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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
Processing of a low-carbon steel by equal-channel angular pressing
A low-carbon steel containing 0.08% C was processed by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) with the sample rotated by 90° in the same direction between each pass in processing route BC. Samples were pressed through a total of three passes at room temperature. The results reveal an evolution in the microstructure with increasing strain from an array of elongated subgrains separated by boundaries having low angles of misorientation to an array of reasonably equiaxed grains separated by high-angle boundaries. The average grain size after three passes was 0.2 ?m. Processing by ECAP increases the 0.2% proof stress and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) but there is a corresponding decrease in the elongation to failure. A comparison with earlier published results obtained using processing routes A (no rotation between passes) and C (rotation of 180° between passes) suggests that route BC is preferable because these samples exhibit an extensive region of strain hardening and a reasonably high elongation in tensile testing at room temperature. This difference is attributed to the greater microstructural homogeneity that is achieved when using processing route BC. <br/
New Zealand gravity reference stations 2020: history and development of the gravity network
Gravity surveys using relative gravity meters are often tied to accessible, accurate and stable gravity reference stations. Since 1947 gravity reference networks have included pendulum gravity stations, New Zealand Primary Gravity Network stations, stations at geodetic benchmarks, base stations established by GNS Science and absolute gravity stations (since 1995). New Zealand Gravity Reference Stations 2020 is a revision of earlier gravity networks and includes precise observations made with relative meters since the 1970s that for the first time are referenced to absolute gravity measured in New Zealand. Currently there are 1710 gravity reference sites with 1475 sites classed as usable. The gravity across the network has been combined in a set of least squares calculations with an estimated uncertainty for gravity at geodetic benchmarks and GNS Science base stations of ± 0.3 μN/kg, and ± 0.6 μN/kg at New Zealand Primary Gravity Network stations. Gravity stations affected by large earthquakes since 1990 have been resurveyed, and gravity changes due to long term variations in elevation, local fluctuations in groundwater level and alteration to nearby topography from erosion and roadworks are estimated at < ± 0.3 μN/kg
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
We 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.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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