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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
The Falémé River landscapes during the Late Quaternary : paleoenvironmental analyse of a rich archaeological area in the Sudanian zone of West Africa.
No full textEn Afrique de l’Ouest, la connaissance des évolutions paléoenvironnementales a longtemps progressé grâce aux études de carottes océaniques et lacustres. Les hydrosystèmes fluviaux en domaine soudano-sahélien , à la fois mal répartis dans l’espace et très convoités par les populations, ont fait l’objet de peu d’études. Ces recherches de thèse se proposent donc d’étudier la basse vallée de la Falémé, un affluent du fleuve Sénégal qui borde la frontière sénégalo-malienne. La méthodologie repose sur l’étude géomorphologique d’un tronçon d’environ 33 km, ainsi que sur des analyses sédimentologiques mêlant des approches classiques comme la granulométrie mais également des analyses moins exploitées comme la morphoscopie et l’exoscopie des quartz. L’étude des minéraux lourds, de la fraction argileuse (DRX) ainsi que des analyses géochimiques (XFR et ICP-MS) ont également été testées. L’ensemble des résultats permettent de confirmer et d’affiner le cadre chronostratigraphique de la basse vallée de la Falémé depuis environ 40 000 ans. Ils mettent en avant plusieurs éléments: (1) Les métamorphoses du système fluvial offrent une bonne corrélation avec les grandes oscillations climatiques plurimillénaires attestées au Pléistocène supérieur, mais également avec les fluctuations Holocène de moindre amplitude. (2) Cela confirme la grande sensibilité des hydrosystèmes soudano-sahélien aux changements climatiques, et le potentiel de leurs enregistrements paléoclimatiques. (3) En termes méthodologiques, l’étude morphoscopique des quartz paraît justifiée pour tenter de mieux mesurer et caractériser les apports éoliens.In West Africa, the knowledge of paleoenvironmental evolution has long progressed through the study of oceanic and lacustrine core drilling. The Sudano-Sahelian fluvial hydrosystems, both poorly distributed in space and much coveted by the populations, have been the subject of few studies. Those PhD studies are about the lower valley of the Falémé river, a tributary of the Senegal river near the Mali-Senegal border. The methodology is based on a geomorphological study of a section of about 33 km, and on sedimentological analyses such as classic grain-size analyses, but also some less exploited analyses like quartz morphoscopy and exoscopy. We also tried to study the heavy mineral fraction, the clay fraction (XRD) and the geochemical signature of sediments (XRF and ICP MS). All the results allow us to confirm and refine the chronostratigraphic framework of the lower Falémé valley for approximately 40 000 years . They highlight several elements: (1) The metamorphoses of the fluvial system offer a good correlation with multi-millennial climatic oscillations attested at Late Pleistocen, but also with Holocen fluctuations of lesser amplitude. (2) This confirms the high sensitivity of the Sudano Sahelian hydrosystems to climate change, and the great potential of their paleoclimatic records. (3) Regarding the methodological approach, the quartz morphoscopy is justified to try to better mesure and characterize the aeolian inputs
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
La Falémé au cours du quaternaire récent : analyse paléoenvironnementale d’un espace soudanien riche en vestiges archéologiques en Afrique de l’Ouest
No full textIn West Africa, the knowledge of paleoenvironmental evolution has long progressed through the study of oceanic and lacustrine core drilling. The Sudano-Sahelian fluvial hydrosystems, both poorly distributed in space and much coveted by the populations, have been the subject of few studies. Those PhD studies are about the lower valley of the Falémé river, a tributary of the Senegal river near the Mali-Senegal border. The methodology is based on a geomorphological study of a section of about 33 km, and on sedimentological analyses such as classic grain-size analyses, but also some less exploited analyses like quartz morphoscopy and exoscopy. We also tried to study the heavy mineral fraction, the clay fraction (XRD) and the geochemical signature of sediments (XRF and ICP MS). All the results allow us to confirm and refine the chronostratigraphic framework of the lower Falémé valley for approximately 40 000 years . They highlight several elements: (1) The metamorphoses of the fluvial system offer a good correlation with multi-millennial climatic oscillations attested at Late Pleistocen, but also with Holocen fluctuations of lesser amplitude. (2) This confirms the high sensitivity of the Sudano Sahelian hydrosystems to climate change, and the great potential of their paleoclimatic records. (3) Regarding the methodological approach, the quartz morphoscopy is justified to try to better mesure and characterize the aeolian inputs.En Afrique de l’Ouest, la connaissance des évolutions paléoenvironnementales a longtemps progressé grâce aux études de carottes océaniques et lacustres. Les hydrosystèmes fluviaux en domaine soudano-sahélien , à la fois mal répartis dans l’espace et très convoités par les populations, ont fait l’objet de peu d’études. Ces recherches de thèse se proposent donc d’étudier la basse vallée de la Falémé, un affluent du fleuve Sénégal qui borde la frontière sénégalo-malienne. La méthodologie repose sur l’étude géomorphologique d’un tronçon d’environ 33 km, ainsi que sur des analyses sédimentologiques mêlant des approches classiques comme la granulométrie mais également des analyses moins exploitées comme la morphoscopie et l’exoscopie des quartz. L’étude des minéraux lourds, de la fraction argileuse (DRX) ainsi que des analyses géochimiques (XFR et ICP-MS) ont également été testées. L’ensemble des résultats permettent de confirmer et d’affiner le cadre chronostratigraphique de la basse vallée de la Falémé depuis environ 40 000 ans. Ils mettent en avant plusieurs éléments: (1) Les métamorphoses du système fluvial offrent une bonne corrélation avec les grandes oscillations climatiques plurimillénaires attestées au Pléistocène supérieur, mais également avec les fluctuations Holocène de moindre amplitude. (2) Cela confirme la grande sensibilité des hydrosystèmes soudano-sahélien aux changements climatiques, et le potentiel de leurs enregistrements paléoclimatiques. (3) En termes méthodologiques, l’étude morphoscopique des quartz paraît justifiée pour tenter de mieux mesurer et caractériser les apports éoliens
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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