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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
Physical and chemical characterization of Pescabivona, a Sicilian white flesh peach cultivar [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]
No full textPescabivona is an autochthonous white flesh peach cultivar population from Sicily. The composition of four Pescabivona peach landraces (Murtiddara, Bianca, Agostina, and Settembrina)at three different growing altitudes was studied. Color, color distance, weight, pulp firmness, pH, soluble solid content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA), SSC/TA ratio, organic acids, sugars, phenolics, antioxidant capacity, and lactone compounds were determined.In general for the analyzed parameters, univariate statistical analysis highlighted only a few significant differences among the landraces and the altitudes, thus demonstrating a generalhomogeneity of this local cultivar population. Principal component analysis, as well, did not show a clear separation among the different landraces, in particular for Bianca, Agostina, and Settembrina.The physico-chemical analysis showed high pulp firmness, high lactone content, and a balanced SSC/TA ratio. Moreover, even if the pulp firmness values were quite high for Agostina andSettembrina, sugar and acid content were typical of fresh-market quality peaches
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
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
Ampelographic and chemical characterization of Reggio Emilia and Modena (Northern Italy) grapes for two traditional seasonings:'saba'and'agresto'
No full textBACKGROUND: ‘Saba’ and ‘agresto’ are traditional Italian products both based on unfermented grape juices that are
concentrated by heating. The former is obtained from ripe grapes and the latter from unripe grapes. In this work, we have
characterized the main red-skinned (Ancellotta, Fortana, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Lambrusco grasparossa, Lambrusco salamino
andUva Tosca) andwhite-skinned (Lugliatica, Spergola, Trebbianodi Spagna and Trebbiano modenese) cultivars used for ‘saba’
and ‘agresto’ production, focusing on the variability expressed by ampelographic traits, physical and chemical parameters and
anthocyanin profile.
RESULTS: The cultivars examined were effectively discriminated on the basis of their different composition profile by analysis
of variance and principal component analysis. In particular, a peculiar anthocyanin profile was traced by absolute and relative
values for each cultivar. The identification of the main anthocyanins of some local cultivars, their chemical characterization and
their ampelographic description were one of themain achievements of this work.
CONCLUSION: The use of red grapes to obtain ‘saba’ seems more rational for the presence of higher amounts of antioxidant
substances. Ancellotta showed several factors interesting for ‘saba’ production, such as the very high anthocyanin content,
including anthocyanin antioxidants. A more detailed investigation on ‘agresto’ technology is required.
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Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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