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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
Statistical downscaling of island sea levels in the southwest Pacific : a multiple linear regression approach
No full textL'élévation du niveau de la mer est une préoccupation croissante dans les îles du Pacifique. Au cours de l'ère altimétrique (depuis 1993), les taux d'élévation du niveau de la mer sur le Pacific tropical ouest ont été parmi les plus élevés du monde, atteignant jusqu'à 3-4 fois la moyenne globale. Alors que de plus en plus de communautés soumises aux risques associés à cette hausse du niveau de la mer se déplacent vers des terres plus élevées pour échapper à la montée des eaux, il est impératif de disposer de prédictions du niveau de la mer à l'échelle locale pour faciliter le processus d'adaptation et de planification. Ce processus n'est pas simple car le niveau de la mer varie d'une région à l'autre, notamment en fonction des redistributions de chaleur, sel et masses opérées aux échelles régionales par la circulation océanique, et des modes climatiques dominants (par exemple, ENSO, PDO/IPO). Même à l'échelle locale, d'importants changements du niveau de la mer relatif peuvent résulter de mouvements verticaux naturels ou anthropiques du sol terrestre. Motivée par ces préoccupations, cette thèse se concentre sur l'utilisation d'une technique de descente d'échelle statistique basée sur des régressions linéaires multiples (MLR) pour modéliser les variations interannuelles-à-interdécennales du niveau de la mer pour trois sites côtiers localisés sur des îles du Pacifique Sud-Ouest - Suva et Lautoka à Fidji, et Nouméa en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Le modèle MLR est basé sur la connaissance que les variations du niveau de la mer à ces échelles de temps dans le Pacifique tropical sont principalement de nature thermostérique (c.-à-d. provenant des changements de densité de l'eau de mer induits par des changements de température de l'océan) et que ces variations thermostériques sont principalement générées par les variations de forçage de vent et les ondes de Rossby se propageant vers l'ouest qui en résultent. Les expériences de MLR sont menées sur la période d'étude 1988-2014, l'accent étant mis sur la variabilité interannuelle à décennale et les tendances du niveau de la mer. Le niveau de la mer pour les trois sites côtiers insulaires est d'abord exprimé sous forme de somme des variations stériques et de masse. Dans un second temps, les modèles MLR développés se basent sur une approche plus orientée processus, en utilisant le rotationnel de tension de vent comme approximation de la composante thermostérique.[...]Sea level rise is a growing concern in the islands of the western Pacific. Over the altimetry era (1993-present), sea level rise rates in the western tropical Pacific were amongst the highest recorded across the world ocean, reaching up to 3-4 times the global mean. As more and more affected communities relocate to higher grounds to escape the rising seas, there is a compelling need for information on local scales to ease the adaptation and planning process. This is not a straightforward process as sea level varies regionally, driven by wind and ocean circulation patterns, and the prevailing climate modes (e.g. ENSO, PDO/IPO). On local scales, substantial sea level changes can result from natural or anthropogenic induced vertical ground motion. Motivated by such concerns, this thesis focuses on developing a statistical downscaling technique, namely a multiple linear regression (MLR) model, to simulate island sea levels at selected sites in the southwest Pacific - Suva and Lautoka in Fiji, and Nouméa in New Caledonia. The model is based on the knowledge that sea level variations in the tropical Pacific are mainly thermosteric in nature (temperature-related changes in ocean water density) and that these thermosteric variations are dominated by wind-forced, westward propagating Rossby waves. The MLR experiments are conducted over the 1988-2014 study period, with a focus on interannual-to-decadal sea level variability and trend. Island sea levels are first expressed a sum of steric and mass changes. Then, a more dynamical approach using wind stress curl as a proxy for the thermosteric component is undertaken to construct the MLR model. In the latter case, island sea levels are perceived as a composite of global, regional and local components, where the second is dominant. The MLR model takes wind stress curl as the dominant regional regressor (via a Rossby wave model), and the local halosteric component (salinity-related changes in ocean water density), local wind stress, and local sea surface temperature as minor regressors. A stepwise regression function is used to isolate statistically significant regressors before calibrating the MLR model. The modeled sea level shows high agreement with observations, capturing 80% of the variance on average. Stationarity tests on the MLR model indicate that it can be applied skillfully to projections of future sea level. The statistical downscaling approach overall provides insights on key drivers of sea level variability at the selected sites, showing that while local dynamics and the global signal modulate sea level to a given extent, most of the variance is driven by regional factors. [...
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
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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