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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
An investigation into environmental sustainability in third level colleges in Ireland
Get PDFThe global drive toward sustainability is well under way. Academic institutions have
an important role to play in this shift towards sustainability. Third level educational
establishments, as part o f the wider public sector in Ireland, are now expected to
become exemplar organisations, leading the way in environmental sustainability. As
someone who works in an Institute o f Technology in Ireland, I have taken a keen
interest in the linkage that exists between the demands and targets that are being set
for the wider public sector in relation to energy efficiency and environmental
sustainability, and the response o f the individual institutions concerned. Many
individual environmental protection measures are being adopted by colleges and
universities; however, a more systematic approach to achieving environmental
sustainability and reducing environmental impacts o f their activities is preferable.
This thesis sets out to establish whether or not third level colleges in Ireland are in
fact embracing environmental sustainability or if they are exemplar organisations. It
also seeks to establish what the drivers and benefits o f environmental sustainability
are for the sector and what barriers exist to achieving the goal o f environmental
sustainability. It does this by performing a comprehensive literature review, and by
presenting the findings o f a comprehensive college campus environmental
sustainability survey targeted at the Institutes o f Technology in Ireland. The survey
clearly shows that despite the existence o f many individual environmental
sustainability initiatives throughout the sector, there is a distinct lack o f any formal
systems to address these issues, despite the clear evidence that such systems have
many benefits. The other barriers to achieving environmental sustainability that
emerge from the survey include human, financial and technical resource constraints
and senior management leadership. This work recommends that colleges should
adopt a formal Environmental Management System, with the An Taisce Green Flag
College system being recommended as the m ost appropriate route for a third level
college in Ireland to take to achieve the goal o f campus environmental sustainability.
It incorporates all o f the elements o f a traditional environmental management system
in addition to curriculum development and the involvement o f the w ider community
An investigation into environmental sustainability in third level colleges in Ireland
Get PDFThe global drive toward sustainability is well under way. Academic institutions have\ud
an important role to play in this shift towards sustainability. Third level educational\ud
establishments, as part o f the wider public sector in Ireland, are now expected to\ud
become exemplar organisations, leading the way in environmental sustainability. As\ud
someone who works in an Institute o f Technology in Ireland, I have taken a keen\ud
interest in the linkage that exists between the demands and targets that are being set\ud
for the wider public sector in relation to energy efficiency and environmental\ud
sustainability, and the response o f the individual institutions concerned. Many\ud
individual environmental protection measures are being adopted by colleges and\ud
universities; however, a more systematic approach to achieving environmental\ud
sustainability and reducing environmental impacts o f their activities is preferable.\ud
This thesis sets out to establish whether or not third level colleges in Ireland are in\ud
fact embracing environmental sustainability or if they are exemplar organisations. It\ud
also seeks to establish what the drivers and benefits o f environmental sustainability\ud
are for the sector and what barriers exist to achieving the goal o f environmental\ud
sustainability. It does this by performing a comprehensive literature review, and by\ud
presenting the findings o f a comprehensive college campus environmental\ud
sustainability survey targeted at the Institutes o f Technology in Ireland. The survey\ud
clearly shows that despite the existence o f many individual environmental\ud
sustainability initiatives throughout the sector, there is a distinct lack o f any formal\ud
systems to address these issues, despite the clear evidence that such systems have\ud
many benefits. The other barriers to achieving environmental sustainability that\ud
emerge from the survey include human, financial and technical resource constraints\ud
and senior management leadership. This work recommends that colleges should\ud
adopt a formal Environmental Management System, with the An Taisce Green Flag\ud
College system being recommended as the m ost appropriate route for a third level\ud
college in Ireland to take to achieve the goal o f campus environmental sustainability.\ud
It incorporates all o f the elements o f a traditional environmental management system\ud
in addition to curriculum development and the involvement o f the w ider community
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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