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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
The act of eating, the commensality and the NOVA food classification in the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population: contributions of the qualitative research
No full textIntrodução - A segunda edição do Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira ganhou proeminência no cenário nacional e internacional por apresentar algumas de suas recomendações baseadas na classificação NOVA de alimentos bem como no ato de comer e na comensalidade. Objetivo - Compreender o que pensam e fazem adultos brasileiros sobre a recomendação comer com regularidade e atenção, em ambientes apropriados e em companhia e conhecer o que pensam acerca da classificação NOVA. Métodos - Nesse estudo transversal e de natureza qualitativa selecionamos professores, técnicos administrativos e estudantes (n=24) da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, no Brasil. Conduzimos uma entrevista semiestruturada e duas atividades de classificação de alimentos também guiadas por entrevista; na primeira, por meio de técnica de pile sort, os participantes classificaram livremente, em grupos, um conjunto de 24 figuras de alimentos e bebidas (com exemplos dos quatro grupos da NOVA), na segunda, foi proposto que classificassem os mesmos alimentos de acordo com os nomes dos grupos da NOVA, dados a eles em um cartão de papel. Analisamos as entrevistas por análise de conteúdo; os dados da primeira atividade de classificação por escalonamento multidimensional seguidos de análise hierárquica de cluster; e os dados da segunda por escalonamento multidimensional. Resultados - Os participantes apresentaram em média 30 (±9,4) anos de idade. Alguns participantes entendem comer com regularidade como ter horário; e comer com atenção como sem distração, comer devagar e prestar atenção aos sinais do corpo. Outros entendem regularidade como equilíbrio e quantidade adequada; e atenção como observar as características dos alimentos e a quantidade dos alimentos. Em relação ao local apropriado para comer, a maioria o entende como à mesa, lugar agradável, sem interferências e lugar limpo. Em relação à pergunta sobre comer em companhia, o tema bom foi o mais recorrente, mas os temas prefiro sozinho(a) e indiferente também emergiram na análise. A análise da atividade de classificação livre resultou em seis agrupamentos, dos quais dois relacionaram-se a temas contrastantes como comida e bobagens, refeições e alimentos prontos, alimentos saudáveis e alimentos não saudáveis, consumo alimentar e restrição alimentar. A classificação NOVA de alimentos é compreendida pelos participantes em termos de processamento, produção e químicos. Os alimentos do grupo in natura ou minimamente processados e do grupo ultraprocessados foram compreendidos pela maioria dos participantes como pertencentes a tais grupos; já os alimentos do grupo de ingredientes culinários e do grupo de alimentos processados estiveram entre as suas dúvidas em relação à classificação NOVA. Conclusões - Os pensamentos dos participantes sobre o ato de comer e a comensalidade estão refletidos em algumas de suas práticas e vão ao encontro das recomendações do Guia; as suas compreensões acerca da classificação NOVA vão ao encontro do que essa quer comunicar. Esse é o primeiro passo para que o Guia logre êxito em suas recomendações. Esses resultados podem ser usados por pesquisadores brasileiros no sentido de otimizar a comunicação entre as recomendações do Guia e a comunidade-alvo a que se destinam; e por pesquisadores de outros países para aprimorar as recomendações de seus guias alimentares.Introduction - The second edition of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population gained prominence in the national and international media by presenting some of its recommendations based on the NOVA food classification as well as on the act of eating and commensality. Objective - Understand what Brazilian adults think and do about the recommendation eating regularly and carefully, in appropriate environments and in company and know what they think about the classification NOVA. Methods - In this crosssectional qualitative research we selected a sample of teachers, administrative technicians and students (n = 24) from the Federal University of Grande Dourados, Brazil. We conducted a semi-structured interview and two food classification activities also guided by interview. In the first activity, using the pile sort method, the participants were asked to freely classify 24 pictures of food (sourced from examples of the four food groups specified in the NOVA) into food groups meaningful to them; in the second, it was proposed that they classify the same foods according to the names of the groups of the NOVA, given to them on a paper card. We analyzed the interviews by content analysis; the data of the first classification activity by multidimensional scaling followed by cluster hierarchical analysis; and the data of second classification activity by multidimensional scaling. Results - Participants in this study had an average age of 30 years (± 9.4 years). Some participants understand eating regularly as time to eat; and eating carefully as without distraction, eat slowly and pay attention to body signals. Others understand eating regularly as balance and proper quantity; and eating carefully as to observe the characteristics of food and the quantity of food. Most participants understand the appropriate enviroments to eat as eat at the table, enjoyable place, without interference and clean place. Regarding eating in company, the theme good was the most recurring, but the themes I prefer alone and indifferent also emerged in the analysis. The analysis of the free classification activity resulted in six clusters, of which two related to contrasting themes, such as real food and junk foods, meals and ready-made foods, healthy foods and unhealthy foods, consumed foods and restricted foods. The NOVA is understood by the participants in terms of processing, production and chemicals. The foods of the groups in natura or minimally processed and ultraprocessed were understood by the majority of participants as belonging to such groups; already the foods of the groups of culinary ingredients and processed foods were among their doubts regarding the classification NOVA. Conclusions - The participants\' thoughts about \"eating and commensality\" are reflected in some of their practices and conform, with the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines; their understandings of the NOVA classification are in line with what it wants to communicate. These are the first steps for the Dietary Guideline to succeed with its recommendations. These results can be used by Brazilian researchers in order to optimize the communication between the recommendations of the Guide and the target community for which they are intended; and researchers from other countries to improve the recommendations of their food guides
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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