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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
Galleria degli Antichi and Palazzo Giardino at Sabbioneta: Remarks from archive research and direct survey
No full textThe paper focus on two historical building, the Galleria degli Antichi and Palazzo Giardino at Sabbioneta, the capital of the duchy of Vespasiano Gonzaga, included in the UNESCO Word Heritage list in 2008, along with the city of Mantua. Sabbioneta was built in the 16th century in about 35 years, transforming the existing fortification and the traces of the ancient settlements into an Ideal City, recognisable as one of the higher examples of the Renaissance principles in urban planning. After the death of the Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga in 1591, the town was neglected for long time with positive and negative outcomes. From one side we can observe few changes in the general urban layout; from the other sides the single buildings underwent maintenance problem. The “Galleria degli Antichi”, the Gallery of the Ancients, built between 1583 and 1584 to host the art collection of the Duke, and connected through a flyover passage to a former building, “Palazzo Giardino”. The sequence of the recent interventions, which are affecting the present state of preservation of the buildings, is presented and discussed. The research was carried out through an accurate comparison of the archive documents and the direct inspection of the buildings. The investigation of the architectural complex included geometrical survey, analysis of the materials, of their decay, of the building technique and of the structural condition. An important step of the research is the evaluation of the building evolution in the XX century, resulting from the different interventions, uses and ownerships
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
The rural architectonic heritage of the province of Mantua and the 2012 earthquake: Chronicle of a death foretold
No full textThe research concerns the study of the rural architectonic heritage in the Mantua province damaged by the seismic sequence started on May 2012. Within each investigated complex, the analysis starts with the identification of the main building, structural and material typologies and the reconstruction of the recursive interventions occurred in time. These preliminary steps are fundamental for the recognising of potential weaknesses affecting the seismic response. The rural heritage in the area is arranged around courtyards and is composed by different building types: the residential building, the stable, the “barchessa” for the storing of goods and animals, one of more small building for specific activity (e.g. warehouse, woodshed, etc.). Each building type has a specific function but also clear architectonic and structural layout. Furthermore, the agriculture recent evolution has involved changes in the use of the buildings and then, important building transformations. In particular, the agricultural machinery has required wider space but also a decreasing of the number of farmers. The result of the process is the partial or complete neglecting of several rural buildings. The following steps of the research involved a survey of selected case studies, some of them of meaningful historical and cultural importance; the study focused on the evaluation of the structural damage, recognising, when possible, the state of preservation before the earthquake, the common damage mechanism and the local vulnerabilities. The aim is both the catalogue the failures and the suggesting of possible interventions to reduce the seismic risks. This last item is strategic, bridging the safety requirements with the preservation issues respectful the historical architecture. Further observations involved the post seismic interventions for the safety of structure, some of them positive and other negative
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
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
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