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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
Analysis for Intervention: The Contribution of Existing Ecologies to the Design of Place-Based Urban Landscapes
Get PDFConventional urban growth tends to happen irrespective of environmental context, causing the degradation of ecologically functional and diverse landscapes. This trend separates people from native ecological processes and the inherent benefits they provide (McHarg 1969). Urban systems become unsustainable by failing to incorporate the economic, cultural and ecological values of natural features, relying instead on outsourced energy and high-maintenance infrastructure. In contrast, concepts of ecologically supportive landscapes inspire the design and growth of cities in alignment with natural features. Recognizing the value that increased green space has for the improvement of urban ecologies, this thesis focuses on the restoration of existing natural features to sustain local ecologies and cultural connection to the landscape.
Restoring and enhancing natural features can help society understand that cities are not built upon a blank slate, but are part of a functional ecological landscape (Beatley & Manning 1997). Urban settings that utilize natural processes and express aesthetic qualities of nature demonstrate cultural awareness of environmental context. These visual cues build a sense of place by connecting people to the local ecology, which is the key to sustaining the integrity of local natural landscapes across the globe. With this thesis I introduce an adaptable framework through a case study of Copenhagen, Denmark, that municipalities may use to evaluate and design ecological urban landscapes. This framework defines ‘systems of nature’ based on trends that support landscape identity, providing site-specific interventions that inform local and systemwide restoration efforts
The emergence of Nipah and Hendra virus: Pathogen dynamics across a wildlife-livestock-human continuum
No full textThis chapter reviews recent research on the emergence of the Nipah and Hendra viruses, two lethal zoonotic paramyxoviruses that first emerged from fruit bat reservoirs in Malaysia in 1999 and Australia in 1994, respectively. Large-scale environmental changes such as deforestation, intensification of agriculture, and encroachment of human populations into wildlife habitats may have driven changes in fruit bat migration patterns, feeding behavior, and the dynamics of viral transmission to promote the emergence of these pathogens. For example, fruiting trees planted next to hog containment facilities in Malaysia provide feeding and roosting sites for fruit bats that harbor the Nipah virus. These sites provide opportunities for pathogen spillover from bats to pigs, and ultimately to humans. The link between fruiting trees at hog farms and Nipah emergence has led to livestock management plans that specify buffer zones at pig farms where fruit trees are excluded
Analysis for Intervention: The Contribution of Existing Ecologies to the Design of Place-Based Urban Landscapes
Get PDFConventional urban growth tends to happen irrespective of environmental context, causing the degradation of ecologically functional and diverse landscapes. This trend separates people from native ecological processes and the inherent benefits they provide (McHarg 1969). Urban systems become unsustainable by failing to incorporate the economic, cultural and ecological values of natural features, relying instead on outsourced energy and high-maintenance infrastructure. In contrast, concepts of ecologically supportive landscapes inspire the design and growth of cities in alignment with natural features. Recognizing the value that increased green space has for the improvement of urban ecologies, this thesis focuses on the restoration of existing natural features to sustain local ecologies and cultural connection to the landscape.
Restoring and enhancing natural features can help society understand that cities are not built upon a blank slate, but are part of a functional ecological landscape (Beatley & Manning 1997). Urban settings that utilize natural processes and express aesthetic qualities of nature demonstrate cultural awareness of environmental context. These visual cues build a sense of place by connecting people to the local ecology, which is the key to sustaining the integrity of local natural landscapes across the globe. With this thesis I introduce an adaptable framework through a case study of Copenhagen, Denmark, that municipalities may use to evaluate and design ecological urban landscapes. This framework defines ‘systems of nature’ based on trends that support landscape identity, providing site-specific interventions that inform local and systemwide restoration efforts
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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