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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
Le Mozambique des transports messagers : pouvoirs et savoirs des écritures exposées à Maputo
No full textInternational audienceIn this paper, we will focus on the spontaneous use of free writing on modes of transportation in Mozambique, paying particular attention to those in the capital city, Maputo which represents 57.1% of the total number of vehicles circulating in Mozambique. Our corpus includes private vehicles, trucks, collective taxis. These modes of transportation are discursive spaces, in which ordinary citizens can express themselves without inhibition, giving a particular human dimension to the city. Transportation in Mozambique plays a double role: to allow people and goods to circulate freely, but also to allow languages and uncensored citizens’ voices to circulate freely. These discursive mobile spaces provide insights into social life: scenes of everyday life are featured, but also popular proverbs, or representations on a variety of themes (politics, family, tradition, poverty…). Examining these circulating discourses in Maputo reveals aspects of the contemporary history of the city and of the country, as told by ordinary citizens, through informal writing. It seems that, in Mozambique, urban transportation has taken over the role of the palaver tree in the village, since it has become a means of communication and transmission, a kind of social connection, a way to act and exist.Dans le présent article, nous nous intéressons à l’usage spontané de l’expression écrite libre sur les transports au Mozambique avec une attention particulière pour ceux circulant dans la capitale. En effet, Maputo (ville et province) détient à elle seule 57,1 % du nombre total de véhicules circulant au Mozambique. Le corpus des transports messagers de notre terrain comprend : véhicules légers, camions, ou encore taxi-collectifs. Ces transports intelligents s’affirment comme des espaces discursifs décomplexés et formes d’expression populaire humanisant la ville. Ils véhiculent sous forme de texte plurilingues, de multiples messages écrits par des citoyens ordinaires. Les transports du Mozambique jouent un double rôle : la libre circulation des personnes et biens et la libre circulation des langues et de la parole citoyenne sans censure. Ainsi, les transports messagers du Mozambique donnent à lire et à voir différents faits de société, des scènes de vie (autour de thématiques comme la politique, la famille, l’amour, la tradition ou la pauvreté…). Pour peu qu’on prête le regard sur les transports messagers circulant à Maputo, on découvre l’histoire contemporaine de la ville et celle du pays contées par le citoyen ordinaire à travers l’écrit informel. Autant reconnaître qu’au Mozambique, le transport en ville a pris le relais de l’arbre à palabres au village, puisqu’il est devenu un moyen de communication, un lieu de transmission, une forme de lien social, une façon d’agir et d’exister.
Le Mozambique des transports messagers : pouvoirs et savoirs des écritures exposées à Maputo
No full textInternational audienceIn this paper, we will focus on the spontaneous use of free writing on modes of transportation in Mozambique, paying particular attention to those in the capital city, Maputo which represents 57.1% of the total number of vehicles circulating in Mozambique. Our corpus includes private vehicles, trucks, collective taxis. These modes of transportation are discursive spaces, in which ordinary citizens can express themselves without inhibition, giving a particular human dimension to the city. Transportation in Mozambique plays a double role: to allow people and goods to circulate freely, but also to allow languages and uncensored citizens’ voices to circulate freely. These discursive mobile spaces provide insights into social life: scenes of everyday life are featured, but also popular proverbs, or representations on a variety of themes (politics, family, tradition, poverty…). Examining these circulating discourses in Maputo reveals aspects of the contemporary history of the city and of the country, as told by ordinary citizens, through informal writing. It seems that, in Mozambique, urban transportation has taken over the role of the palaver tree in the village, since it has become a means of communication and transmission, a kind of social connection, a way to act and exist.Dans le présent article, nous nous intéressons à l’usage spontané de l’expression écrite libre sur les transports au Mozambique avec une attention particulière pour ceux circulant dans la capitale. En effet, Maputo (ville et province) détient à elle seule 57,1 % du nombre total de véhicules circulant au Mozambique. Le corpus des transports messagers de notre terrain comprend : véhicules légers, camions, ou encore taxi-collectifs. Ces transports intelligents s’affirment comme des espaces discursifs décomplexés et formes d’expression populaire humanisant la ville. Ils véhiculent sous forme de texte plurilingues, de multiples messages écrits par des citoyens ordinaires. Les transports du Mozambique jouent un double rôle : la libre circulation des personnes et biens et la libre circulation des langues et de la parole citoyenne sans censure. Ainsi, les transports messagers du Mozambique donnent à lire et à voir différents faits de société, des scènes de vie (autour de thématiques comme la politique, la famille, l’amour, la tradition ou la pauvreté…). Pour peu qu’on prête le regard sur les transports messagers circulant à Maputo, on découvre l’histoire contemporaine de la ville et celle du pays contées par le citoyen ordinaire à travers l’écrit informel. Autant reconnaître qu’au Mozambique, le transport en ville a pris le relais de l’arbre à palabres au village, puisqu’il est devenu un moyen de communication, un lieu de transmission, une forme de lien social, une façon d’agir et d’exister.
Le Mozambique des transports messagers : pouvoirs et savoirs des écritures exposées à Maputo
No full textInternational audienceIn this paper, we will focus on the spontaneous use of free writing on modes of transportation in Mozambique, paying particular attention to those in the capital city, Maputo which represents 57.1% of the total number of vehicles circulating in Mozambique. Our corpus includes private vehicles, trucks, collective taxis. These modes of transportation are discursive spaces, in which ordinary citizens can express themselves without inhibition, giving a particular human dimension to the city. Transportation in Mozambique plays a double role: to allow people and goods to circulate freely, but also to allow languages and uncensored citizens’ voices to circulate freely. These discursive mobile spaces provide insights into social life: scenes of everyday life are featured, but also popular proverbs, or representations on a variety of themes (politics, family, tradition, poverty…). Examining these circulating discourses in Maputo reveals aspects of the contemporary history of the city and of the country, as told by ordinary citizens, through informal writing. It seems that, in Mozambique, urban transportation has taken over the role of the palaver tree in the village, since it has become a means of communication and transmission, a kind of social connection, a way to act and exist.Dans le présent article, nous nous intéressons à l’usage spontané de l’expression écrite libre sur les transports au Mozambique avec une attention particulière pour ceux circulant dans la capitale. En effet, Maputo (ville et province) détient à elle seule 57,1 % du nombre total de véhicules circulant au Mozambique. Le corpus des transports messagers de notre terrain comprend : véhicules légers, camions, ou encore taxi-collectifs. Ces transports intelligents s’affirment comme des espaces discursifs décomplexés et formes d’expression populaire humanisant la ville. Ils véhiculent sous forme de texte plurilingues, de multiples messages écrits par des citoyens ordinaires. Les transports du Mozambique jouent un double rôle : la libre circulation des personnes et biens et la libre circulation des langues et de la parole citoyenne sans censure. Ainsi, les transports messagers du Mozambique donnent à lire et à voir différents faits de société, des scènes de vie (autour de thématiques comme la politique, la famille, l’amour, la tradition ou la pauvreté…). Pour peu qu’on prête le regard sur les transports messagers circulant à Maputo, on découvre l’histoire contemporaine de la ville et celle du pays contées par le citoyen ordinaire à travers l’écrit informel. Autant reconnaître qu’au Mozambique, le transport en ville a pris le relais de l’arbre à palabres au village, puisqu’il est devenu un moyen de communication, un lieu de transmission, une forme de lien social, une façon d’agir et d’exister.
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