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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
SPACE-TIME STRUCTURE OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION IN EUROPE OVER THE LAST CENTURY: A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE
No full textWe analyze over a century of continuous rainfall data available from the ECA&D archive for spatio-temporal trends in extreme precipitation. The database includes 267 stations with records longer than 100 years. For each station, we identify daily rainfall events in the winter 6 months (Oct-Mar) that exceed the 90th and 95th percentile of daily rainfall. An annual time series of the frequency of such events is created, as well as an annual time series of the total precipitation above the threshold in these events. Space and time analyses of the variation of the frequency and intensity time series are then pursued using both multivariate time and frequency domain methods and principal component analysis (PCA). The key trends and organized spectral modes identified are related to potential anthropogenic change and to well established climate indices (e.g., NAO, EAWR and SL). The analysis shows that there is compelling evidence for statistically significant trends for increasing frequency and intensity of exceedance of daily rainfall extremes in the Oct-Mar season over North and Western Europe, where the highest station density is located. From a Principal Component Analysis and from a MTM-SVD analysis, these trends are seen to be spatially coherent. Furthermore, the influence of NAO and ENSO is seen through the significance of the frequency spectra of the associated climate indices and the leading PC of each series analyzed. The ENSO connection is prominent at a frequency of ∼ 0.2 cycles/year, and for NAO at a frequency of ∼ 0.15 cycles/year
Space-time structure of extreme precipitation in Europe over the last century: a climate perspective
No full textHistorical observations show a significant change of globe temperature distribution as
a consequence of global warming. In the midlatitude , and specifically in Europe, annual
and seasonal changes of the midlatitude climate driving variables as EPG ( equator
pole gradient) and OLC ( ocean land contrast ) were recorded, show significant
trends, as shown in fig.1 and 2 .
As a consequence of these changes a spatio-temporal trends in extreme precipitation
in Europe is expected.
We analyze over a century of continuous rainfall data available from the ECA&D archive
for spatio-temporal trends in extreme precipitation.
The data base includes 515 stations with records longer than 100 years. For each station,
we identify daily rainfall events in the winter 6 months (Oct-Mar) that exceed
the 99th percentile of daily rainfall. An annual time series of the frequency of such
events is created, as well as an annual time series of the average daily rainfall in these
events. Space and time analyses of the variation of the frequency and intensity time
series are then pursued using multivariate time and frequency domain (multi-taper
method) methods.
The key trends and organized spectral modes identified can be related to potential
anthropogenic change and to well established climate indices (e.g., NAO, EAWR and
SL). The simultaneous analysis of monotonic trends over the secular period and quasi
-oscillatory phenomena is informative as to the attribution of changes in extreme precipitation
over the region
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
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