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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
The Effect of Side Chain Functionalization and Formulation of Cashew Nutshell Liquid (CNSL) on the Properties of Thermoset Networks
No full textCardanol which is the main component of the thermally treated cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) is a versatile molecule with a C15 aliphatic side chain connected to a phenyl ring at the -meta position. The dual structure of cardanol which combines a rigid aromatic ring with a flexible and hydrophobic side chain with different degrees of unsaturation makes this molecule a suitable and sustainable candidate to utilize in top coat and primer formulations to improve corrosion performance. However, cardanol lacks reactive polymerizable functional groups on its structure and cardanol-derived networks possesses long dangling chains on their backbone which decrease the network performance regardless of their benefits. Thus, in this dissertation, the effect of cardanol's side chain functionalization on network properties and corrosion performance was explored. The unsaturation sites of the side chain of the mono-epoxy cardanol molecule, cardanol glycidyl ether (CGE), were epoxidized via peroxyacids to achieve secondary epoxies on the side chain and to connect the C15 chain of the cardanol into the polymer network. This side chain epoxidized CGE (SCECGE) epoxy resin was cross-linked with a range of amine curing agents. The lower reactivity of the secondary epoxies towards amines was demonstrated via a number of direct and indirect curing studies and a systematic methodology was developed to assess the extent of cure of secondary epoxies by using cardanol-derived model secondary epoxy. Structural characterization of SCECGE monomer also revealed the reduced reactivity of the terminal double bonds of the aliphatic chain towards epoxidation with respect to inner ones because of their reduced electronegativity. Thus, a useful methodology was developed to effectively epoxide the terminal double bonds of the SCECGE and to make a correlation between the degree of side chain functionalization and the network performance. SCECGE monomer was mixed with a bis-phenol A derived di-epoxy monomer (DGEBA, EPON 828) with changing weight rations and thermally cross-linked with a cycloaliphatic amine (PACM) to demonstrate the effect of side chain cross-linking on the water barrier and corrosion performance. Network properties and the coating performance of the DGEBA/SCECGE blends were evaluated and the results showed that; upon proper functionalization and careful formulation with DGEBA, cardanol based building blocks can meet significant requirements ofthermoset coatings while keeping satisfactory thermal and mechanical resistance for corrosion coating applications. The reactivity issue of the secondary epoxies was addressed via further reacting the epoxy moieties with methacrylic acid to fully react the side chain into the polymer network thus to improve the polymer performance and network properties. Due to the stearic limitations of the secondary epoxies; they are not able to fully react with amine hardeners. Replacing these secondary epoxies with methacrylate units and using the free radical polymerization mechanizm resulted in almost full cross-linking of the side chain in vinyl ester formulations. Finally, a useful hybrid molecule synthesized via the combination of cardanol and fatty acid based building blocks was incorporated with DGEBA-PACM system. This hybrid molecule demonstrated similar toughening effect to epoxidized soybean oil based tougheners while keeping the modulus significantly higher owing to its aromatic content.Ph.D., Chemical Engineering -- Drexel University, 201
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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