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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
ESSAYS ON CRYPTOCURRENCIES: EXPERIMENTS MEASURING ATTITUDES, USES, AND MECHANISMS
No full textThis work is embargoed by the author and will not be publicly available until May 2026.This dissertation focuses on various aspects of cryptocurrencies, from the individual user’s side to specific mechanism designs. There are three main aspects of cryptocurrency markets that I study, consisting of nonowners, who may be open to using cryptocurrencies in the future; current owners of cryptocurrencies, who use various institutions to achieve profits; and cryptocurrency mechanisms themselves, which provide avenues for users to engage in cryptocurrency transactions. To understand these aspects, I conduct a variety of experiments analyzing individuals’ current perceptions of and willingness to own cryptocurrencies, as well as the mechanisms to trade, hold, and invest in cryptocurrencies.Chapter One, co-authored with Johanna Mollerstrom, examines how different factors impact an individual's willingness to own cryptocurrencies. We analyze this through an online survey experiment with a diverse population and a laboratory experiment with incentivized measures and a smaller sample. We first find that cryptocurrency owners are young males with a high tolerance for risk. Secondly, to understand how a lack of knowledge is a barrier to cryptocurrency use, we provide participants in our survey with varying information treatments concerning cryptocurrencies and evaluate their willingness to own cryptocurrencies after receiving the information. Our results indicate that information conveying the ease of use of cryptocurrencies, or the security features of cryptocurrencies is effective at increasing nonowners’ willingness to own cryptocurrencies. Treatments varying the source of the information, however, show no difference, indicating that participants care more about the content than the source of the information. In our related laboratory experiment, we use the same measures as the survey but conduct an incentivized version, where participants earn bonus rewards in Bitcoin in the form of a paper wallet. We also measure whether receiving a small amount of cryptocurrencies can increase the willingness to own them in the future and find support for this. Chapter Two is a continuation of the laboratory experiment co-authored with Johanna Mollerstrom that looks at cryptocurrency use outside of the willingness to own them. In the laboratory setting, we conduct simple trust and risk games to determine how behavior is affected by the introduction of cryptocurrencies. Individual perceptions of cryptocurrencies can influence their adoption but could also impact actions with the currency once they are owned. We find evidence that participants act differently when interacting with Bitcoin compared to dollars. Participants engage in less risky behavior when playing with Bitcoin and are particularly risk-averse when they receive an initial bonus of cryptocurrencies. This indicates that mechanisms designed for interacting with cryptocurrencies should consider the difference in behavior that individuals have when using cryptocurrency assets instead of money. Chapter Three moves from individual use to the evaluation of a popular cryptocurrency trading mechanism. Co-authored with Kevin McCabe, Aleksander Psurek, and Nalin Bhatt, we conduct agent-based model simulations evaluating the efficiency of Automated Market Makers (AMMs). AMMs are a method of trading cryptocurrencies in a decentralized manner. This work helps us understand the current market and use of AMMs and determine the parameters and conditions that lead to inefficient transactions. Through simulation experiments, we model a decentralized finance system where AMMs provide trading opportunities to individual agents. We specifically analyze arbitrage agents, who are traders that use token price differences in various markets to make trades, earning profits and theoretically equilibrating the prices of cryptocurrencies across markets as they do so. By nature of their incentives, arbitrageurs make no-risk profits, making it an attractive option for cryptocurrency traders. We provide the first analysis of arbitrage agents using simulations and explore how their behavior can influence AMMs’ prices and volatility. We find that AMMs with lower liquidity depths experience large price fluctuations away from tokens’ external market prices, and that AMMs without active arbitrageurs lead to long-standing price misalignment. These results indicate that liquidity, arbitrage activity, and additional features should be considered when using and creating AMMs.2026-05-1
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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