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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
Approche informée pour l’analyse du son et de la musique
No full textIn the field of audio signal processing, analysis is an essential step which allows interactions with existing signals. In fact, the quality of transformed or synthesized audio signals depends on the accuracy over the estimated model parameters. However, theoretical limits exist and show that the best accuracy which can be reached by a classic estimator can be insufficient for the most demanding applications (e.g. active listening of music). The work which is developed in this thesis revisits well known audio analysis problems like spectral analysis, automatic transcription of music and audio sources separation using the novel ``informed'' approach. This approach takes advantage of a specific configuration where the parameters of the elementary signals which compose a mixture are known before the mixing process. Using the tools which are proposed in this thesis, the minimal side information is computed and transmitted with the mixture signal. This allows any kind of transformation of the mixture signal with a constraint over the resulting quality. When the compatibility with existing audio formats is required, the side information is embedded directly into the analyzed audio signal using a watermarking technique. This work describes several theoretical and practical aspects of audio signal processing. We show that a classic estimator combined with the sufficient side information can obtain better performances than classic approaches (classic estimation or pure coding).En traitement du signal audio, l’analyse est une étape essentielle permettant de comprendre et d’inter-agir avec les signaux existants. En effet, la qualité des signaux obtenus par transformation ou par synthèse des paramètres estimés dépend de la précision des estimateurs utilisés. Cependant, des limitations théoriques existent et démontrent que la qualité maximale pouvant être atteinte avec une approche classique peut s’avérer insuffisante dans les applications les plus exigeantes (e.g. écoute active de la musique). Le travail présenté dans cette thèse revisite certains problèmes d’analyse usuels tels que l’analyse spectrale, la transcription automatique et la séparation de sources en utilisant une approche dite “informée”. Cette nouvelle approche exploite la configuration des studios de musique actuels qui maitrisent la chaîne de traitement avant l’étape de création du mélange. Dans les solutions proposées, de l’information complémentaire minimale calculée est transmise en même temps que le signal de mélange afin de permettre certaines transformations sur celui-ci tout en garantissant le niveau de qualité. Lorsqu’une compatibilité avec les formats audio existants est nécessaire, cette information est cachée à l’intérieur du mélange lui-même de manière inaudible grâce au tatouage audionumérique. Ce travail de thèse présente de nombreux aspects théoriques et pratiques dans lesquels nous montrons que la combinaison d’un estimateur avec de l’information complémentaire permet d’améliorer les performances des approches usuelles telles que l’estimation non informée ou le codage pur
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
Séparation de sources harmoniques/percussives utilisant des estimateurs locaux de modulation linéaire AM-FM
No full textInternational audienceThis paper introduces a new harmonic/percussive source separation (HPSS) method based on recently introduced local AM-FM estimators which were originally designed for synchrosqueezing techniques. Here, we show that these estimators can also be used to discriminate the harmonic part from the percussive part of a musical audio mixture. Our method blindly operates in the time-frequency plane and assignseach point to a source according to its local modulation rate that is expected to be higher for percussive sounds than for harmonic components.Our technique offers a simple and elegant mathematical formulation of the HPSS problem that can provide competitive results in comparison to state-of-the-art methods when comparatively evaluated on a music dataset.Ce travail présente une nouvelle méthode de séparation de sources harmoniques/percussives (HPSS) basée sur des estimateurs locaux de modulation d'amplitude et de fréquence dédiés initialement au synchrosqueezing. Nous montrons ici que nos estimateurs permettent de discriminer entre les signaux harmoniques et percussifs contenus dans un signal de mélange musical. Notre méthode fonctionne dans le domaine temps-fréquence et affecte chaque point à une source en fonction de son taux de modulation supposé plus important pour les signaux percussifs que pour les signaux harmoniques. Notre approche fournit un cadre mathématique simple et élégant au problème HPSS qui permet d'obtenir des résultats compétitifs en comparaison avec des techniques de l'état de l'art appliquées sur un jeu de données de musique
Informed approach for sound and music analysis
No full textEn traitement du signal audio, l’analyse est une étape essentielle permettant de comprendre et d’inter-agir avec les signaux existants. En effet, la qualité des signaux obtenus par transformation ou par synthèse des paramètres estimés dépend de la précision des estimateurs utilisés. Cependant, des limitations théoriques existent et démontrent que la qualité maximale pouvant être atteinte avec une approche classique peut s’avérer insuffisante dans les applications les plus exigeantes (e.g. écoute active de la musique). Le travail présenté dans cette thèse revisite certains problèmes d’analyse usuels tels que l’analyse spectrale, la transcription automatique et la séparation de sources en utilisant une approche dite “informée”. Cette nouvelle approche exploite la configuration des studios de musique actuels qui maitrisent la chaîne de traitement avant l’étape de création du mélange. Dans les solutions proposées, de l’information complémentaire minimale calculée est transmise en même temps que le signal de mélange afin de permettre certaines transformations sur celui-ci tout en garantissant le niveau de qualité. Lorsqu’une compatibilité avec les formats audio existants est nécessaire, cette information est cachée à l’intérieur du mélange lui-même de manière inaudible grâce au tatouage audionumérique. Ce travail de thèse présente de nombreux aspects théoriques et pratiques dans lesquels nous montrons que la combinaison d’un estimateur avec de l’information complémentaire permet d’améliorer les performances des approches usuelles telles que l’estimation non informée ou le codage pur.In the field of audio signal processing, analysis is an essential step which allows interactions with existing signals. In fact, the quality of transformed or synthesized audio signals depends on the accuracy over the estimated model parameters. However, theoretical limits exist and show that the best accuracy which can be reached by a classic estimator can be insufficient for the most demanding applications (e.g. active listening of music). The work which is developed in this thesis revisits well known audio analysis problems like spectral analysis, automatic transcription of music and audio sources separation using the novel ``informed'' approach. This approach takes advantage of a specific configuration where the parameters of the elementary signals which compose a mixture are known before the mixing process. Using the tools which are proposed in this thesis, the minimal side information is computed and transmitted with the mixture signal. This allows any kind of transformation of the mixture signal with a constraint over the resulting quality. When the compatibility with existing audio formats is required, the side information is embedded directly into the analyzed audio signal using a watermarking technique. This work describes several theoretical and practical aspects of audio signal processing. We show that a classic estimator combined with the sufficient side information can obtain better performances than classic approaches (classic estimation or pure coding)
Séparation de sources harmoniques/percussives utilisant des estimateurs locaux de modulation linéaire AM-FM
No full textInternational audienceThis paper introduces a new harmonic/percussive source separation (HPSS) method based on recently introduced local AM-FM estimators which were originally designed for synchrosqueezing techniques. Here, we show that these estimators can also be used to discriminate the harmonic part from the percussive part of a musical audio mixture. Our method blindly operates in the time-frequency plane and assignseach point to a source according to its local modulation rate that is expected to be higher for percussive sounds than for harmonic components.Our technique offers a simple and elegant mathematical formulation of the HPSS problem that can provide competitive results in comparison to state-of-the-art methods when comparatively evaluated on a music dataset.Ce travail présente une nouvelle méthode de séparation de sources harmoniques/percussives (HPSS) basée sur des estimateurs locaux de modulation d'amplitude et de fréquence dédiés initialement au synchrosqueezing. Nous montrons ici que nos estimateurs permettent de discriminer entre les signaux harmoniques et percussifs contenus dans un signal de mélange musical. Notre méthode fonctionne dans le domaine temps-fréquence et affecte chaque point à une source en fonction de son taux de modulation supposé plus important pour les signaux percussifs que pour les signaux harmoniques. Notre approche fournit un cadre mathématique simple et élégant au problème HPSS qui permet d'obtenir des résultats compétitifs en comparaison avec des techniques de l'état de l'art appliquées sur un jeu de données de musique
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