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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
Future planning of EU security research - a contribution to the discussion
No full textS.251-256Based on an analysis of current procedures in security and defence research planning we developed a conceptual approach for a future methodology for security research planning at EU level. We investigated the planning models of the EU Framework Programme Security Research (European Security Research Advisory Board - ESRAB), the European Defence Agency's (EDA) Capability Development Plan (CDP) and its European Defence Research & Technology (EDRT) Strategy, taking into account recent activities within the EU Civilian Headline Goal (CHG), as well as the Unites States' Department of Homeland Security approach in order to extract commonalities and differences. By comparing these approaches with the current modus operandi in security research planning at EU level (i.e. ESRIF, the European Security Research & Innovation Forum) we identified some potential for refinements of the current methodology with respect to "capability-based planning" - already invented by ESRAB - and "performance-based management", i.e. enabling the evaluation of EU security capabilities and respective security research planning with respect to the realisation/ implementation of predefined performance goals for the security architecture. Bearing in mind that the realities of EU security research planning (at the moment) do not allow for an optimum, "truly" demand-driven planning solution, we present a pragmatic approach to develop a framework for a capability-based planning on EU level and possibly, e.g. as a reference, also for national security research, potentially contributing to a harmonisation of security application requirements at EU and Member State level
ESRIF - European Security Research and Innovation Forum: Strategic Research Planning on European Level
No full textS.43-45The European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF), established by the European Commission in 2007, shall advise the Commission on how to further shape the 7th framework programme and on the elaboration of a long-term strategic security research agenda. Fraunhofer INT supports, beside being active in other working groups, the German chairman of ESRIF WG 4 "crisis management". The main tasks of ESRIF for developing a long-term research agenda are (i) to improve the dialogue between all stakeholders in the area of innovation and security research, (ii) to foster innovative ideas and to improve the global competitiveness of European industries and, (iii) to analyse the future need for security capabilities taking into account current and already foreseeable future threats. Our interests in this regard are related to a more detailed consideration and analysis of potential similarities and synergies between strategic security research planning and the respective procedural methods in the defence sector. Transferring different perspectives between both sectors goes along with the proceeding convergence of security and defence research at European level
ESRIF - European Security Research and Innovation Forum: Strategische Forschungsplanung auf europäischer Ebene
No full textS.43-45Das European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) wurde im Jahr 2007 durch die EU-Kommission eingerichtet und soll diese bis Ende 2009 bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung des 7. Forschungsrahmenprogramms sowie bei der Ausgestaltung einer langfristigen, strategischen Forschungsagenda beraten. Das Fraunhofer INT ist in mehrere ESRIF-Arbeitsgruppen aktiv eingebunden, vor allem aber unterstützt es den deutschen Arbeitsgruppenleiter der Arbeitgruppe 4 "Krisenmanagement". Die Aufgaben von ESRIF bei der Erarbeitung von langfristigen Forschungsempfehlungen liegen hauptsächlich (a) in der Förderung des Dialogs zwischen den verschiedenen Interessensgruppen im Bereich von Innovation und Sicherheitsforschung, (b) in der Förderung von innovativen Ideen und globaler Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Europäischen Industrie und (c) in der Analyse des zukünftigen Bedarfs an Sicherheitsfähigkeiten unter der Berücksichtigung aktueller und bereits absehbarer, zukünftiger Bedrohungen. Das Interesse des Fraunhofer INT liegt in diesem Zusammenhang vor allem in einer genaueren Betrachtung möglicher Ähnlichkeiten und potentieller Synergieeffekte im Hinblick auf die strategische Planung in der Verteidigungsforschung. Die Übertragung der Arbeitsansätze von einem Bereich in den jeweils anderen geschieht in dem Bewusstsein, dass Verteidigungs- und zivile Sicherheitsforschung auf europäischer Ebene langfristig weiter konvergieren werden
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
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