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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
Relation société-milieu en domaine sahélien au sud-ouest du Niger au cours des quatre derniers millénaires : approche géoarchéologique
Full text linkThe Sahel, a zone between the Sahara Desert and the Sudan forests, is currently experiencing major environmental changes. Since the droughts in 1970s and 1980s, and with the high population growth rate, vegetation cover has deteriorated considerably, contributing to increased runoff and soil erosion. Starting from this observation, we undertook the study of past societies in the Niamey region, to assess their impact on the environment. The lack of archaeological data meant that it was necessary to identify key indicators of occupation during the Neolithic and the Iron Age. In addition to providing new evidence to date the Neolithic site of Kirkissoy, a sedimentary study was conducted on a palaeochannel of the River Niger and new sites were discovered on the left bank. For the Iron Age, several habitat sites were identified and more than 5,000 single use bloomery furnaces were mapped. They provide evidence of metallurgical activity from the 4th to 14th centuries AD. Typological and spatial analysis show the existence of several types of furnaces and their spatial distribution is linked to workspace management and the geomorphological context. As well as these bloomery furnaces, an agricultural system with plot boundaries was identified and studied on the lateritic plateaus of Louguel. It shows intensive agricultural activity around the year one thousand. These archaeological data are compared with environmental data obtained by the study of the sedimentary record. Over the past four thousand years, the Niamey region and southwestern Niger have been marked by environmental and societal changes, resulting in discontinuous human occupation.Le Sahel, milieu compris entre le Sahara et la forêt soudanienne, subit actuellement de grands bouleversements environnementaux. Depuis les sécheresses des années 1970-1980 et la forte croissance démographique, le couvert végétal s’est considérablement dégradé, contribuant à l’augmentation du ruissellement et à l’érosion des sols. À partir de ce constat, nous avons entrepris l’étude des sociétés passées de la région de Niamey afin d’évaluer leur impact sur le milieu. Le manque de données archéologiques a nécessité de recenser les principaux indices d’occupation au cours du Néolithique et de l’Âge du fer. Outre l’apport de nouvelles datations pour le site de Kirkissoy, une étude sédimentaire a été réalisée sur un paléo-chenal du fleuve Niger et de nouveaux sites ont été identifiés. Pour l’Âge du fer, des sites d’habitat et plus de 5000 bas fourneaux à usage unique ont été cartographiés. Ils témoignent d’une activité métallurgique comprise entre le 4e et le 14e siècles AD. Les études typologique et spatiale des structures de réduction ont révélé l’existence de différents types de bas fourneaux et d’une répartition spatiale liée au contexte géomorphologique et à la gestion de l’espace de travail. L’étude d’un parcellaire sur les plateaux, associé à ces bas fourneaux, a mis en évidence une activité agricole autour de l’an mil. Le bilan de ces données archéologiques a été mis en parallèle avec les données environnementales acquises par l’étude d’un remplissage sédimentaire. Au cours des quatre derniers millénaires, la région de Niamey et le Sud-ouest du Niger ont été marqués par des changements environnementaux et sociétaux qui ont provoqué une discontinuité de l’occupation humaine
Relationships between societies and their environment in the Sahel in southwestern Niger over the past four thousand years : a geoarchaeological approach
No full textLe Sahel, milieu compris entre le Sahara et la forêt soudanienne, subit actuellement de grands bouleversements environnementaux. Depuis les sécheresses des années 1970-1980 et la forte croissance démographique, le couvert végétal s’est considérablement dégradé, contribuant à l’augmentation du ruissellement et à l’érosion des sols. À partir de ce constat, nous avons entrepris l’étude des sociétés passées de la région de Niamey afin d’évaluer leur impact sur le milieu. Le manque de données archéologiques a nécessité de recenser les principaux indices d’occupation au cours du Néolithique et de l’Âge du fer. Outre l’apport de nouvelles datations pour le site de Kirkissoy, une étude sédimentaire a été réalisée sur un paléo-chenal du fleuve Niger et de nouveaux sites ont été identifiés. Pour l’Âge du fer, des sites d’habitat et plus de 5000 bas fourneaux à usage unique ont été cartographiés. Ils témoignent d’une activité métallurgique comprise entre le 4e et le 14e siècles AD. Les études typologique et spatiale des structures de réduction ont révélé l’existence de différents types de bas fourneaux et d’une répartition spatiale liée au contexte géomorphologique et à la gestion de l’espace de travail. L’étude d’un parcellaire sur les plateaux, associé à ces bas fourneaux, a mis en évidence une activité agricole autour de l’an mil. Le bilan de ces données archéologiques a été mis en parallèle avec les données environnementales acquises par l’étude d’un remplissage sédimentaire. Au cours des quatre derniers millénaires, la région de Niamey et le Sud-ouest du Niger ont été marqués par des changements environnementaux et sociétaux qui ont provoqué une discontinuité de l’occupation humaine.The Sahel, a zone between the Sahara Desert and the Sudan forests, is currently experiencing major environmental changes. Since the droughts in 1970s and 1980s, and with the high population growth rate, vegetation cover has deteriorated considerably, contributing to increased runoff and soil erosion. Starting from this observation, we undertook the study of past societies in the Niamey region, to assess their impact on the environment. The lack of archaeological data meant that it was necessary to identify key indicators of occupation during the Neolithic and the Iron Age. In addition to providing new evidence to date the Neolithic site of Kirkissoy, a sedimentary study was conducted on a palaeochannel of the River Niger and new sites were discovered on the left bank. For the Iron Age, several habitat sites were identified and more than 5,000 single use bloomery furnaces were mapped. They provide evidence of metallurgical activity from the 4th to 14th centuries AD. Typological and spatial analysis show the existence of several types of furnaces and their spatial distribution is linked to workspace management and the geomorphological context. As well as these bloomery furnaces, an agricultural system with plot boundaries was identified and studied on the lateritic plateaus of Louguel. It shows intensive agricultural activity around the year one thousand. These archaeological data are compared with environmental data obtained by the study of the sedimentary record. Over the past four thousand years, the Niamey region and southwestern Niger have been marked by environmental and societal changes, resulting in discontinuous human occupation
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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