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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
Wohnhäuser St. Alban-Tal Basel (CH): Diener & Diener
Full text linkBy understanding the two apartment buildings with studios placed at right angles to each other as a collage of two building volumes that is a logical continuation of the surrounding urban fabric, this ensemble in the St. Alban-Tal district builds on Aldo Rossi’s idea that the city must be understood in its entirety. The two building volumes of similar dimensions replace two former paper mills, and are closely placed on either side of a narrow industrial canal, like a number of old paper mills immediately south of the ensemble. The western building volume accentuates the end of the central road through St. Alban-Tal and also flanks an elongated square along the Rhine. Lengthwise the eastern volume is oriented towards the river, offering panoramic views over the water. This is accentuated by a series of tall, top-floor windows emphasized by an emphatically protruding roof edge.
Owing to the articulation of the façades, the long sides of the two volumes look substantially different. The two off-white stucco façades that border on the public domain speak the language of New Objectivity. They mediate between the pre- war and post-war parts of the city, both found in the immediate vicinity. They also address specific moments in the urban sequence by the precise positioning of open and closed façade sections. The backs of the volumes are each different. The southern façade, which overlooks the old industrial quarter, has adapted the principles of board and batten siding and is coloured mint green. This provides the south-oriented garden with an almost rural atmosphere. The back of the western building volume consists of a light-grey stuccoed concrete grid with an industrial look. This eastern façade borders directly on the narrow canal, which is spanned by a slender footbridge that connects the two buildings. The different identities of the project bring a walk through the city to mind. They create a succession of atmospheres for visitors to move through, in which every next space foreshadows itself.Door twee haaks op elkaar staande appartementengebouwen met ateliers in de wijk St. Alban-Tal als een collage van twee bouwvolumes op te vatten die een logische voortzetting vormt van het omliggende stedelijk weefsel, bouwt dit ensemble voort op de idee van Aldo Rossi dat de stad als een geheel beschouwd moet worden. De twee bouwvolumes, met een vergelijkbaar formaat, staan – op de plaats van twee voormalige papiermolens – dicht op elkaar aan weerszijden van een smal industriekanaal, net als een aantal oude papierfabrieken direct ten zuiden van het ensemble. Het westelijk bouwvolume accentueert het einde van de centrale weg door St. Alban-Tal en flankeert tevens een langwerpig plein langs de Rijn. Het oostelijk volume richt zich met zijn lange zijde op de rivier en biedt een weids zicht over het water, wat wordt geaccentueerd door een reeks hoge ramen op de bovenste verdieping, die van een nadrukkelijk vooruitstekende dakrand is voorzien.
In de articulatie van de gevels heeft iedere lange zijde van de twee volumes een wezenlijk ander voorkomen. De twee gebroken wit gestucte gevels grenzend aan het publieke domein spreken de taal van de Nieuwe Zakelijkheid. Ze bemiddelen tussen de voor- en naoorlogse stad die men beide in de directe omgeving aantreft. Ook adresseren ze specifieke momenten in de stedelijke sequentie door de precieze positionering van open en gesloten delen in de gevel. De keerzijden van de volumes zijn elk anders. De zuidgevel die uitgeeft op het oude industriële kwartier neemt het principe van de board and batten bekleding over en kleurt mintgroen. Dit verleent een haast landelijke sfeer aan de op het zuiden georiënteerde tuin. De keerzijde van het westelijk bouwvolume bestaat uit een lichtgrijs gestuct betonnen grid met een industrieel voorkomen. Deze oostgevel grenst direct aan het smalle kanaal waarover een ranke loopbrug ligt die beide gebouwen met elkaar verbindt. De uiteenlopende gedaanten van het project herinneren aan een wandeling door de stad. Ze vormen een opeenvolging van atmosferen waar de bezoeker zich doorheen beweegt en waar iedere volgende plek zich al aankondigt
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
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