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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
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
Toxicity of monoterpenes against larvae and adults of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae)
No full textIn the present study, 30 pure monoterpenes were tested for their toxicity against first, second and third instars larvae and adults of Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotatsa decemlineata Say). The majority of tested compounds were found to be toxic to the larvae and the adults, however variable degree of toxicity with a range of 20-100% mortality. In general, monoterpene hydrocarbons exhibited high toxicity as compared with oxygenated monoterpenes. Among the tested monoterpene hydrocarbons, beta-pinene, gamma-terpinene, 3-carene as well as myrcene showed strong toxicity against all instars larvae. On the other hand, 1,8-cineole, fenchone, linalool and terpinen-4-ol were more toxic against the larvae as compared with the toxicities of other oxygenated monoterpenes. Borneol, fenchol, geranyl acetate, menthol, nerol acetate and a-terpineol showed weak toxicity against the larvae, whereas no significant toxicity was observed for isomenthol against the larvae. Some tested compounds showed different toxicities against both adults and larvae. For instance. menthone was more toxic against the adults than the larvae. Likewise, monoterpene hydrocarbons showed the higher toxicity against the adults than oxygenated monoterpenes. Limonene, alpha-pinene and beta-pinene caused 100% mortality against the adults at two doses after 24h of exposure. Among the tested oxygenated monoterpenes, 1,8-cineole, fenchone and menthone were much more effective against the adults. The present results indicated that 1,8-cineole, fenchone, beta-pinene and gamma-terpinene can be used as potential control agents against both the larvae and adults of Colorado potato beetle. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All riehts reserved
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Toxicities of different essential oils to Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) adults
No full textWOS: 000518568900004In this study, the toxicities of plant essential oils of Artemisia absinthium L., Seriphidium santonicum (L.) Sojak, Seriphidium spicigerum (K. Koch) Poljakov and Achillea santolinoides Lag. (Asteraceae) to two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 (Atari: Tetranychidae) and bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) adults at 10, 15 and 20 mu L/Petri dish were investigated. Tests (contact effect for T. urticae and fumigant effect for A. obtectus) were conducted at 26 +/- 1 degrees C, 70 +/- 5% RH and 16:8 h L:D photoperiod. Mortality varied depending on plant essential oil. While the mortalities were recorded between 23 and 100% for T. urticae, they were between 45 and 100% for A. obtectus. After 72 h, when LD50 and LC50 values are taken into consideration, the most toxic plant essential oil was A. santolinoides (7.8 mu L/mite for LD50) oil for T. urticae. The most toxic plant essential oil after 72 h was A. santolinoides (0.001 mu L/insect) oil on A. obtectus adults. These results showed that the plant essential oils derived from A. absinthium, S. santonicum, S. spicigerum and A. santolinoides may be among one of the most promising alternative methods to control T. urticae and A. obtectus adults
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