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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
CASES OF POISONING IN GREEK AND ROMAN DECLAMATION
No full textIn this article the declamatory themes, both Greek and Latin, concerning cases of poisoning are listed and classified. The classification is based on narratological criteria: themes are considered as narrative microtexts and categorized according to the characters recurring in such micro - stories. Also relevant for classification are some morphological structures (“morphemes”), which are repeated and combined in both Greek and Latin declamatory themes. Bilingual themes show a common imagery, also shared by the most “realistic” genres of literary tradition (such as the novel and historiography): so declamatory themes can be seen as embryonic narrative texts, whose accomplished form is often documented within Imperial - age literature. Regarding “monolingual” themes (solely documented in either of the two languages), the relationship with the law shows some difference: on the Latin side, where a direct comparison with juridical texts is possible, remarkable similarities appear between declamatory themes and legal cases. Also juridical texts can be considered a micro-narrative form, since they share with declamatory themes not only logical schemes, but also narrative structure
3. The manuscript tradition of Ovid’s Amores
No full text R Paris, BnF lat. 7311. 9th century. (Ars amatoria; Remedia amoris; Amores Epigr., 1.1.3–1.2.19, 1.2.25–50). P Paris, BnF lat. 8242. 9th century. (Heroides [incomplete], Amores 1.2.51–3.12.26, 3.14.3–3.15.8). S St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek 864. 11th century (Amores Epigr. 1.6.45, 1.8.75–3.9.10). Y Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Hamilton 471. 11th century (Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris, Amores). The manuscript witnesses to the Amores fall into two groups: the four earlier manuscripts (vetustiores)..
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
The Dynamic Text: Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations and Beyond
No full textThis article focuses on the evidence of five related Carolingian manuscripts (GVRKF) and what they reveal about the history of the Tusculans in the ninth century and earlier. Productive questions issue from three characteristics of the transmitted text: (1) its material organization; (2) corrections, variants, and notes entered by an active corrector (V2) in one of the ninth-century manuscripts, Vat. lat. 3246 (V); and (3) the potential presence of doublets. Connecting these three issues is an attitude towards Ciceronian speech that treats it as dynamic, fluid, and open. Persistent circular movements in Ciceronian discourse suggest that he himself viewed his speech in this way. And there is evidence of a similar attitude towards Ciceronian speech in the transmission of the Tusculans – in the material embodiment of the text, and in certain historical readers’ engagement with it. In the final portion of the article, a system of cross-references is proposed as a means to address the dynamism of Ciceronian speech. Cross-references are necessary both for a better understanding of Ciceronian methods and for making informed and more nuanced judgments about the textual-critical status of passages.Cet article se concentre sur les preuves fournies par cinq manuscrits carolingiens apparentés (GVRKF) et sur ce qu’ils révèlent de l’histoire des Tusculanae au IXe siècle et auparavant. Trois caractéristiques du texte transmis soulèvent des questions intéressantes : (1) son organisation matérielle ; (2) les corrections, variantes et notes ajoutées par un correcteur (V2) actif dans l’un des manuscrits du IXe siècle, Vat. lat. 3246 (V) ; et (3) la présence potentielle de doublets. Ces trois questions sont reliées par une lecture du discours cicéronien, considéré comme dynamique, fluide et ouvert. Les mouvements circulaires persistants dans celui-ci suggèrent qu’il voyait lui-même son discours de cette manière. Il existe également des preuves d’une attitude similaire envers le discours cicéronien dans la transmission des Tusculanae – dans la matérialisation du texte et dans l’engagement de certains lecteurs historiques à son égard. Dans la dernière partie de l’article, un système de renvois est proposé afin d’aborder le dynamisme du discours cicéronien. Les renvois sont nécessaires à la fois pour mieux comprendre les méthodes cicéroniennes et pour porter des jugements éclairés et plus nuancés sur le statut textuel critique des passagesQuesto articolo si concentra sulle prove fornite da cinque manoscritti carolingi correlati (GVRKF) e su ciò che rivelano riguardo alla storia delle Tusculanae nel IX secolo e nei secoli precedenti. Tre caratteristiche del testo tràdito sollevano interrogativi interessanti: (1) la sua organizzazione materiale; (2) le correzioni, le varianti e le note inserite da un correttore (V2) attivo in uno dei manoscritti del IX secolo, Vat. lat. 3246 (V); e (3) la potenziale presenza di doppioni. A collegare questi tre aspetti è un atteggiamento nei confronti del discorso ciceroniano che lo considera dinamico, fluido e aperto. I movimenti circolari che persistono in esso suggeriscono che egli stesso vedeva il proprio discorso in questo modo. E vi sono prove di un atteggiamento simile nella trasmissione delle Tusculanae, nella materialità del testo e nell’impegno di alcuni lettori storici nei suoi confronti. Nella parte finale dell’articolo viene proposto un sistema di riferimenti incrociati come mezzo per affrontare il dinamismo del discorso ciceroniano. I riferimenti incrociati sono necessari sia per una migliore comprensione dei metodi ciceroniani, sia per formulare giudizi informati e più sfumati sullo status critico-testuale dei passi
Figures in the Shadows: Identities in Artistic Prose from the Anthology of the Elder Seneca
No full textThe anthology of the elder Seneca (c. 55 BC - c. 39 AD) contains quotations from approximately 120 speakers who flourished during the early Empire. The predominant tendency in modern scholarship has been to marginalize these speakers and the practice they represent (declamation): they are regarded as a linguistic and literary monolith, and their literary productions while recognized as influential are treated as discrete from those of other, "serious" authors. The present dissertation challenges this viewpoint by focusing on the following questions: To what extent can a speaker quoted in Seneca's anthology be said to have a distinct and unique literary identity? What is the relationship of a speaker, as represented by his quotations, relative to canonical texts? Since most of the quoted speakers are found exclusively in the anthology, the study first examines the nature of Seneca's work and, more specifically, how the quotations of the anthology are organized. It is discovered that the sequence in which excerpts appear in a quotation do not follow a consistent, meaningful pattern, such as the order in which they might have occurred in a speech. Instead, excerpts exhibit a strong lateral organization: excerpts from one speaker show a close engagement with excerpts in spatially distant quotations from other speakers. A fundamental organizing principle consists in the convergence of excerpts around a limited number of specific points for each declamatory theme.The remainder, and bulk, of the dissertation is a close analysis of the quotations of two speakers: Arellius Fuscus and Papirius Fabianus. The distinct identities of these speakers emerge from comparisons of excerpts in their quotations with the often studiedly similar excerpts from other speakers and from passages in other texts. Fabianus' literary identity takes shape in a language designed to construct the persona of a philosopher-preacher. The identity of Fuscus resides in idiosyncratic sentence architecture, in a preference for Presentational sentences, and in methodically innovative diction. Further substantiating Fuscus' identity is evidence that he assimilated the language of authors, such as Cicero and Vergil, and established compositional patterns that became authoritative for later authors, such as Ovid, the younger Seneca, and Lucan.</p
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
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