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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
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
The effects of cold water immersion on medial gastrocnemius muscle architecture and performance post-exhaustive stretch-shortening cycle exercise
No full textCold water immersion (CWI) is a method highly used in the recovery from fatiguing exercise yet its efficacy is debated. It has been proposed that the resultant suppressed inflammation decreases pain and muscle soreness and thus improves performance. However, it has been shown that this long-term inhibition of inflammatory markers reduces adaptations to resistance training. Changes in muscle architecture have been shown after fatiguing exercise, potentially due to the increased inflammation, yet it is not currently known how these architectural parameters respond to different recovery methods, such as CWI. The aim of this study was to investigate how muscle architecture of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) and neuromuscular performance change after exhaustive stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) exercise and what effects a single CWI has on those parameters over 48 hours (48H). Male athletes (n = 11) were randomized into either a passive recovery control group (CON) or CWI. Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and maximal drop jump (DJ) tests were performed pre- and post-exhaustive SSC exercise on a sledge apparatus and again at 24 hours (24H) and 48H. Muscle architecture of MG was measured using ultrasonography at rest and during MVC. Kinetics and kinematics during maximal DJs were determined via two-dimensional motion analysis. MVC was reduced for CON post-exercise but was not significantly different from baseline for either group at 24H or 48H. However, MG fascicle length (FL) during MVC increased for both groups (>10%) at 24H and 48H. For both groups, rebound height from maximal DJ was lower post (~15%) and remained non-significantly reduced at 24H and 48H. Recovery of DJ rebound height performance (e.g. change from post measurements) was significant only for the CWI group. Ankle joint stiffness was lower for both groups post-exercise, with CON gradually recovering and CWI remaining decreased. In summary, exhaustive SSC exercise alters MG architecture, possibly in response to a diminished stretch reflex function. CWI may slightly enhance DJ rebound height at 48H, however it may come at the expense of a less efficient SSC function due to decreased ankle joint stiffness. Thus, after purely SSC exercise-induced fatigue, at 24H and particularly at 48H CWI may aid global performance during a single SSC task but the effects to the mechanisms of performance may not be beneficial for repeated SSC tasks. However, data from other muscles and joints are needed to confirm this.unknown accessibilityei tietoa saavutettavuudest
Semitendinosus structure and function in healthy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed individuals
No full textkoamabayili/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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