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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
Nachweis von Leptospira bei geschlachteten und symptomatischen Rindern in Niederösterreich : Wie kann eine Rekrutierungs- und gezielte Probenahmestrategie umgesetzt werden?
No full textDiplomarbeit - Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien - 2023Ziel des LORN-Projekts war es, lokale Leptospira-Stämme von niederösterreichischen Rindern zu isolieren, um die Empfindlichkeit und Spezifität des serologischen Diagnosetests für Menschen und Tiere in Österreich zu verbessern. Zu diesem Zweck sah das Projekt vor, Tiere mit erhöhtem Infektionsrisiko durch eine gezielte Probenahme im Betrieb und im Schlachthof zu untersuchen. Die vorliegende Arbeit sollte das Team beim Aufbau eines Netzwerks von Landwirten und Schlachthöfen unterstützen, die sich an dem Projekt beteiligen und mit dem Forschungsteam zusammenarbeiten. Die Rekrutierung von TierärztInnen, TierhalterInnen und Schlachthöfen erwies sich jedoch als schwierig. Daher war eine objektive Bewertung der Rekrutierungsstrategie erforderlich, um verbesserungswürdige Bereiche zu ermitteln und Änderungen vorzuschlagen, die die Gesamtwirksamkeit des Protokolls erhöhen würden. Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, i) eine effiziente Strategie für die Rekrutierung von TierärztInnen und LandwirtInnen in Niederösterreich zu entwickeln, ii) die Verfolgung der Tiere vom Herkunftsbetrieb bis zum Schlachthof zu optimieren, um die gezielte Probenahme zu erleichtern, und iii) das Probenahmeprotokoll für Rinder in den Schlachthöfen und auf den Bauernhöfen zu optimieren. Die Ergebnisse der Evaluierung zeigten, dass kurze, gezielte Telefonanrufe die effizienteste Methode zur Kontaktaufnahme mit TierärztInnen, LandwirtInnen und SchlachthofbetreiberInnen waren. Generell musste die Kommunikation über das Projekt verbessert werden. Schließlich stellte sich heraus, dass mit der gezielten Probenahme nicht die geplante Anzahl von Tieren erreicht werden konnte, sodass eine neue Strategie, d. h. eine Semi-Targeted-Sampling Strategie, entwickelt werden musste, die auch umgesetzt wurde. Insgesamt erforderte das Projekt von den ProjektmitarbeiterInnen ein hohes Maß an Flexibilität, da es keine "Einheitsstrategie" gibt und die Organisation der Arbeitsabläufe in den Schlachthöfen individuell auf jeden Schlachthof zugeschnitten und angepasst werden musste. Eine der größten Herausforderungen des Studiendesigns war die Verfolgung der zu beprobenden Rinder von den Betrieben zu den Schlachthöfen. Eine wichtige Errungenschaft der vorliegenden Arbeit bestand darin, die verschiedenen Informationsflüsse vom landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb zum Schlachthof zu ermitteln und festzustellen, welche AkteurInnen über spezifische Informationen über die Tiere verfügten.Diploma thesis - University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna - 2023The aim of the LORN project was to isolate local Leptospira strains from Lower Austrian cattle to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the serological diagnostic test for humans and animals in Austria. For this purpose, the project planned to sample animals at increased risk for infection through a targeted sampling conducted on farm and at slaughterhouse. The present work aimed to support the team in building up a network of farmers and slaughterhouses to participate to the project and collaborate with the research team. However, the recruitment of veterinarians, animal owners, and slaughterhouses revealed challenging. Therefore, an objective evaluation of the recruitment strategy was needed to identify areas for improvement and propose changes that would enhance the overall effectiveness of the protocol. This work aimed to i) establish an efficient strategy for recruiting veterinarians and farmers in Lower Austria, ii) optimize the tracking of the animals from the farm of origin to the slaughterhouse to facilitate the targeted sampling, and iii) optimize the sampling protocol of cattle in the slaughterhouses and on farms. Results of the evaluation revealed that short, focused phone calls were the most efficient method for contacting veterinarians, farmers, and slaughterhouse managers. More generally, communication about the project needed to be enhanced. Finally, the targeted sampling revealed unsuccessful in achieving the planned number of animals and a new strategy, i. e., a semi-targeted sampling, had to be developed and was implemented. Overall, the project required great flexibility of the project staff because there is no ―one fits all‖ strategy and the organization of the workflow at the slaughterhouses had to be tailored and adjusted individually for each slaughterhouse. One of the main challenges of the study design was the tracking of the cattle to be sampled from farms to slaughterhouses. An important achievement of the present work was to identify the different information flows from the farm to the slaughterhouse and establish which actors possess specific information on the animals.Diplomarbeit - Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien - 2023Ziel des LORN-Projekts war es, lokale Leptospira-Stämme von niederösterreichischen Rindern zu isolieren, um die Empfindlichkeit und Spezifität des serologischen Diagnosetests für Menschen und Tiere in Österreich zu verbessern. Zu diesem Zweck sah das Projekt vor, Tiere mit erhöhtem Infektionsrisiko durch eine gezielte Probenahme im Betrieb und im Schlachthof zu untersuchen. Die vorliegende Arbeit sollte das Team beim Aufbau eines Netzwerks von Landwirten und Schlachthöfen unterstützen, die sich an dem Projekt beteiligen und mit dem Forschungsteam zusammenarbeiten. Die Rekrutierung von TierärztInnen, TierhalterInnen und Schlachthöfen erwies sich jedoch als schwierig. Daher war eine objektive Bewertung der Rekrutierungsstrategie erforderlich, um verbesserungswürdige Bereiche zu ermitteln und Änderungen vorzuschlagen, die die Gesamtwirksamkeit des Protokolls erhöhen würden. Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, i) eine effiziente Strategie für die Rekrutierung von TierärztInnen und LandwirtInnen in Niederösterreich zu entwickeln, ii) die Verfolgung der Tiere vom Herkunftsbetrieb bis zum Schlachthof zu optimieren, um die gezielte Probenahme zu erleichtern, und iii) das Probenahmeprotokoll für Rinder in den Schlachthöfen und auf den Bauernhöfen zu optimieren. Die Ergebnisse der Evaluierung zeigten, dass kurze, gezielte Telefonanrufe die effizienteste Methode zur Kontaktaufnahme mit TierärztInnen, LandwirtInnen und SchlachthofbetreiberInnen waren. Generell musste die Kommunikation über das Projekt verbessert werden. Schließlich stellte sich heraus, dass mit der gezielten Probenahme nicht die geplante Anzahl von Tieren erreicht werden konnte, sodass eine neue Strategie, d. h. eine Semi-Targeted-Sampling Strategie, entwickelt werden musste, die auch umgesetzt wurde. Insgesamt erforderte das Projekt von den ProjektmitarbeiterInnen ein hohes Maß an Flexibilität, da es keine "Einheitsstrategie" gibt und die Organisation der Arbeitsabläufe in den Schlachthöfen individuell auf jeden Schlachthof zugeschnitten und angepasst werden musste. Eine der größten Herausforderungen des Studiendesigns war die Verfolgung der zu beprobenden Rinder von den Betrieben zu den Schlachthöfen. Eine wichtige Errungenschaft der vorliegenden Arbeit bestand darin, die verschiedenen Informationsflüsse vom landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb zum Schlachthof zu ermitteln und festzustellen, welche AkteurInnen über spezifische Informationen über die Tiere verfügten
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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