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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
Evaluation empirique de l\u27acceptabilité sociale du compteur communication dans le contexte de la Martinique
No full textCette communication, proposé par Nicolas Lamic, Maître de Conférences en Sciences de l\u27Education à l\u27Université des Antilles, a pour objet la présentation d\u27une démarche d\u27évaluation empirique (Tricot et al, 2003) d\u27un test d\u27implantation de compteurs électriques communicants auprès d\u27un échantillon de foyers martiniquais sélectionnés dans le cadre d\u27une recherche expérimentale menée dans l\u27optique d\u27un déploiement ultérieur de cette nouvelle technologie sur l\u27ensemble du territoire de la Martinique. La recherche, toujours en cours, s\u27organise sur deux phases. La première correspond à l\u27étape concomitante à l\u27installation du compteur au domicile des personnes sélectionnées pour l\u27expérimentation. Elle vise à étudier les conditions d\u27acceptabilité du compteur communicant. La deuxième phase quant à elle s\u27intéresse à l\u27acceptation du compteur et du portail sur lequel les consommateurs peuvent visionner leurs consommations, suivre des objectifs et recevoir des conseils
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
Evaluation empirique de l'acceptabilité sociale du compteur communicant dans le contexte de la Martinique
No full textInternational audienceCette proposition de communication a pour objet la présentation d'une démarche d'évaluation empirique (Tricot et al, 2003) d'un test d'implantation de compteurs électriques communicants auprès d'un échantillon de foyers martiniquais. Ces clients ont été sélectionnés dans le cadre d'une recherche expérimentale menée dans l'optique d'un déploiement ultérieur de cette nouvelle technologie sur l'ensemble du territoire de la Martinique. La recherche, toujours en cours, s'organise sur deux phases. La première correspond à l'étape concomitante à l'installation du compteur au domicile des personnes sélectionnées pour l'expérimentation. Elle vise à étudier les conditions d'acceptabilité du compteur communicant. La deuxième phase quant à elle s'intéresse à l'acceptation du compteur et du portail sur lequel les consommateurs peuvent visionner leurs consommations, suivre des objectifs et recevoir des conseils
Une intervention psychosociologique dans le contexte de la Martinique : le rôle clef du dispositif
No full textInternational audienceThis article tries to show how any action of change in Martinique and Guadelupian enterprises collides in resistances provoked by the racial structures and cleavages profoundly anchored in the culture, inherited from colonialism and slavery. They condition within the enterprise the identities, the hierarchical relationships, the modes of division of labour and individual and collective behaviours. In this difficult situation, the consultant is questioned in his personal and professional identity. To be able to maintain nevertheless the position of third party, he should lean on values and convictions of ethical order, but also on robust theoretical bases (theory of the intervention, analyses of the Martiniquian society and its history).Cet article cherche à montrer comment toute action de changement dans des entreprises martiniquaises et guadeloupéennes se heurte aux résistances provoquées par les structures et les clivages de nature raciale profondément ancrés dans la culture antillaise, hérités du colonialisme et de l’esclavage, qui conditionnent dans l’entreprise les identités, les rapports hiérarchiques, les modes de division du travail, et les conduites individuelles et collectives. Dans cette situation difficile, le consultant est mis en question dans son identité personnelle et professionnelle. Afin de pouvoir maintenir néanmoins la position de tiers requise par la démarche d’intervention psychosociologique, il doit s’appuyer sur des valeurs et des convictions d’ordre éthique, mais aussi sur de solides bases théoriques (théorie de l’intervention, analyses de la société martiniquaise et de son histoire)
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
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