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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
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
Gordon Jacob Samuels
No full textGordon Jacob Samuels was born 12 August 1923 in London. He was educated at University College School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a Master of Arts. After completing his education he served as a Captain 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery, in Northern Ireland, India and Malaya from 1942-1946.(1)<br /><br />Samuels was called to the English Bar Inner Temple on 7 November 1948.(2) In 1949 Samuels emigrated to Australia and was called to the New South Wales Bar on 14 March 1952 'and soon earned a reputation not only as a lawyer of great scholarship but also, by all accounts, as a brilliant young advocate'.(3)<br /><br />Gordon Samuels married Jacqueline Kott 4 April 1957 and the couple had two daughters. Samuels was appointed a Queen's Counsel in New South Wales in 1964, and in Victoria in 1965.<br /><br />Samuels was Vice-President of the New South Wales Bar Association from 1967-1970 and President from 1971-1972.(4) Samuels was also a President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy. From 20 November 1972 until 23 March 1992 Samuels was a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. From 12 August 1974 until 23 March 1992, Samuels was also a Judge of the Court of Appeal. From 23 March 1992 until 7 April 1993, Samuels was an Acting Judge Court of Appeal Supreme Court of NSW.(5) Upon his retirement from the bench in 1993, Samuels became a Board Member of the Law Foundation (1993-Sep1994) and Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of New South Wales (30/6/1993-2/4/1996) (6), 'a position he resigned to devote his time and skills to his new role as Governor of New South Wales'.(7) Samuels was a part-time Commissioner from 2001.<br /><br />Interwoven with his legal career was an involvement with and commitment to education. Samuels was the Challis Lecturer Pleading at the University of Sydney from 1964-70. Samuels was elected to the University of New South Wales Council in 1969, serving on the Council from 1969 until 1994, and became the University's longest serving Chancellor, being Chancellor from 1976-1994. In 1989 Samuels successfully led the campaign against the proposal by the New South Wales Minister for Education to merge the University of New South Wales into a state-wide university with a number of colleges of advanced education.(8)<br /><br />Samuels was involved with many educational bodies including: President Council of Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences 1974-1976; Chairman Australian Legal Education Council 1981-1985 (and a member since 1977); Presiding Member Independent Advisory Committee Educational Needs Overseas Trained Doctors 1990-1995; and Chairman NSW Migrant Employment and Qualifications Board 1992-1995 (a member since 1989).<br /><br />Samuels received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Sydney University, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of New South Wales in 1994.<br /><br />Gordon Samuels was the Governor of New South Wales from 1 March 1996 to 28 February 2001.(9)<br /><br />Samuels was made a Companion of the Order of Australia on 8 June 1987 (10), Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2000, and was a recipient of the Centenary Medal in 2003.<br /><br />Samuels has been a distinguished leader of the community, including being patron of the following: Sorry Day, MS Society of New South Wales, Australian Legal Resources International, NSW Justices’ Association and a trustee of Currency House Incorporated- a non-profit association designed to provide a resource centre for the performing arts.<br /><br />Samuels died on 10 December 2007.(11)<br /><br /><br />REFERENCES: <br />Who's Who in Australia 2004, XXXX Edition, Crown Content, Nth Melbourne, 2004, p.1777<br /><br />NOTES: <br />(1) The Chancellors of the University New South Wales http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/archives/about/archexhibit.html accessed 20.5.2004 <br />(2) NSW Law Almanac 1969 <br />(3) Legislative Council Hansard Article No.6 of 16 April 1996; Barrister and Solicitors Admission Boards; NRS 13665, Roll of Barristers, 17 February 1927 - 10 June 1955; Reel 2147, p.35. <br />(4) List of Bar Council Members from 1902-2003 http://www.nswbar.asn.au/Public/About%20us/bchistory.htm accessed 21.5.2004 <br />(5) NSW Law Almanac 2000 p.60 and 65 <br />(6) Law Foundation Annual Report 1993 p.62; Law Foundation Annual Report 1994 p.58; Law Foundation Annual Report 1995 p.10; and Law Reform Commission Annual Report 1993 p.17<br />(7) Legislative Assembly Hansard Article No.25 of 16 April 1996 <br />(8) The Chancellors of the University New South Wales http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/archives/about/archexhibit.html accessed 20.5.2004 <br />(9) Circular No.96-3, NSW Government Gazette 9 Feb 1996 <br />(10) It's An Honour Website http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/ accessed 21.5.2004.<br />(11) Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2007, p.22; UNSWorld, May/June 2008, Issue 8, p.8.<br /><br /><br />PER-57Governor of New South Wales 1/3/1996-28/2/2001<br/>Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 20/11/1972-23/3/1992<br/>Judge of Court of Appeal 12/8/1974-23/3/1992<br/>Acting Judge of Appeal Supreme Court of New South Wales 23/3/1992-7/4/1993<br/>Chancellor of University of New South Wales 1976-1994<br/>Chairman NSW Law Reform Commission 1993-1996<br/>Chairman Board of Governors Law Foundation NSW 1992-1993<br/>Chairman Australian Legal Education Council 1981-1985<br/>President Council of Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences 1974-1976<br/>President of the NSW Bar Association 1971-1972<br/>Vice-President of the NSW Bar Association 1967-1970<br/>President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy<br/>Member of the NSW Bar Association<br/>Chairman NSW Migrant Employment and Qualifications Board 1992-1995<br/>Presiding Member Independent Advisory Committee Educational Needs Overseas Trained Doctors1990-1995<br/><br/>
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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