1,721,238 research outputs found
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
Nonlinear static analysis of flat slab floors with a grid model
No full textA grid model has been set up for the non-linear response of a flat slab subjected to gravity and lateral cyclic loading. The model requires the definition of the grid geometry and properties of point hinges in beam finite elements, modelling the nonlinear response in bending, torsion and shear. The simulation is carried out for experimental tests on a floor, under gravity and lateral biaxial cyclic loading of increasing amplitude. Pushover analyses have been performed under gravity and horizontal loads in the two principal directions. The predictions are shown of the global response and the connections with different column shape and slab reinforcement, with the strength, drift capacity and failure modes. The accuracy is different in the two directions of loading, due to the damage of the test slab for biaxial cyclic loading. The results show the potential of the model for design and analysis of existing flat slab structures
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
Hybrid modes, losses and substrate leakage of slotline at millimetre wave frequencies
No full textSlotline has proved its usefulness as a transmission media in the lower microwave range. Its use at higher frequencies requires, however, proper characterization not only of the fundamental guided mode, which is now hybrid, but also of its complete spectrum, as required to describe leakage in the dielectric substrate as well as radiation. The onset of the former sets a high frequency/substrate thickness limit to lossless operation, whereas radiation modes are excited by discontinuities such as diode mounts and steps, the waveguide being open. In this manuscript we approach the problem rigorously in the space domain. Numerical results for the guided mode are compared where possible with those available in the literature. Dielectric and conduction losses in the guide are also considered. Finally, we derive the continuous spectrum of slotline, which is a novel theoretical development for an open structure of this kind
La dimensión social en el paradigma constitucional italiano. Entre el principio personalista y los vínculos presupuestarios
No full text- …
