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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
Organisation de nanoparticules dans des phases ordonnées de copolymères diblocs amphiphiles
No full text212 pagesPoly(styrene)-block-poly(acrylic acid) diblock copolymers present a microphase separation and self-organize in a spherical, an hexagonal and a lamellar phase in a solide state. These nanostructures swell selectively in water and keep their long range order: water invades the PAA shells, but not the hydrophobic and glassy PS-cores. The period of the dispersed ordered hexagonal and lamellar phases then depends on the PAA ionization degree, controlled via the pH. The swelling in water of the structures is investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM). These properties of controlled swelling are used in the preparation of ordered nanocomposites of copolymersand mineral nanoparticles. This approach consists in a selective incorporation of the nanoparticles in the ordered PAA microdomains using water as medium. Using a simple model of polyelectrolyte brushes, we estimate the balance between the interaction and the confinement effects in the incorporation of nanoparticles depending on the parameters (pH, morphology, particle size). We experimentally confirm these results on composites containing silica and cerium oxide nanoparticles through the structural analysis of the dispersed hybrid systems as well as the final nanocomposites obtained after drying. We especially obtain well ordered lamellar structures containing up to 12% by volume of oxide nanoparticles. Such nanocomposites are promising for applications in functionnal materials.Les copolymères diblocs poly(styrène)-b-poly(acide acrylique) présentent une microséparation de phase et s'ordonnent en phase sphérique, hexagonale ou lamellaire dans leur état solide. Dans l'eau, ces nanostructures gonflent sélectivement en conservant leur ordre à grande distance car l'eau pénètre dans les domaines de PAA sans affecter les coeurs de PS, hydrophobes et vitreux. La période des phases lamellaires et hexagonales dispersées dépend alors du degré d'ionisation des brosses de PAA, contrôlable via le pH. Le gonflement de ces structures est étudié par diffusion des rayons X aux petits angles (DXPA) et par cryofracture et microscopie électronique à transmission (FF-TEM). Nous utilisons ces propriétés de gonflement contrôlé pour préparer des nanocomposites ordonnés de copolymères et de nanoparticules minérales. Cette approche consiste en une incorporation sélective des nanoparticules dans les domaines de PAA des phases ordonnées en utilisant l'eau comme vecteur. Un modèle simple nous permet d'estimer l'équilibre des effets d'interactions et de confinement lors de l'incorporation des nanoparticules en fonction des paramètres (pH, morphologie, taille des particules). Nous vérifions expérimentalement ces résultats en utilisant des nanoparticules de silice et d'oxyde de cérium et par des analyses effectuées en DXPA et en FF-TEM sur la structure interne des systèmes hybrides dispersés ainsi que sur les nanocomposites finaux obtenus après séchage. Nous obtenons en particulier des structures lamellaires contenant jusqu'à 12% en volume de nanoparticules d'oxyde bien ordonnées. De tels composites sont prometteurs pour des applications en matériaux fonctionnels
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
Organisation de nanoparticules dans des phases ordonnées de copolymères diblocs amphiphiles
No full textLes copolymères diblocs poly(styrène)-b-poly(acide acrylique) présentent une microséparation de phase et s'ordonnent en phase sphérique, hexagonale ou lamellaire dans leur état solide. Dans l'eau, ces nanostructures gonflent sélectivement en conservant leur ordre à grande distance car l'eau pénètre dans les domaines de PAA sans affecter les coeurs de PS, hydrophobes et vitreux. La période des phases lamellaires et hexagonales dispersées dépend alors du degré d'ionisation des brosses de PAA, contrôlable via le pH. Le gonflement de ces structures est étudié par diffusion des rayons X aux petits angles (DXPA) et par cryofracture et microscopie électronique à transmission (FF-TEM). Nous utilisons ces propriétés de gonflement contrôlé pour préparer des nanocomposites ordonnés de copolymères et de nanoparticules minérales. Cette approche consiste en une incorporation sélective des nanoparticules dans les domaines de PAA des phases ordonnées en utilisant l'eau comme vecteur. Un modèle simple nous permet d'estimer l'équilibre des effets d'interactions et de confinement lors de l'incorporation des nanoparticules en fonction des paramètres (pH, morphologie, taille des particules). Nous vérifions expérimentalement ces résultats en utilisant des nanoparticules de silice et d'oxyde de cérium et par des analyses effectuées en DXPA et en FF-TEM sur la structure interne des systèmes hybrides dispersés ainsi que sur les nanocomposites finaux obtenus après séchage. Nous obtenons en particulier des structures lamellaires contenant jusqu'à 12% en volume de nanoparticules d'oxyde bien ordonnées. De tels composites sont prometteurs pour des applications en matériaux fonctionnels.Poly(styrene)-block-poly(acrylic acid) diblock copolymers present a microphase separation and self-organize in a spherical, an hexagonal and a lamellar phase in a solide state. These nanostructures swell selectively in water and keep their long range order: water invades the PAA shells, but not the hydrophobic and glassy PS-cores. The period of the dispersed ordered hexagonal and lamellar phases then depends on the PAA ionization degree, controlled via the pH. The swelling in water of the structures is investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM). These properties of controlled swelling are used in the preparation of ordered nanocomposites of copolymersand mineral nanoparticles. This approach consists in a selective incorporation of the nanoparticles in the ordered PAA microdomains using water as medium. Using a simple model of polyelectrolyte brushes, we estimate the balance between the interaction and the confinement effects in the incorporation of nanoparticles depending on the parameters (pH, morphology, particle size). We experimentally confirm these results on composites containing silica and cerium oxide nanoparticles through the structural analysis of the dispersed hybrid systems as well as the final nanocomposites obtained after drying. We especially obtain well ordered lamellar structures containing up to 12% by volume of oxide nanoparticles. Such nanocomposites are promising for applications in functionnal materials
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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