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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
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
Solar Shading Design and Implementation in UK Housing as a Tool for Advancing Sustainable Development
Get PDFThis chapter aims to provide the reader with an understanding of how simple interventions such as solar shading can help in achieving both emission target reductions and accelerated progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Solar shading is a practical option for making exposed homes in the UK more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Solar shading for this purpose can be recognized as both an adaptation and mitigation measure for the United Kingdom (UK) construction industry. The importance of a resilient and sustainable home remains at the forefront of climate change discourse. With an increased scarcity of new affordable housing and a low rate of renewal, housing is still in high demand. Future housing demand and climate change impacts converge as a locus of interest for multiple agencies, authorities, and researchers interested in sustainable development solutions. Taking urgent action to address climate change impacts relating to homes is essential to both mitigate the global effects of carbon emissions and reduce the risk of overheating in homes. The built environment and all involved in the sector have a role to play in addressing these issues and finding suitable solutions. Solar shading does have a part to play, as this chapter will illustrate
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
Creativity, Adaptability, Transition: Advancing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment through Transdisciplinary Architectural Design
Get PDFThe link between creativity, design thinking, and interdisciplinarity has been explored by Darbellay
et al. (2017). They proposed that the three dimensions are not contradictory, but instead, they form triadicfeedback loops that cannot be resolved in a unified synthesis. This triadic model underscores that, in fact,
the creative, interdisciplinary (or transdisciplinary) design thinking is an outcome of dialectic, or even
dialogical (Lybeck, 2010), processes among disciplines, stakeholders, the problem at hand, and the variety
of possible design solutions. Harvey (2014) proposes that this type of creative synthesis can only generate
breakthrough ideas if it integrates multiple understandings for the same problem. Specifically, in Harvey’s
(2014) model, breakthrough ideas require a context where ideas are enacted, similarities are built upon, and
collective attention is secured – and it is only through a sort of reflection in action (Schön, 1984) that
creative synthesis can generate exemplars that are iteratively improved until breakthrough.
With global population growth and urbanization trends rising (Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(Population Division), 2017; United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population
Division, 2018), it is now imperative that we move towards a state of creative sustainability in the built
environment. The publication of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) (United
Nations, 2015) has signalled a new course for practitioners, scholars, and designers by institutionalizing a
more comprehensive understanding of sustainable development, which is supported by clear targets and
indicators (Pedersen, 2018). While the SDGs are global in scope, their application requires action to be
taken on individual project levels, including building projects, on the local scale (T. Walker & Goubran,
2020). Most importantly, the SDGs enabled sustainability action to remain reliant on the interpretation of
the problems, along with the framing of the design problem (Goubran & Cucuzzella, 2019). Thus, it can be
argued that the SDGs have reframed the sustainable built environment challenge as a complex design
problem, open for interpretation, judgment, and theorization and leading to multiple solutions and
innovations (Nelson & Stolterman, 2012), that requires the synthesis of knowledge between a multitude of
disciplines (Kroes et al., 2008).
In this paper, we argue that architecture, as a field of research and practice, is both inductive and inclusive
of the creative transdisciplinary approaches needed to tackle sustainable development challenges in the
built environment (Goubran, 2018). The paper presents a theoretical development, followed by a synthesis
supported by published case studies. In essence, the paper capitalizes on the value of architecture as a transdisciplinary field that allows for transformative sustainable practices within the building and
construction industries. Thus, it establishes a scheme where architectural design, as a transdisciplinary field,
is an inclusive thinking process that has the potential to push boundaries of “just building” to “building
for”
Creative transdisciplinary architectural design as means for realising the sustainable development goals in the built environment
No full textAttaining the sustainable development goals (SDGs) requires solutions synthesising multidisciplinary knowledge. We argue that architecture embraces the creative transdisciplinary required to address sustainable development challenges in the built environment. The paper proposes a framework that builds on how architecture, as a practice, encompasses a series of design-thinking domains with open possibilities, potential, and power for innovation. This framework comprises nine design domains: building technology, building materials, building construction, building management systems, indoor climate, recycling advancements, spatial planning, urban planning, and strategic planning. The framework is used to analyse case studies and to highlight how creative transdisciplinarity, integrated through architectural design, advances the realisation of global goals. The findings emphasise the often synergistic and innovative nature of the architecture solutions that link to multiple design domains with the SDGs. The paper concludes with a matrix that shows the interlinkages between the design domains and the SDGs, revealing a complex array of connections and overlaps
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