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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
A Theoretical Investigation of Flow Topologies in Bubble- and Droplet-Affected Flows
No full textA local flow topology analysis was conducted for laminar particle-affected flows. Based on the invariants of the velocity gradient tensor, all possible flow structures can be categorized into two focal and two nodal topologies for incompressible flows. The underlying field descriptions for bubble- and droplet-affected flows in the creeping flow regime were determined analytically for two different boundary conditions. A nodal-to-focal-to-nodal transition can be observed in both phases and the focal topologies are predominant in the interior phase. It was also found that the topology distribution in the interior phase is independent of the dynamic viscosity ratio and the boundary conditions, which is not the case in the exterior phase. The focal region in the exterior phase extends to infinity for the far-field boundary condition, whereas it is bounded to a tire-like zone attached to the bubble or droplet for the near-field boundary condition. Furthermore, the existence of a narrow band of intermediate nodal topologies was demonstrated analytically, which raises the question on the origin of this behavior. To complement the findings about the flow topology classification, the strengths of the underlying vorticity and invariant fields are discussed, including their dependency on the considered phase and boundary condition
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
Scotland's 'generation rent'
No full textIn recent decades, more young people in Scotland have come to rely on the private rental sector due to barriers in accessing social housing and homeownership. Stricter requirements for social housing and economic pressures like austerity and the global financial crisis have reduced alternatives. As a result, many young people today can only choose between staying in the family home or renting privately, which is linked to higher housing instability, greater mental and physical health risks, and delayed family formation.This research uses Scottish Household Survey data from 1999/2000 to 2022, stratified by household type, local authority, and relative deprivation measures, to identify those young households (under 45 years old) most exposed to the private rental sector. The findings show that young urban households without children are most likely to live in the private rented sector, with widening inequalities between the most and least deprived areas. The study highlights the need for more affordable housing and tighter private rental sector regulation, aligning with the Scottish Government’s ‘Housing to 2040’ and ‘Population Strategy’ which recognise the role of safe, good quality, and affordable housing to support young people’s residential independence and family formation
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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