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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
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.
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Sachbericht zum Verwendungsnachweis; in der Fördermaßnahme: Deutsch-Israelische Wassertechnologie-Kooperation
Get PDFThe main achievement of this research project is the development of a generic integrated Economic Water Simulation (EconWatSim) modelling framework and its application for the case of Israel. The framework consists of two interconnected modules: MYWAS (Multi-Year Water Allocation System), a water-sector optimization module that provides a detailed depiction of topography as well as water supply infrastructure and STAGE_W (STatic Applied General Equilibrium model focussed on Water), a computable general equilibrium model that captures the linkages between the water sector and the broader economy by representing all relevant economic agents such as households, firms, and the government, as well as their interactions on commodity and factor markets.
These modules are linked iteratively through the exchange of outcome variables. Moreover, the framework has been enhanced to represent different water qualities and their corresponding provision costs, a broad range of water management options (including various taxation schemes and cost recovery measures both within and outside the water sector), and strategies for managing non-revenue water (such as leakage, water reserved for nature, and water transferred to neighboring entities).
Two case studies, developed in collaboration with stakeholders from the water sector, demonstrate the framework’s capability. In the first application, the implications of different water pricing schemes on the Israeli economy were examined. The pricing challenge stems from the presence of economies of scale in the water-supply system. Our objective is therefore to set water prices that induce both economic efficiency with respect to water allocation across users and at the same time cover the water-supplying costs. The findings indicate that the current pricing scheme could be improved from an efficiency standpoint. The integrated structure of EconWatSim enables us to show that, due to indirect effects on factor markets and income as well as price changes of consumer goods, the final effects on households’ welfare vary considerably between the pricing policies and between household groups. In a sensitivity analysis, it was shown that the outcomes remain robust even under scenarios with reduced replenishment rates due to climate change and with increased infrastructure development costs.
In the second application, a proposed water-for-energy swap between Jordan and Israel was analysed from the perspective of Israel’s economy. According to the envisaged agreement, Israel would receive about 1,440 GWh of electricity from Jordan in exchange for increasing the water transfers to Jordan to 200 MCM and a payment of 180 million USD on an annual basis. It was found that the agreement would generate macroeconomic benefits for Israel, however, its distributional effects on households’ welfare are strongly influenced by its financing structure.
Overall, the applications of EconWatSim demonstrate the potential of model-integration in allowing to address water policies in a new way. The approach provides complementary perspectives in terms of a detailed and spatial representation of the water sector on the one hand, and an economy-wide perspective on the other hand. EconWatSim allows for an in-depth welfare analysis at the household level, which could not be provided by the single model components alone as MYWAS ignores fixed costs, while STAGE_W overlooks spatial heterogeneity, and the resulting policy ramifications.
The integrated framework enables a more holistic assessment of the impacts of changes in the water sector and supports the design of coherent policies within the water–energy–food nexus, ultimately contributing to a more efficient, sustainable, and integrated management of scarce water resources. The framework, including the extensive databases developed in this project, will be made publicly available such that they can be applied in other contexts and to a much wider set of policy questions
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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