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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
The diffusion of environmental innovations: a geographical perspective on lead markets and technology licensing in China
Full text linkThe consequences of the climate crisis for life on earth are already severe. In addition, the planet is facing a multitude of other negative environmental impacts of human activity, including the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of resources and environmental pollution, to name but a few. In response to these great challenges, there has been extensive research over the last few years directed towards the development of environmentally friendly technologies. These so-called green technologies or environmental innovations include, among other things, renewable energy technologies, energy-efficiency technologies and waste management technologies. In order to tackle the climate crisis and environmental damage, however, it is not sufficient simply to invent green technologies; they must also be used and diffused globally.
In this dissertation, I shed light on the diffusion of environmental innovations from a spatial perspective, i.e. the process from invention to adoption and the geography thereof. My research focuses on diffusion processes taking place in China, which is a particularly important case. The pace of China's sustainability transition will have a decisive impact on global futures given its current environmentally adverse modes of production and consumption. At the same time, China ranks as the largest market for green technologies and leads the technological frontier in many domains. From an economic geography point of view, many Chinese regions therefore enjoy great prospects for green regional path development, which might lead to a win-win situation for the environment and the local economy.
Against this background, I analyze the diffusion of environmental innovations in Chinese regions using a regional case study and quantitative analyses of patent licensing data. Drawing on the case study, I develop a conceptual framework that provides a rationale for the spatial diffusion of environmental innovations: the regional lead market framework. The quantitative analyses provide statistical evidence for how spatial patterns of green technology diffusion might evolve into lead market structures. The findings reveal, inter alia, that geographic proximity between innovators and adopters not only increases the likelihood of innovation diffusion processes, but also their speed. The results of this dissertation yield important lessons for regional eco-innovation policy.Die Klimakrise hat gravierende Folgen für das Leben auf der Erde. Darüber hinaus ist der Planet mit einer Vielzahl weiterer negativer Umweltauswirkungen menschlichen Handelns konfrontiert, darunter der Verlust der Biodiversität, die Erschöpfung von Ressourcen sowie Umweltverschmutzungen, um nur einige zu nennen. Als Reaktion auf diese Herausforderungen wurde in den letzten Jahren umfangreich an umweltfreundlichen Technologien geforscht. Zu diesen sogenannten grünen Technologien bzw. Umweltinnovationen gehören beispielsweise regenerative Energiequellen, Energieeffizienztechnologien oder Abfallbehandlungstechnologien. Um der Klimakrise und Umweltschäden entgegenzuwirken, reicht es jedoch nicht aus, grüne Technologien zu entwickeln, sondern sie müssen auch weltweit eingesetzt werden und diffundieren.
In dieser Dissertation untersuche ich die Diffusion von Umweltinnovationen aus räumlicher Perspektive, d.h. ich analysiere den Prozess von der Erfindung bis zur Anwendung von grünen Technologien sowie die Geographien dessen. Meine Forschung konzentriert sich auf Diffusionsprozesse in China, da China aufgrund der gegenwärtigen umweltschädlichen Produktions- und Konsumweisen eine kritische Rolle für die globale Nachhaltigkeitstransition spielt. China ist gleichzeitig auch wichtigster Markt für grüne Technologien und in vielen umweltrelevanten Bereichen technologisch führend. Aus wirtschaftsgeographischer Perspektive bieten sich daher für viele chinesische Regionen vielversprechende Chancen für eine grüne Regionalentwicklung, die positive Effekte sowohl für die Umwelt als auch für die lokale Wirtschaft und Bevölkerung miteinander vereinbart.
Vor diesem Hintergrund analysiere ich die Diffusion von Umweltinnovationen in chinesischen Regionen anhand von einer regionalen Fallstudie und quantitativen Analysen von Technologielizenzen zu grünen Patenten. Auf Basis der Fallstudie erarbeite ich das Konzept der Regionalen Leitmärkte, das eine Begründung für die räumliche Verbreitung von Umweltinnovationen liefert. Die quantitativen Analysen präsentieren statistische Hinweise dafür, wie sich räumliche Diffusionsmuster grüner Technologien zu Leitmarktstrukturen entwickeln können. Die Ergebnisse zeigen unter anderem, dass die räumliche Nähe zwischen Innovatoren und Anwendern nicht nur die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Innovationsdiffusionsprozessen erhöht, sondern auch deren Geschwindigkeit. Die Ergebnisse dieser Dissertation liefern wichtige Erkenntnisse für die regionale Umweltinnovationspolitik
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
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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