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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
Assessing carbon pools in dipterocarp forests of peninsular malaysia
No full textModification and loss of forests due to natural and anthropogenic disturbances contribute
an estimated 20% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. Accounting
GHG emissions associated with forestry, specifically, and land use generally is crucial
in recent days because forests play major roles in balancing terrestrial carbon and
contribute to the mitigation of global warming and climate change. Consequent to the
awareness of climate change, reducing emission from deforestation and forest
degradation, and conservation (REDD+) programmed was introduced at the international
level to promote forest conservation and enhance forest governances. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came out with protocols on how to account the carbon
stored and released from the forests. Principally there are five primary carbon pools in a
forest, which are above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, deadwood, litter, and
soils that accumulate and in some conditions release carbon. However, about 98% of
carbon stored in a forest comprises trees components (aboveground and belowground
living biomass, deadwood and litters) and the remaining is stored in soils. Many factors
interact to affect the flux dynamics of these carbon pools, including the type of forest
ecosystem, the age of the forest, and if harvested, the length of stand rotation cycles and
the forestry practices used. Logging these forests, in a sense, represents an opportunity
cost, as the time necessary for a harvested forest to regain its carbon sink capacity can
take many decades, and if left undisturbed, would have gone on to expand its carbon pool
or at least remain in constant over time. In this study, the lowland dipterocarp forest,
where logging often takes place, is profiled in terms of biomass carbon. Pahang, which
has the largest forest cover and biggest timber production in Peninsular Malaysia, was
selected as the study area. The dipterocarp forests comprise both protection and
production functions were categorized into strata based on year elapsed after logging (i.e.
logged 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, and > 30 years). Measurements have been conducted on the
ground and all the carbon pools in these strata were assessed. The study found significant
differences between each stratum in terms of carbon and the results are presented in this
paper. The effects of harvesting practices on carbon pools are also discussed
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
On the Evolution and Systematisation of Qurʾānic Sciences As Exemplified by the Discipline of zallat al-qāriʾ
Get PDFيتتبّع هذا البحث نشأة علم قرآنيّ جديد ومراحل تطوُّره، هو علم زلّة القارئ الذي كان وليد
الإشكالات والصعوبات والعثرات التي تعتري المصلّي إمامًا أو مأمومًا أثناء قراءته القرآن
الكريم والأذكار المعهودة في الصلاة ووقوعه في الزلل على اختلاف أشكاله وصوره لفظًا
ومعنًى، ويعرّف بموضوعاته اللغويّة والصوتيّة ومسائله الفقهيّة وقضاياه العقديّة ذات الصلة
والعلاقة بزلّة القارئ، ويبيّّ ما يترتّب على ذلك من تبعاتٍ وآثارٍ، يجب التنبُّه إليها
والاحتراز منها غَرَضَ حفظِ القرآن وحرمتِهِ والحفاظِ على التناسب الشكليّ والمعنويّ للنصّ
القرآنيّ وتواتره لفظًا ومعنًى، أي نظم القرآن الذي هو من وجوه إعجاز القرآن العظيم من
جهة، وهَدَفَ المحافظةِ على صحّةِ الصلاة وصلاحها وعدم فسادها أداءً وتأديةً من جهة
أخرى .This study traces the emergence and development of a Qurʾānic science called zallat al-q ari (mistakes made by the reciter of the Qurʾān). This discipline emerged as a response to the various challenges and difficulties that Muslims faced while reciting the Quran and other ritual remembrances and supplications in the prayer, both as Imams and as followers. These issues vary greatly based on their form and nature, and can relate to both the meaning and the articulation. The study also delves into the linguistic, phonetic, legal and theological matters that relate to this science, as well as the impacts that these errors may have. The importance of this science lies in two areas: its pivotal role in preserving the Quran from distortion in its script and meaning, as well as its role in maintaining the validity of the prayer
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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