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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
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
"Le rôle de la bibliographie dans les dictionnaires biographiques"
No full textInternational audienceThis article sets out to consider the relationship between the bibliography and the biography, focusing on the many biographical dictionaries of the 19th century. Contemporaries may have seen the bibliography as the future of the biography at a time when writers’ lives, devoid of facts, were presented as little more than the sequence of their books. However, the bibliography was also soon disparaged, being too dry for an ever expanding audience. With their intriguing anecdotes, biographies piqued readers’ curiosity and sold well. The article goes on to suggest that contrary to contemporaries’ ideas, the bibliography section of biographical notices – the list of works – is anything but neutral or objective: it is the product of an arrangement that creates the author’s image and literary legitimacy. The discrepancies between notices for a given author in different dictionaries are quite telling in this respect.L’article entend réfléchir aux rapports de la bibliographie et de la biographie, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux nombreux dictionnaires biographiques du xixe siècle. La bibliographie a pu apparaître aux contemporains comme l’avenir de la biographie, à une époque où les vies des écrivains, pauvres en faits, se résument à la succession de leurs publications. Cependant la bibliographie s’est aussi trouvée tôt décriée, trop aride pour un public qui va s’élargissant. Pourvoyeuse d’anecdotes piquantes, la biographie excite la curiosité et fait vendre. L’article suggère alors que contrairement aux idées des contemporains, la partie bibliographique des notices biographiques – la liste des œuvres – n’a rien de neutre ou d’objectif : elle résulte d’un agencement qui construit l’image de l’auteur et sa légitimité littéraire. Les divergences entre notices de dictionnaires différents pour un même auteur sont de ce point de vue révélatrices
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