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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
Quantification of the glacial and postglacial denudation in the Pyrenean orogen : comparative assessment among cirques and small catchments under Oceanic and Mediterranean climates using in situ terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides and GIS topometric measures
No full textLa question sera d’évaluer si l’érosion glaciaire dans les Pyrénées est suffisante pour expliquer au moins une proportion de la surrection du volume montagneux, et donc dans quelle mesure les moteurs tectoniques demeurent incontournables. Le terrain proposé est un transect E–W, portant sur : un échantillon de cirques granitiques (prélèvement de roche-mère, lithologie homogène) déglacés (Bassiès) ou partiellement englacés (Aneto) ; et un échantillon de bassins versants (prélèvement de sédiments dans le lit du collecteur principal aux exutoires). Les méthodes utilisées seront les isotopes 10Be et 26Al produits in situ (Dunai, 2010) outils servant à quantifier les vitesses d’érosion d’un substratum rocheux ou d’un sol en fonction de leur durée d’exposition au bombardement cosmique provenant de la voûte céleste. Il s’agira ainsi (i) de détecter l'existence d'héritages d'exposition, synonymes de très faible tranche érodée lors du dernier cycle glaciaire (Fabel et al., 2002, 2004) — héritages inconnus jusqu’ici dans les Alpes (Ivy Ochs et al., 2007) mais déjà repérés dans l'est des Pyrénées (Delmas et al., 2008, 2011) ; et (ii) de comparer les taux moyens de dénudation post-glaciaire de bassins versants sélectionnés en fonction de leur passé (glaciaire ou non), de l’ambiance climatique post-glaciaire (influences atlantiques ou méditerranéennes), et enfin, sur chaque site-atelier ainsi défini, de leur taille (échantillonnages compartimentés sur des BV emboîtés de rang 1, 2, et 3 ; v. méthode in Godard et al., 2012). Une approche complémentaire consistera à quantifier systématiquement, dans les quelques cirques témoins, les volumes érodés par cubage des matériaux morainiques tardiglaciaires ou holocènes, mais aussi des éventuels glaciers rocheux et des éboulis. Ces bilans de masse impliqueront éventuellement aussi un effort de datation de ces formations, dont la chronologie (en particulier les glaciations holocènes) est encore très mal connue dans les Pyrénées.The Pyrenees form a mid-latitude, intermediate altitude mountain range displaying weak tectonic activity and a westward gradient of increasing topographic inheritance from the work of Pleistocene glaciers. This thesis aims to characterize and to quantify the influence of the glacial and non-glacial erosive processes on the most elevated areas of the mountain range, during the last climatic cycle (~100 ka), according to an E-W transect from the Carlit to the Maladeta, via the Ariège. The Holocene tills volumes (Maladeta) were quantified from DEM- and GIS-derived measurements, while the lowering of the glaciated and unglaciated surfaces was determined from cosmogenic nuclides (CN). Denudation was measured through TCN concentrations in alluvial sediment in elevated catchments. Würmian denudation on supraglacial ridges (10–25 mm/ka) was slower than on cirque floors (30–40 mm/ka), thereby resulting in an increase in topographic relief. Denudation of the cirques floor increases during post-Würm spatially limited glaciations (20-400 mm/ka). Small Holocene glaciers erosion in the Maladeta is 180-700 mm/ka even > 1 m/ka. These rates are noteworthy higher than bedrock and regolith plateau weathering (2.60 mm/ka and 20-40 mm/ka, respectively). Postglacial catchments denudation (25-450 mm/ka) linearly increases with mean slope (r = 0.83) and then with the Pleistocene glacial inheritance of the landscape. Results confirm the atonic tectonic activity of the Pyrenees and show the influence of the glaciers and fragile meta-sedimentary lithologies on the Holocene denudation
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
Quantification de la dénudation glaciaire et postglaciaire dans l'orogène pyrénéen : bilans comparés parmi des cirques et des petits bassins versants en contexte climatique océanique et méditerranéen à l'aide des nucléides cosmogéniques produits in-situ et de mesures topométriques sous SIG
No full textThe Pyrenees form a mid-latitude, intermediate altitude mountain range displaying weak tectonic activity and a westward gradient of increasing topographic inheritance from the work of Pleistocene glaciers. This thesis aims to characterize and to quantify the influence of the glacial and non-glacial erosive processes on the most elevated areas of the mountain range, during the last climatic cycle (~100 ka), according to an E-W transect from the Carlit to the Maladeta, via the Ariège. The Holocene tills volumes (Maladeta) were quantified from DEM- and GIS-derived measurements, while the lowering of the glaciated and unglaciated surfaces was determined from cosmogenic nuclides (CN). Denudation was measured through TCN concentrations in alluvial sediment in elevated catchments. Würmian denudation on supraglacial ridges (10–25 mm/ka) was slower than on cirque floors (30–40 mm/ka), thereby resulting in an increase in topographic relief. Denudation of the cirques floor increases during post-Würm spatially limited glaciations (20-400 mm/ka). Small Holocene glaciers erosion in the Maladeta is 180-700 mm/ka even > 1 m/ka. These rates are noteworthy higher than bedrock and regolith plateau weathering (2.60 mm/ka and 20-40 mm/ka, respectively). Postglacial catchments denudation (25-450 mm/ka) linearly increases with mean slope (r = 0.83) and then with the Pleistocene glacial inheritance of the landscape. Results confirm the atonic tectonic activity of the Pyrenees and show the influence of the glaciers and fragile meta-sedimentary lithologies on the Holocene denudation.La question sera d’évaluer si l’érosion glaciaire dans les Pyrénées est suffisante pour expliquer au moins une proportion de la surrection du volume montagneux, et donc dans quelle mesure les moteurs tectoniques demeurent incontournables. Le terrain proposé est un transect E–W, portant sur : un échantillon de cirques granitiques (prélèvement de roche-mère, lithologie homogène) déglacés (Bassiès) ou partiellement englacés (Aneto) ; et un échantillon de bassins versants (prélèvement de sédiments dans le lit du collecteur principal aux exutoires). Les méthodes utilisées seront les isotopes 10Be et 26Al produits in situ (Dunai, 2010) outils servant à quantifier les vitesses d’érosion d’un substratum rocheux ou d’un sol en fonction de leur durée d’exposition au bombardement cosmique provenant de la voûte céleste. Il s’agira ainsi (i) de détecter l'existence d'héritages d'exposition, synonymes de très faible tranche érodée lors du dernier cycle glaciaire (Fabel et al., 2002, 2004) — héritages inconnus jusqu’ici dans les Alpes (Ivy Ochs et al., 2007) mais déjà repérés dans l'est des Pyrénées (Delmas et al., 2008, 2011) ; et (ii) de comparer les taux moyens de dénudation post-glaciaire de bassins versants sélectionnés en fonction de leur passé (glaciaire ou non), de l’ambiance climatique post-glaciaire (influences atlantiques ou méditerranéennes), et enfin, sur chaque site-atelier ainsi défini, de leur taille (échantillonnages compartimentés sur des BV emboîtés de rang 1, 2, et 3 ; v. méthode in Godard et al., 2012). Une approche complémentaire consistera à quantifier systématiquement, dans les quelques cirques témoins, les volumes érodés par cubage des matériaux morainiques tardiglaciaires ou holocènes, mais aussi des éventuels glaciers rocheux et des éboulis. Ces bilans de masse impliqueront éventuellement aussi un effort de datation de ces formations, dont la chronologie (en particulier les glaciations holocènes) est encore très mal connue dans les Pyrénées
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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