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Related articles on the author\u27s experiences after answering an advertisement fr
No full textRelated articles on the author\u27s experiences after answering an advertisement from The Portland Group, a satellite of Equinox International. The Portland Group\u27s ad assured people that they would make millions while working to save the environment, but the whole deal resembled a pyramid scheme. Consumer complaints have been lodged against Equinox affiliate offices nationwide, and Equinox Chief Executive Officer Bill Gould was cited for running a pyramid scheme in California
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Boothbay Harbor split off from Boothbay 106 years ago, as the result of a bitter
No full textBoothbay Harbor split off from Boothbay 106 years ago, as the result of a bitter dispute over water. In July, a group of selectmen from Boothbay proposed to their counterparts in Boothbay Harbor that the towns join together again as one. The two towns share a number of facilities, and some taxpayers wonder why the region needs two town managers, two fire stations and two separate bureaucracies. The Reunification Committee will research the issue over the next few years. Details
The Maine Department of Transportation has embarked on a $1 million project to i
No full textThe Maine Department of Transportation has embarked on a $1 million project to install continuous rumble strips on over 350 miles of Maine highway, including all of the Maine Turnpike and most of Interstate 95. Studies from other states have shown that rumble can reduce running-off-the-road accidents by 20 percent to 50 percent. State highway officials hope the strips will jolt the estimated 30 percent of Maine drivers who fall asleep at the wheel each year out of their slumber before an accident occurs
The federal Internal Revenue Service last week attempted to auction off the Hart
No full textThe federal Internal Revenue Service last week attempted to auction off the Hartford home of Ed Harvey and Elizabeth Gravalos, but failed to attract any bidders. The couple\u27s blueberry field and one woodlot were auctioned off, and the IRS will put the home up for bid again next month. A group of fellow tax resistors from around the country assembled with Harvey and Gravalos in Hartford the night before the auction to support the couple and discuss their efforts. Supporters held a protest rally before bidding was opened and collected some $3,100 in unpaid federal taxes, which was used to cover tax liens for eight other families in danger of losing their homes
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