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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
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
Towards Bio-Hybrid Energy Harvesting in the Real-World: Pushing the Boundaries of Technologies and Strategies Using Bio-Electrochemical and Bio-Mechanical Processes
No full textSustainable, green energy harvesting has gained a considerable amount of attention over the last few decades and within its vast field of resources, bio-energy harvesters have become promising. These bio-energy harvesters appear in a wide variety and function either by directly generating energy with mechanisms similar to living organisms or indirectly by extracting energy from living organisms. Presently this new generation of energy harvesters is fueling various low-power electronic devices while being extensively researched for large-scale applications. In this review we concentrate on recent progresses of the three promising bio-energy harvesters: microbial fuel cells, enzyme-based fuel cells and biomechanical energy harvesters. All three of these technologies are already extensively being used in small-scale applications. While microbial fuel cells hold immense potential in industrial-scale energy production, both enzyme-based fuel cells and biomechanical energy harvesters show promises of becoming independent and natural power sources for wearable and implantable devices for many living organisms including humans. Herein, we summarize the basic principles of these bio-energy harvesting technologies, outline their recent advancements and estimate the near future research trends
Regenerative hydraulic shock-absorber for vehicle suspension
No full textThe shockabsorber (10) comprises: a cylinder (12) containing a hydraulic working fluid; a piston (14) slidably arranged in the cylinder (12) so as to split the cylinder (12) into two variablevolume working chambers (22, 24), namely a first working chamber (22), or extension chamber, and a second working chamber (24), or compression chamber; an auxiliary conduit (30) in fluid communication on one side with the first working chamber (22) and on the other with the second working chamber (24); a train of permanent magnets (32) slidably arranged in the auxiliary conduit (30) so as to reciprocally move along the auxiliary conduit (30), dragged by the working fluid flowing between the first and second working chambers (22, 24) through the auxiliary conduit (30) as a result of the reciprocating motion of the piston (14) in the cylinder (12); and electric energy generating means (36, 36a, 36b; 72, 74, 76, 78) for generating electric energy by exploiting the movement of the train of permanent magnets (32) along the auxiliary conduit (30)
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
Regenerative hydraulic shock-absorber for vehicle suspension
No full textThe shockabsorber (10) comprises: a cylinder (12) containing a hydraulic working fluid; a piston (14) slidably arranged in the cylinder (12) so as to split the cylinder (12) into two variablevolume working chambers (22, 24), namely a first working chamber (22), or extension chamber, and a second working chamber (24), or compression chamber; an auxiliary conduit (30) in fluid communication on one side with the first working chamber (22) and on the other with the second working chamber (24); a train of permanent magnets (32) slidably arranged in the auxiliary conduit (30) so as to reciprocally move along the auxiliary conduit (30), dragged by the working fluid flowing between the first and second working chambers (22, 24) through the auxiliary conduit (30) as a result of the reciprocating motion of the piston (14) in the cylinder (12); and electric energy generating means (36, 36a, 36b; 72, 74, 76, 78) for generating electric energy by exploiting the movement of the train of permanent magnets (32) along the auxiliary conduit (30)
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