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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
Incidence de la corrosion des matériaux ferreux sur la demande en chlore libre en réseaux de distribution d'eau potable.
No full textCorrosion of the ferrous materials constituting the drinking water pipes, induces consumption of free chlorine which can be electrochemical (cathodic reaction coupled with the dissolution of iron) or chemical (oxidation of ferrous ions). But the rate of chemical disappearance appears proportional to the rate of corrosion. Therefore, the objective of this work is the analysis of three ferrous material systems/ drinking water (pure iron, mild steel and cast iron), with a view to a reliable evaluation of the corrosion rate.La corrosion des materiaux ferreux constituant les conduites d'eau potable, induit une consommation du chlore libre qui peut etre electrochimique (reaction cathodique couplee a la dissolution du fer) ou chimique (oxydation des ions ferreux). Or la vitesse de disparition chimique apparait proportionnelle a la vitesse de corrosion. Par consequent, l'objectif de ce travail est l'analyse de trois systemes materiaux ferreux / eau potable (fer pur, acier doux et fonte), en vue d'une evaluation fiable de la vitesse de corrosion
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
Understanding the corrosion inhibition mechanisms of c15 steel reinforcements of concrete by biological molecules
No full textLa corrosion de l'acier dans le béton est un phénomène de dégradation majeur des structures en béton armé, qui débute par la dépassivation de l'acier due à l'abaissement du pH de la solution interstitielle et se concrétise par l'initiation de la corrosion par piqûres. Pour y remédier des inhibiteurs de corrosion peuvent être ajoutés dans la formulation du béton. Lors de ce travail, l'influence de la composition chimique de la solution interstitielle de bétons jeunes (quelques minutes après gâchage du ciment) sur la qualité du film d'oxydes formé sur la surface d'un acier doux C15 généralement employé comme armature métallique dans les bétons de constructions a été évaluée. Pour ce faire, des mesures électrochimiques (suivi du potentiel libre de corrosion Ecorr en fonction du temps d'immersion, courbes de polarisation et spectroscopie d'impédance électrochimique) ont été combinées à des analyses de surface (XPS) ainsi que des analyses de réflectométrie, à différents potentiels anodiques et cathodiques. Dans un premier temps, les résultats obtenus dans les différentes solutions interstitielles synthétiques (CEM I, II et III ; E/C = 0,45), ont été comparés à ceux obtenus dans une solution de référence NaOH 0,1 M, à pH = 13, simulant l'environnement basique des armatures métalliques. Dans un second temps, les mesures électrochimiques ainsi que les analyses de surface par XPS ont été réalisées en présence de 10% en volume de bioadjuvant. Lors de ce travail un nouveau mélange organique produit par la bactérie Pseudomonas a été testé. L'effet de l'ajout de ce dernier en solution comportant des chlorures a été évalué afin d'étudier son efficacité en conditions de corrosion localiséeReinforcing steel in concrete is usually passivated due to the formation of a protective oxide layer that remains stable in the high alkaline surrounding pore solution. However, carbonation and contamination with chlorides induce passive film breakdown and pitting corrosion initiation. Thus, corrosion inhibitors can be added to fresh concrete as admixtures. In this work, we used a new eco-friendly bio-admixture (BA), produced by a Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas). BA was added at concentration of 10 v/v % to various simulated electrolytes representative of concrete pore solutions (CPS) extracted from different concrete mixtures (CEM I, CEM II and CEM III; w/c = 0.45). The objectives of this work were to study the influence of (1) the chemical composition of CPS and (2) the bio-admixture on the electrochemical behaviour and the surface chemical composition of C15 carbon steel, used for reinforcement of building concrete. For that purpose, electrochemical measurements (corrosion potential Ecorr as a function of time, polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy) were performed first in 0.1 M NaOH reference solution to understand the electrochemical behaviour of C15 mild steel by and then compared to those obtained in simulated CPS without or with BA. The pH of the synthetic CPS was adjusted to 13. The electrochemical results were combined to surface analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and surface reflectivity. Experiments were also carried out in chlorides solution in order to study the effect of BA in localized corrosion conditions
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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