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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Concevoir des systèmes culture élevage à l’échelle des territoires : une méthode adaptative et participative
No full textPrendre en charge les problématiques environnementales qui s’expriment au niveau du paysage et gérer durablement les ressources naturelles implique d’aborder la conception de systèmes techniques agricoles à l’échelle territoriale. Cet article propose une revue des enjeux liés à la conception de systèmes culture-élevage au niveau du territoire en réponse à la spécialisation des exploitations. Une méthode de conception participative est proposée, dans laquelle le dispositif de conception est construit autour des enjeux du territoire et des objectifs des acteurs partenaires. Cette méthode vise à répondre aux trois défis de l’intégration culture – élevage : manipuler différentes échelles emboitées, faciliter les coordinations entre acteurs, et décider en situation d’incertitude et d’incomplétude des connaissances. Elle se structure en six étapes de contextualisation, problématisation, diagnostic, conception, évaluation et mise en discussion de scénarios d’intégration culture – élevage. Deux études de cas, différentes en termes d’échelles et d’objectifs, illustrent la mise en œuvre de cette méthode. L’analyse transversale de ces études de cas montre le caractère générique de la démarche et les adaptations nécessaires. Enfin, nous discutons les implications des choix méthodologiques sur la nature et les performances des systèmes conçus. Cette méthode propose un champ d’exploration singulier dans le design territorial, qui reste limité notamment aux aspects techniques des systèmes de production, plus ou moins spatialisés, mais sans prise en charge des aspects paysagers et des divers écosystèmes dans lesquels ils s’intègrent.To better deal with the environmental issues that occur at the landscape level and promote the sustainable management of natural resources, many agronomists suggest to design technical systems at the territory level, focusing on complementarity between production systems and spatial organization of land use and practices. This article proposes a review of methodological issues related to the design of systems integrating crop and livestock systems at the territory level, as an alternative to farm and regional specialization. A participatory design method is proposed on the basis of the existing literature on territory design, in which (i) the design apparatus is built around the issues of the territory, the objectives of the partner actors; (ii) the designed object evolves and becomes more precise during the interactions with the actors, without any initial prejudice. This method is implemented in two case studies of crop - livestock integration scenario design in South-West France, different in scale and objectives. The transversal analysis of these case studies shows the generic nature of the approach and the necessary adaptations. Finally, we discuss the implications of the methodological choices on the nature and performances of the designed systems, and the consequent changes in the role of the agronomist in the design process
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
Diversité des formes d'échanges entre céréaliers et éleveurs en France : des dynamiques collectives pour l'autonomie en légumineuses
No full textkoamabayili/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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