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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
Macadamia domestication in Hawai‘i
No full textMacadamia is one of the few international food crops domesticated from the Australian flora. It was first described in Australia in 1857, but developed as a crop in Hawai’i following the First World War. Hawai’ian cultivars are responsible for the majority of the world production. This study reviews literature and archival documents to clarify the domestication pathway of this germplasm. Uncertainty about the accepted wild origin of the Jordan introduction, believed to be the main source of Hawai’ian cultivars, is highlighted. An unrecognised additional early introduction of M. integrifolia is identified, but its relevance to commercial germplasm is unknown. The Hawai’ian industry preference for M. integrifolia germplasm may have arisen because the kernels used to evaluate this species were sourced from poorly managed orchards. There is strong evidence that M. ternifolia, which produces bitter kernels, was also introduced at some stage. The advent of vegetative propagation was a major event supporting domestication. The origins of all named cultivars have been clarified and the similarity of two, Keaau and Mauka, has been highlighted. The pedigree of advanced generation selections is clarified indicating Keauhou was a common maternal parent. These results add to the heritage of the plant in both Australia and Hawai’i. In addition, knowledge of the pedigree of advanced selections can be used to improve prediction accuracy in analysis of breeding trials. Finally, improved knowledge of the domestication pathway will assist ongoing conservation and genetic improvement of the genus
Exploring opportunities for reducing complexity of genotype-by-environment interaction models
No full textHeterogeneity in genetic effects among environments (G\ua0×\ua0E) is a common phenomenon in crop plants and can arise from heterogeneity in variance (scale effects) and/or crossover interaction. Here, a study of yield of macadamia progeny in 15 trials established at 9 locations and assessed for yield at 7\ua0years is used to explore the impact on prediction of clonal values (additive\ua0+\ua0dominance effects) from (i) scaling observations by phenotypic standard deviation of each trial, and (ii) reducing complexity of the pattern of genotype-by-environment interaction. The initial fit of an unconstrained G\ua0×\ua0E model to unscaled observations indicated significant G\ua0×\ua0E, which was supported by the fit of the same model to scaled data. Scaling observations reduced heterogeneity of genetic parameter estimates among locations. Clustering of the additive and dominance genetic-by-environment covariance matrices from the fit of G\ua0×\ua0E models to scaled observations and log-likelihood testing was used to identify reduced models where locations with apparent homogeneous genetic effects (genetic variance not significantly different, and genetic correlations not significantly different from 1) were grouped into single environments. Complexity reduction condensed the additive genetic-by-environment covariance matrix to 3 environments, and 4 environments for the dominance matrix, and the accuracy of parameters estimates increased, although accuracy of prediction as assessed by generalised heritability only improved for a few locations. On the other hand, accuracies of clonal values predicted from a main effects only G\ua0+\ua0E model were lower. Nevertheless, correlations of the averages of predicted clonal values across locations from different models were very high suggesting models are robust to parameter estimates. These results support the use of scaling by the phenotypic standard deviation to reduce heterogeneity in parameter estimates, and complexity reduction to improve accuracy of estimating parameters required to predict genetic effects
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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