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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
Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon: Anatomy of a terrorist organization
No full textThe objective of this study is to provide through an in-depth investigation of the Fatah Al-Islam organization, emergence, programs, and external links, and the inner operation of this underground Salafi-jihadi group. By divulging secret confession statements to the public, it has uncovered many of the mysteries that surrounded the evolution and goals of the group. On the other hand, and more important, it has examined the application of certain conventional approaches to the study of terrorist behavior. The findings, based on the biographies of FI terrorists, seem to negate much of the advanced explanation about political violence. Economic destitution, poverty, lack of education, young age, and marital disruption for instances do not determine adherence to the group. Members of the jihadi group of FI stem from a diversified occupational background, not lacking in education, mature, married, and influenced by various motivations, specifically religious dogma. © Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.Abadie Alberto, 2004, POVERTY POLITICAL FR; Barber B. K., 2006, TANGLED ROOTS SOCIAL, P203; BIEDERMANN F, 2007, FINANCIAL TIMES 0604, P11; Blanford Nicholas, 2007, CHRISTIAN SCI MONITO, P1; Bravo ABS, 2006, DEFENCE PEACE ECON, V17, P329, DOI 10.1080-10241690500526509; Cook D, 2004, J RELIG ETHICS, V32, P129, DOI 10.1111-j.0384-9694.2004.00157.x; Denoeux G, 2002, MIDDLE EAST POLICY, V9, P56, DOI 10.1111-1475-4967.00057; Fearon JD, 2003, AM POLIT SCI REV, V97, P75; GUNARATNA R, 2002, CHRON HIGHER EDUC, V48, pB4; HARB C, 2007, GUARDIAN 0524, P32; HASSAN N, 2001, NEW YORKER, V77, P36; HERSH S, 2007, NEW YORKER 0505; IBRAHIM SE, 1980, INT J MIDDLE E STUD, V12, P423; Knudsen A., 2005, J REFUG STUD, V18, P216, DOI 10.1093-refuge-fei022; KNUDSEN A, 2005, J REFUG STUD, V18, P228; Li Q, 2004, J CONFLICT RESOLUT, V48, P230, DOI 10.1177-00220027031262869; MEKEHENNET S, 2007, NY TIMES 0316, pA1; MOUCHARAFIEH C, 2008, COMMUNICATION 0509; Nasr V, 2004, WASH QUART, V27, P7, DOI 10.1162-016366004323090232; Pedahzur A, 2003, DEVIANT BEHAV, V24, P405, DOI 10.1080-01639620390195240; Riedel B, 2007, FOREIGN AFF, V86, P24; ROSENTHAL JA, 2007, NATL INTEREST, V87, P61; ROSENTHAL JA, 2007, NATL INTEREST, V87, P64; SAAB B, 2007, STUDIES CONFLICT TER, V30, P829; Saab BY, 2007, STUD CONFL TERROR, V30, P825, DOI 10.1080-10576100701561236; Stern J., 2004, TERROR NAME GOD WHY; TRAD T, 2008, TANZIM FATAH AL ISLA, P54; Victoroff J, 2005, J CONFLICT RESOLUT, V49, P3, DOI 10.1177-002200270427204031
Le mal comme παρυπόστασις dans Proclus et chez le Pseudo-Denys à la lumière de l’existence du Dieu-Bien: pour une théodicée ontologique-morale
No full textMDWNsolver: A Framework to Design and Solve Markov Decision Petri Nets
No full textMDWNsolver is a framework for system modeling and optimization of performability measures based on Markov Decision Petri Net (MDPN) and Markov Decision Well-formed Net (MDWN) formalisms, two Petri Net extensions for high level specification of Markov Decision Processes (MDP). It is integrated in the GreatSPN suite which provides a GUI to design MDPN/MDWN models. From the analysis point of view, MDWNsolver uses efficient algorithms that take advantage of system symmetries, thus reducing the analysis complexity. In this paper the MDWNsolver framework features and architecture are presented, and some application examples are discussed
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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