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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
Personenkennzeichnungen und -beschreibungen in der Audiodeskription von Dokumentarfilmen : eine exemplarische Analyse am Beispiel des Dokumentarfilms trust WHO
Get PDFDie vorliegende Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit Personenkennzeichnungen und -beschreibungen in der Audiodeskription (AD) von Dokumentarfilmen. Da die bestehenden Richtlinien zur AD-Erstellung hauptsächlich für Spielfilme konzipiert wurden, soll untersucht werden, ob diese auf die AD vom bislang weniger beachteten Dokumentarfilm übertragen werden können. Die Forschungsfrage ergibt sich aus zahlreichen Unterschieden der beiden Filmgattungen. Es wurde zunächst die AD des Dokumentarfilms trust WHO (Franck 2017) analysiert, um festzustellen, wie Personenkennzeichnungen und -beschreibungen in ADen von Dokumentarfilmen umgesetzt werden können. In der Analyse wurden verschiedene Strategien zur Personenkennzeichnung sowie differenzierte Beschreibungen der Personen festgestellt. An diese Ergebnisse anknüpfend wurde ein Rezeptionstest mit Personen mit und ohne Sehbehinderung durchgeführt, der das Verständnis des Films und die Adäquatheit der AD überprüfen und gleichzeitig einen Vergleich zwischen der Rezeption des Films und der des Hörfilms ermöglichen sollte. Die Ergebnisse zeigten keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Gruppen. Die AD wurde von den Teilnehmenden mit Sehbehinderung als positiv bewertet. Es konnte festgestellt werden, dass die eingesetzten Strategien zur Personenkennzeichnung für den untersuchten Film geeignet sind. Die Komplexität der Filmgattung mit ihren diversen Unterarten erfordert jedoch, dass die Umsetzung der AD von Dokumentarfilmen weiter untersucht werden muss.This Master’s thesis aims to identify strategies to name and describe characters in audio description (AD) of documentaries. Since existing AD guidelines were mainly designed for feature films, this study examines whether those guidelines can be successfully applied to AD of documentaries. Firstly, the AD of “trust WHO” (Franck 2017) was analysed and relevant strategies to name and describe characters were identified. A test was then carried out in order to assess the consumers’ understanding of the film as well as the adequacy of AD. The test was attended by persons both with and without visual impairments. The results showed no significant differences between the two groups’ reception of the film. Participants with visual impairments rated the AD as positive. Hence, the strategies used to name and describe characters can be evaluated as suitable for “trust WHO”. However, given the complexity of the film genre under investigation, the application of existing AD guidelines to documentaries requires further research
Naming and describing characters in audio description of documentary films
No full textThis study is based on my Master’s thesis, which aimed to identify strategies to name and describe characters in audio description (AD) of documentaries. Since existing AD guidelines were mainly designed for feature films (Jekat and Oláh 2016: 76), my thesis examined whether those guidelines can be successfully applied to AD of documentaries. Firstly, the AD of trust WHO (Franck 2017) was analysed and strategies to name and describe characters were identified. A test was then carried out in order to assess the consumers’ understanding of the film as well as the adequacy of AD. The test was attended by persons both with and without visual impairments. The results showed no significant differences between the two groups’ reception of the film. Participants with visual impairments rated the AD as positive. Hence, the strategies used to name and describe characters can be evaluated as suitable for trust WHO. However, given the complexity of the film genre under investigation, the application of existing AD guidelines to documentaries requires further research
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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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