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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
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
A room of one's own : A study on activites for women in public libraries
No full text Syftet med den här studien är att genom kvalitativa intervjuer undersöka olika resonemang för att organisera aktiviteter som riktar sig specifikt till kvinnor vid folkbibliotek. De senaste åren har svenska folkbibliotek beskrivits som demokratins pelare och en av de sista platserna i det svenska samhället som är öppen för alla. Samtidigt har det förts debatter i feministiska utrymmen och i media kring kvinnoseparatismens begränsningar och hur praktiken är odemokratisk. Trots detta har ett flertal folkbibliotek i Stockholmsregionen både idag och tidigare anordnat aktiviteter som riktar sig specifikt till kvinnor.Studiens empiriska material har samlats in genom fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer. Två av intervjuerna med bibliotekarier som varit eller är ansvariga för aktiviteter för kvinnor på sina arbetsplatser och två med samarbetspartners som ansvarar för aktiviteter för kvinnor vid folkbibliotek. Empirins data tematiserades först och analyserades sedan genom Antonio Gramsci och Henry Girouxs kritiska teorier som anpassades för att kunna appliceras på maktrelationen mellan män och kvinnor. Analysen fokuserade på Gramscis teorier om mothegemoni, ställningskrig och organiskt intellektuella och Girouxs gränspedagogik och transformativa lärande. Studien visar att det finns en viss spänning mellan kvinnoseparatism på folkbibliotek och tanken om biblioteken som en tredje plats för alla, men att respondenterna ser deras aktiviteter som ett komplement till folkbibliotekens demokratiska uppdrag. Aktiviteterna kan även ses som en del av ett mothegemoniskt arbete inom den feministiska rörelsen eftersom de skapar rum där kvinnor kan delta i ett transformativt lärande som kan ge dem verktygen för att krossa patriarkatet, dock är det inte tydligt huruvida kvinnorna som deltar på aktiviteterna sedan går vidare för att överskrida samhällets gränser eller kritiserar den manliga hegemonin. Slutsatsen blir därmed att kvinnorummen på folkbibliotek är alltså enbart en utgångspunkt för mothegemonisk aktivitet inom könsmaktsordningen och inte en emancipatorisk praktik. The aim of this qualitative interview study is to examine the reasoning of organizing activities at public libraries specifically for women. In recent years the Swedish public libraries have increasingly been spoken of as pillars of democracy and one of the last open places in society. At the same time discussions on the limitations of women’s separatism and how the practice inherently is undemocratic have been had both in feminist circles and in the Swedish media. Despite this several public libraries in the Stockholm area previously or currently have activities specifically for women.The empirical material of this study was collected through four semi structured interviews. Two with librarians that are responsible for activities for women at their workplace and two with collaborators that are responsible for activities for women together with public libraries. The data from the interviews was initially processed thematically and then analyzed using the critical theories of Antonio Gramsci and Henry Giroux with a focus on Gramsci’s theory of counter-hegemony, war of position and organic intellectuals and Girouxs border pedagogy and transformative learning. The key findings of this study are that while there exists a tension between women’s separatist spaces in public libraries and the idea of the public library as a thirds space for all, the data suggests that those responsible for the activities do not see the tension as a problem and rather describe the separatist spaces as a part of the public libraries work with democracy and participation. The activities can also be viewed as part of a counter-hegemonic movement within feminism as they create space for women to take part in transformative learning that will give them the tools that they need to overthrow the patriarchy, however it is not clear whether the women that participate in the activities go on to participate in any form of border crossing or critique of the male hegemony. The conclusion of the study is that women’s spaces at public libraries are only a starting point for counter-hegemonic activity within the patriarchy and not an emancipatory practice on its own
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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