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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

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    We 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

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    Sustainable supply logistics and inventory management : A case study at Axelent AB

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    The purpose of this study is to give an insight to operation and managerial possibilities anddifficulties of sustainable inventory management. The objective is to give a general picture ofwhat is available in terms of economic models as well as the implications from the currentsituation and eventual changes. The study uses an abductive approach with both qualitativeand quantitative data. Quantitative data is composed of current available measurement at thecase company, Axelent AB. While the qualitative is composed of interviews to establish theoperational framework at the case company.The study found that both the common Economic Lot-Scheduling and Economic OrderQuantity models have been successfully proven to be adaptable to include emission. Tomeasure emission's, the GHG Protocol is found to be useful and is recommended. Thoughmonetisation of emission’s are not consecutively required by the models, it is recommendedwith well selected prices. There is a need to establish the effects of a change in operations inorder to avoid negative effects on the everyday operations. The current way of operationwould most likely be changed if emission’s would be introducing into the inventorymanagement models.The study only included the supply where the company was the order trigger, therebyexcluding vendor-controlled inventory. The warehouse that was studied is in a shared buildingwith production. There were two components taken as examples for calculations

    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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

    Sustainable supply logistics and inventory management : A case study at Axelent AB

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    The purpose of this study is to give an insight to operation and managerial possibilities anddifficulties of sustainable inventory management. The objective is to give a general picture ofwhat is available in terms of economic models as well as the implications from the currentsituation and eventual changes. The study uses an abductive approach with both qualitativeand quantitative data. Quantitative data is composed of current available measurement at thecase company, Axelent AB. While the qualitative is composed of interviews to establish theoperational framework at the case company.The study found that both the common Economic Lot-Scheduling and Economic OrderQuantity models have been successfully proven to be adaptable to include emission. Tomeasure emission's, the GHG Protocol is found to be useful and is recommended. Thoughmonetisation of emission’s are not consecutively required by the models, it is recommendedwith well selected prices. There is a need to establish the effects of a change in operations inorder to avoid negative effects on the everyday operations. The current way of operationwould most likely be changed if emission’s would be introducing into the inventorymanagement models.The study only included the supply where the company was the order trigger, therebyexcluding vendor-controlled inventory. The warehouse that was studied is in a shared buildingwith production. There were two components taken as examples for calculations
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