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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
Constructioncosts in Realestate Developments: Benchmarksystem for cost analysis for residential project developments in Germany
Get PDFDie wachsende Attraktivität von Metropolen und überregionale Zuwanderungsbewegungen machen Wohnraum in Ballungsräumen zu einem zunehmend knappen Gut. Die erhöhte Nachfrage auf dem Wohnungsmarkt lässt einen erhöhten Bedarf an neuen Wohnflächen entstehen. Ansatz der Projektentwicklung ist es, diese Nachfrage durch Angebote zu bedienen.
Der Charakter von Projektentwicklungen entspricht in etwa dem eines Startups. Jede neue Immobilienentwicklung ist hinsichtlich seiner Wirtschaftlichkeit und seines Zeitablaufes neu zu bewerten. Da es sich bei Bauwerken um Unikate handelt, die immer individuell geplant werden, sind auch das Risiko, die Termine, die Kosten etc. bei jedem Projekt neu zu bestimmen.
Auf der Seite des Aufwandes, nehmen die Baukosten (neben den Grundstückskosten) einen wesentlichen Teil der Projektkosten ein.
Unter der Prämisse des Erschließens von bezahlbarem Wohnraum, werden politische Gremien wie die Kommission zur Senkung der Baukosten gebildet.
Insbesondere die politisch getriebene Entwicklung der technischen Anforderungen an Gebäude ließen die Baukosten im vergangenen Jahrzehnt erheblich steigen. Bei der Steuerung der Wirtschaftlichkeit von Immobilienentwicklungen rücken die Baukosten daher mehr und mehr in den Fokus der Entwickler und der Politik.
Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit liefert ein plausibles System, wie Baukosten realisierter Projekte erfasst, kategorisiert und so aufbereitet werden können, sodass sie unmittelbar als Datengrundlage für zukünftige Projekte dienen können.
Im Fokus steht dabei die Entwicklung eines Online-T ools welches nach streng wissenschaftlichen Richtlinien vorgeht.
Die bestehenden Systeme haben, abgesehen von der Kategorisierung nach DIN 276, keine einheitliche Grundlage oder Richtlinie wie die Baukosten zu bestimmen sind. In dieser Arbeit wird behandelt wie ein solchen System beschaffen sein müsste. Objekt der Untersuchung sind dabei Immobilienentwicklungen im Wohnungsbau.
Ziel ist die Entwicklung eines konkreten Werkzeuges und dessen Anwendung.
Neben dem Beitrag für die Forschung wird somit zeitgleich ein Transfer in die Praxis (Third Mission) erfüllt.
Als Grundlage der Methodik dient das Modell der qualitativen Analyse nach Mayring, obwohl die Arbeit durch ihre numerische Analytik vordergründig den Charakter einer quantitativen Analyse aufweist. Die Qualität des entworfenen Systems wird durch ein streng wissenschaftliches Vorgehen sichergestellt. Besonders dabei ist das enge Verknüpfen der Baukosten mit der Wirtschaftlichkeit von Immobilienentwicklungen.
Der Forschungsbeitrag ist ein funktionierendes Werkzeug zur Bestimmung von Baukosten und Wirtschaftlichkeit von Wohnbauprojektentwicklungen in Deutschland, welches der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung gestellt wird.The growing attractiveness of metropolitan areas and supraregional immigration movements are making housing in metropolitan areas an increasingly rare resource. Increased demand on the housing market is creating a greater need for new residential space. The approach of project development is to supply this demand through offers.
The character of project development is similar to a start-up-company. Each new project has to be re-evaluated with regard to its economic viability and timing. Since buildings are unique and are always planned individually, the risk, deadlines, costs, etc. must also be determined anew for each project.
On the expense side, construction costs (in addition to land costs) take up a significant portion of all project costs.
Under the premise of developing affordable housing, political committees such as the Construction Cost Reduction Commission are formed.
However, the politically driven development of technical requirements for buildings in particular caused construction costs to rise significantly over the past decade. Therefore, when managing the economic viability of real estate developments, they become more and more the focus of developers and policy makers.
The present research work provides a plausible system how construction costs of realized projects can be recorded, categorized and processed in such a way that they directly serve as a data basis for future projects.
The focus is on the development of a system that follows strictly scientific guidelines. Apart from the categorization according to DIN 276, the existing systems do not have a uniform basis or guideline on how to determine construction costs. The question is treated, how such a system would have to look like. Object of the investigation are real estate developments in the housing construction.
The aim is the development of a concrete tool and its application. In addition to the contribution to research, a transfer into practice (third mission) is fulfilled at the same time.
The model of qualitative analysis according to Mayring serves as the basement of the methodology, although the work ostensibly has the character of a quantitative analysis due to its numerical analytics. The quality of the designed system is ensured by a strictly scientific approach. A special feature is the close linking of construction costs with the economic efficiency of real estate developments.
The research contribution is a functioning tool for the determination of construction costs and economic efficiency of housing project developments in Germany, which is made available to the public
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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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