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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
Texas Local Emergency Planning Committees: Assessing Compliance, Proactivity, and the Impact of All-Hazards Preparedness
Full text linkLocal Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) were developed from federal environmental policy legislation in 1986 that aimed to bolster community preparedness for hazardous materials incidents. Collaboration and risk communication are fundamental to LEPCs, so there has been greater emphasis on incorporating homeland security elements into committees as part of a broader adoption of all-hazards planning. This thesis assesses compliance and proactivity for Greater Houston LEPCs to understand how LEPCs organize and operate under changing hazmat safety and security regulations and whether an all-hazards planning approach is more appropriate for the range of existing and emerging threats that communities must prepare for and more frequently expect LEPCs to help coordinate. This research explores the origins of local emergency planning and community resilience, LEPC compliance, and the impact of homeland security—
including securitization theory—on community engagement and right-to-know.
The methodology is a multiphase design using surveys and document analysis to collect data on Greater Houston LEPCs’ organization structure, membership, funding, and preparedness activities. Greater Houston, which includes nine counties—Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller—and 21 LEPCs, is the selected sample and the study population is all LEPCs in Texas. Data collection was impacted by COVID-19, so document analysis was used in lieu of focus groups. The survey response rate is 9.9% and the completion rate is 89.3%; 196 documents were analyzed for proactivity and compliance related themes.
Greater Houston LEPCs are a mix of well-organized and highly active, active but not highly compliant, and inactive. The LEPCs that are less active or inactive do not have any associated secondary data that suggests they are providing all-hazards planning in lieu of focus on federal requirements—they appear to simply not be doing any preparedness activities. It is unclear why some Greater Houston jurisdictions do not have functional LEPCs, but literature suggests that funding is a leading factor. Another leading factor for Greater Houston LEPCs may be a failure by local governments to ensure that LEPCs receive adequate support and promotion
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
Generating The All-Hazards Intelligence Synthesis Model In The Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise
Full text linkThe United States all-hazards homeland security operational and intelligence domains are multijurisdictional, multiagency, and multidisciplinary intelligence challenges for all-hazards intelligence analysts. A common analytical conceptual framework is needed to help unify homeland security intelligence enterprise analysts who work in an all-hazards, all-source, all-crimes, and all-disciplinary intelligence environment. A unifying all-hazards intelligence synthesis model that unites intelligence analysts with the law-enforcement, cybersecurity, technology, and natural science disciplines, would benefit the homeland security and intelligence domain enterprises. The purpose of the applied research was to discover and generate an all-hazards analysis model that enables the production of risk-informed applied intelligence products in a pluralistic intelligence environment that is privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties compliant. A comprehensive literature review was conducted following the four-step collect, analyze, synthesize, and apply process. This process is derived from proven knowledge, information, and risk management programs, as well as proven intelligence analysis methodologies, for gathering information about adversarial, cyber, technological, and natural hazards and threats to social, technological, and environmental resources. The research resulted in the generation of a universal all-hazards intelligence synthesis model that may be applicable to systems safety engineering, criminal, political, military, economic, social, and medical intelligence activities
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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