractère des paysages et des sites et la Convention de 1972 concernant la protection du patrimoine mondial, culturel et naturel. Cet article partage les connaissances et l'expérience acquises par l'UNESCO à travers ses activités de conservation et de gestion des paysages culturels au Bhoutan et souligne le besoin urgent d'une approche culturelle, historique et naturelle des territoires pour relever les défis urgents de la conservation des paysages culturels au Bhoutan, et pour une forte focalisation sur les peuples et les communautés qui habitent ces territoires et leur implication à toutes les étapes. Depuis longtemps, le Bhoutan est considéré comme un pays des plus mystérieux et reculé, caché dans l'Himalaya. Un paysage culturel complexe a évolué dans la petite nation du Bhoutan pendant des millénaires. Cependant, récemment, le Bhoutan est considéré comme l'une des sociétés d'Asie qui s'urbanise le plus rapidement, et les Bhoutanais ont exprimé leur inquiétude face à ces changements. Reconnaissant que le Bhoutan est un cas rare où presque tout le territoire a conservé un paysage magnifique affichant une coexistence harmonieuse de la culture et de la nature, le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO fournit une assistance technique au gouvernement du Bhoutan pour faire des paysages culturels un centre de patrimoine protection dans le cadre administratif du pays, la politique nationale, les bonnes pratiques ainsi que le tout premier projet de loi sur le patrimoine du Bhoutan. Une série de cinq ateliers UNESCO-Bhutan Support Cultural Landscape Initiatives, y compris des panels et des forums, a mis en place une plate-forme depuis 2014 pour présenter le « paysage culturel » en tant que nouveau concept de conservation, ainsi que la conservation et la sensibilisation à ses paysages culturels pour gagner l'attention de multiples acteurs, tels que l'urbanisme, le développement agricole et le tourisme. L'approche du territoire culturel, historique et naturel et l'implication des communautés pour la conservation et la gestion du paysage culturel ont été présentées afin de développer une vision commune pour soutenir les valeurs du paysage culturel, ce qui serait un indicateur important du succès du bonheur national brut du Bhoutan. . Il est très prometteur de noter que dans le projet de loi sur le patrimoine du Bhoutan (maintenant en cours d'adoption finale par le gouvernement), le pays tout entier est défini comme un paysage culturel à partir du préambule : « Le caractère unique du Bhoutan réside dans son paysage culturel où le patrimoine culturel matériel et immatériel et la nature coexistent harmonieusement ». Español: La UNESCO fue el primer organismo de las Naciones Unidas que se ocupó de los paisajes a escala mundial, en particular a través de la Recomendación de la UNESCO de 1962 sobre la belleza y el carácter de los paisajes y sitios y la Convención de 1972 sobre la protección del patrimonio mundial cultural y natural. Este artículo comparte el conocimiento y la experiencia acumulados por la UNESCO a través de sus actividades de conservación y gestión en los paisajes culturales en Bután y destaca la necesidad urgente de un enfoque cultural-histórico-territorial natural para abordar los desafíos urgentes para la conservación de los paisajes culturales en Bután, y por un fuerte enfoque en los pueblos y comunidades que habitan estos territorios y su participación en todas las etapas. Desde hace mucho tiempo, Bután es considerado un país muy misterioso y remoto, escondido en el Himalaya. Un paisaje cultural complejo ha evolucionado en la pequeña nación de Bután durante milenios. Sin embargo, recientemente, se considera que Bután es una de las sociedades que se urbanizan más rápidamente en Asia, y la gente de Bután ha expresado su preocupación por estos cambios. Reconociendo que Bután es un caso raro en el que casi toda la tierra ha conservado un paisaje magnífico que muestra una coexistencia armoniosa de cultura y naturaleza, el Centro del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO está brindando asistencia técnica al Gobierno de Bután para hacer de los Paisajes Culturales un foco de patrimonio. protección en el marco administrativo del país, la política nacional, las buenas prácticas y el primer proyecto de ley del patrimonio de Bhután. Una serie de talleres de las cinco iniciativas de apoyo al paisaje cultural de la UNESCO-Bután, que incluyen sesiones de panel y foros, estableció una plataforma desde 2014 para presentar el `` paisaje cultural '' como un nuevo concepto de conservación, junto con la conservación y la concienciación de sus paisajes culturales para ganar atención de múltiples actores, como el urbanismo, el desarrollo agrícola y el turismo. El enfoque cultural-histórico-territorial natural y la participación de las comunidades para la conservación y gestión del paisaje cultural se han presentado con el fin de desarrollar una visión común para sostener los valores del paisaje cultural, que sería un indicador importante del éxito de la Felicidad Nacional Bruta de Bután. . Es muy prometedor observar que en el proyecto de Ley del Patrimonio de Bután (ahora en proceso de aprobación gubernamental final), todo el país se define como un paisaje cultural desde el Preámbulo en adelante: 'La singularidad de Bután radica en su paisaje cultural donde el patrimonio cultural tangible e intangible y la naturaleza conviven armoniosamente ”
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
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
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