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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
A numerical investigation into stripping failure of bolt assemblies at elevated temperatures
A detailed finite element (FE) study is presented investigating the factors affecting the failure modes of high strength and stainless steel bolt assemblies under tensile force at ambient and elevated temperatures. Axisymmetric FE models incorporating key behavioural aspects including surface interaction and damage modelling of steel at elevated temperatures were developed. In practice, stripping failure is generally undesired because it results in premature failure of the bolt which can deteriorate rotational capacity of connections and hence compromise the robustness of steel frames. Yet, stripping failure has not been previously investigated in the open literature. In this study, the examined stainless steel bolt assemblies displayed an outstanding ductile response even when stripping failure was observed. Parameters that can govern the failure modes of bolt assemblies at elevated temperatures include the thread length in the grip (Lt), and the relative strength and friction between the mating threads. At ambient temperature, stripping was observed at certain Lt lengths depending on the nut dimension deviation from the basic profile. The Lt stripping failure threshold reduces with temperature for high strength bolt assemblies while the value fluctuates without a discernible pattern for stainless steel types. Increasing the relative strength and friction coefficient can reduce the Lt length threshold, with the former having the greatest influence. It was also found that larger bolt sizes are more vulnerable to thread stripping failure
Behaviour of stainless and high strength steel bolt assemblies at elevated temperatures - a review
This study documents important aspects of bolt assembly performance in structural steel connections at elevated temperatures that have not been the subject of detailed investigation to date. The codified strength reduction factors listed in the European and US standards are evaluated against experimental results obtained from the literature. It is concluded that the codified reduction factors should be updated as they are in many cases found to be non-conservative, particularly in the high temperature ranges. The effect of fire on the micro-structure of steel bolts is also discussed, providing an insight into the roles that phase transformation and metallurgical failure play in the performance of high strength and stainless steel bolt assemblies at elevated temperatures.The study concludes by proposing a new reduction factor equation, based upon experimental results found in the literature.<br/
Selecting suitable bolt parameters to achieve ductility at elevated temperatures
A detailed FE study is presented investigating the factors affecting failure modes of bolt assemblies under tensile force at ambient and elevated temperatures. Axissymmetric FE models incorporating important behavioural aspects including surface interaction and damage modelling were developed. Stripping failure is generally undesirable because it results in premature failure of the bolt, which can deteriorate the rotational capacity of connections and robustness of steel frames. The paper discusses how the thread length in the grip 퐿푡 can affect the failure mode of bolt assemblies at elevated temperatures. This paper concludes that at ambient temperature, stripping can occur at certain 퐿푡 length dependent upon the nut dimension deviation from the basic profile; this length reduces with temperature
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
We 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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