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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
Agamben, Delfini e a indeterminação de vivido e poetado
No full textThe essay discusses the original interpretation of Giorgio Agamben regarding the work of Italian writer Antonio Delfini. In particular, the essay analyzes the central importance of Delfini’s poetic reflection on Agamben’s aesthetic system: indeed, Agamben connects the anti-modern intransigence of Delfini to a general consideration on the poetic word and to the historic mutation of complex relationship between work and biography in Western literary culture. In this way, the essay reflects on the parallel identified by Agamben between the deep meaning of the tale Il ricordo della Basca and the idea of a pre-babelic “pure language” mentioned by Benjamin in his famous work about The Task of the Translator and in many others occasions. Other Môdema text will be examined, mainly the verses production, wich were chosen in Poesie della fine del mondo, del prima and del dopo collection; but the reflection do not put aside the Delfini diaries and letters, seeking out to offer a broad outlook of his production.O ensaio discute a interpretação original de Giorgio Agamben sobre a obra do escritor italiano Antonio Delfini. Em particular, o ensaio analisa a centralidade da reflexão poética de Delfini no sistema estético agambeniano: a intransigência antimoderna de Delfini é, de fato, ligada por Agamben a uma reflexão geral sobre a natureza da palavra poética e relativa às mutações históricas da complexa relação entre obra e biografia na cultura literária ocidental. Nesse sentido, o ensaio reflete sobre o paralelo identificado por Agamben entre o significado profundo do conto Il ricordo della Basca e a ideia de uma “pura língua” pré-babelica falada por Benjamin em seu famoso trabalho na Tarefa do tradutor e em muitas outras ocasiões. Serão examinados também outros textos do escritor de Môdena, principalmente da produção em versos, escolhidos na coletânea Poesie della fine del mondo, del prima e del dopo; mas a reflexão não deixará de lado também os diários e as cartas de Delfini, buscando oferecer um panorama amplo de sua produção
Chapter Fototesti di viaggio: Absolutely nothing di Giorgio Vasta e Ramak Fazel
Full text linkThe essay examines the travel photo-text genre from a theoretical point of view, through the example of Absolutely Nothing by Giorgio Vasta and Ramak Fazel. It discusses the key issues and perspectives within the theory and methodology of visual studies and visual culture and describes the opposition between the verbal and visual parts of the volume, understood as a “Struggle for Territory”. This puts on strain the foundations of the travel story tradition, such as the narrative authentication
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