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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
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
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
RHEOPHYSIQUE DES FLUIDES COMPLEXES : ECOULEMENT ET BLOCAGE DE SUSPENSIONS
No full textWe study the rheological behavior of concentrated suspensions of non-Brownian particles: cornstarch or mono-disperse spherical polystyrene beads. The latter model system is used to be able to control the physical properties of the suspension. We focus on two phenomena encountered in particle pastes: the yield stress and the shear thickening behavior.In a first series of experiments we studied the origin of the yield stress. From classical rheology and local MRI velocimetry and density measurements we show that the origin of the yield stress for the model system of spherical beads is sedimentation, which we observe by introducing different contrasts in density between particles and fluid. The difference in density leads to a close packing of sedimenting or creaming particles, leading in turn to a yield stress.In a second series of experiments, we have studied a dynamical behaviour of the pastes under shear, focusing on the shear thickening. By coupling the original macroscopic measurements (the study of the influence of the gap size on the shear thickening behavior and the dilation effect as a function of the shear rate) and local flow properties measured by MRI, we show that the shear thickening of cornstarch suspension is a direct consequence of the Reynolds dilatancy. In addition, the model system, unlike the cornstarch suspension, presents a shear thickening which is accompanied by a shear localisation regime. This localisation regime becomes responsible for a partial jamming of the flow in the gap of our Couette cell.Nous reportons ici le comportement rhéologique de suspensions concentrées de particules non browniennes de fécule de maïs ou de polystyrène sphériques et monodisperses. Le système modèle de particules de polystyrène est utilisé afin de contrôler les propriétés physicochimiques de la suspension. Ce travail expérimental s'articule autour de deux aspects rencontrés chez les fluides complexes : le seuil d'écoulement et le seuil de rhéoépaississement. Dans un premier temps, nous avons étudié l'origine du seuil d'écoulement. Nous avons, à partir de techniques de rhéologie classique et locale par IRM, montré que le seuil d'écoulement des suspensions modèles n'est observé que par l'introduction d'un contraste de densité entre les particules et le fluide suspendant. Ce contraste de densité introduit alors une consolidation à l'échelle des particules. Le seuil d'écoulement apparaît alors sans aucune sédimentation macroscopique de l'échantillon. Dans un second temps, nous avons étudié un phénomène de structuration dynamique, sous écoulement : le rhéoépaississement. Ainsi, en couplant des mesures macroscopiques originales (comme l'étude de l'influence de l'entrefer de la géométrie de mesure sur le comportement rhéoépaississant, et des mesures de dilatation volumique en fonction du taux de cisaillement) et des mesures locales des propriétés d'écoulement par IRM, nous montrons que le rhéoépaississement de la suspension de fécule de maïs est une conséquence directe de la dilatance de Reynolds. Par ailleurs, le système modèle, contrairement à la suspension de fécule de maïs, présente un rhéoépaississement qui est accompagné d'un régime de localisation qui devient responsable d'un blocage partiel de l'écoulement dans l'entrefer de la géométrie de Couette
Réflectométrie optique dans le domaine fréquentiel pour l’analyse des réseaux locaux domestiques optiques
Full text linkIn order to develop high capacity future-proof home network, the FUI 12 RLDO project suggests passive star network topology using multimode couplers. This topology encounters implementation difficulties due to the non-uniformity of the power distribution in the output ports of multimode couplers. Analyzing this problem shows that the properties of modes propagating in the network elements plays a key role in this non-uniform characteristics of multimode couplers. In order to characterize these modes propagating in the network, we have developed a complex optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) setup. The phenomena limiting the sensitivity to the phase in OFDR – in fact, those related to the non-linear frequency tuning of the laser source - are investigated to contribute to a better understanding of the limiting mechanisms. Then we have tested the intensity and phase measurement performance of the developed setup. Later, we studied the optimal resolution conditions to characterize the modes in a multimode waveguide. We have also analyzed the uncertainty of the measurement of the chromatic dispersion of modes in case where it is impossible to determine whether one or several modes are present in a given dispersion curve. Additionally, we have introduced an adaptive time-frequency method, to obtain the dispersion curves with optimal resolution. This method allows us to show the versatility of the special RLDO multimode fiber (single-mode behavior under single-mode excitation at 1310 nm and 1550 nm). The analysis of the propagation in the optical fibers, associated with a model we have developed to study the behavior of multimode couplers, has permitted to explain encountered difficulties with the experiments of the multimode passive star network topology. This also gives insights to develop a functional prototype of networkLe projet FUI12 RLDO – dans le cadre duquel s’inscrit cette thèse – préconise une solution de réseau de topologie en étoile passive pour la montée en débit des réseaux domestiques. Cette solution de réseau rencontre des difficultés dans son implémentation avec la non-uniformité des puissances des ports de sortie des coupleurs multimodes. L’analyse de ce point nous a permis de comprendre que les propriétés des modes de propagation dans les éléments du réseau jouent un rôle clé dans les problèmes rencontrés. Pour caractériser la propagation dans le réseau, nous avons développé un banc de réflectométrie optique complexe dans le domaine fréquentiel. Les phénomènes limitant la sensibilité à la phase – liés en particulier à la non-linéarité du balayage en fréquence de la source laser – sont étudiés pour contribuer à une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes. Puis les performances de la mesure en intensité et en phase de l’instrument que nous avons mis en place sont testées. Nous avons aussi étudié les conditions de résolution optimales pour caractériser les modes d’un guide multimode et analysé l’incertitude sur la dispersion chromatique dans le cas où il est impossible de déterminer si on a accès à un mode ou plusieurs modes dans un diagramme de dispersion donné. Nous introduisons par la suite une méthode d’analyse temps-fréquence adaptative, permettant d’obtenir les courbes de dispersions avec une résolution optimale. Cette méthode nous a permis de montrer le caractère quasi-monomode, en condition d’excitation monomode, de la fibre multimode spéciale RLDO à 1310 nm et à 1550 nm. L’analyse de la propagation dans les fibres optiques, associée au modèle que nous avons développé pour comprendre le fonctionnement des coupleurs multimodes, a permis d’expliquer les difficultés rencontré avec les premières expérimentations de la topologie de réseau en étoile passive multimode et d’envisager des pistes de réalisation d’un prototype de réseau fonctionne
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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