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E. Alexis Preyre, The Freedom of doubt. Trad. du français par l'auteur
No full textMc Mullin Ernan. E. Alexis Preyre, The Freedom of doubt. Trad. du français par l'auteur. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Troisième série, tome 52, n°34, 1954. pp. 335-336
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Dasymys robertsii Mullin, P. J. Taylor & Pillay 2004
No full text452. Roberts’s Shaggy Rat Dasymys robertsii French: Dasymys de Roberts / German: Robert-\Wollhaarratte / Spanish: Rata peluda de Robert Other common names: Roberts's Dasymys Taxonomy. Dasymys robertsii Mullin, P. J. Taylor & Pillay, 2004, Klipfontein, Wa-terberg Mts, 1091 m, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Dasymys robertsii is distinguished from D. incomtus (sensu stricto) by allozyme, chromosomal and craniometric characters. Monotypic. Distribution. NE Zimbabwe, extreme E Botswana, and NE South Africa. Descriptive notes. Head-body 149 mm, tail 128 mm, ear 20 mm, hindfoot 32 mm; weight 90 g. Like all Dasymys, Roberts’s Shaggy Rat has soft, shaggy, long-haired fur that is reddish brown in color dorsally and dull gray ventrally. Head is broad, with short muzzle, vibrissae long, and ears rounded and well furred on inside. Tail is of medium length (86% of head-body length), heavily scaled, sparsely haired, and darker above than below. Habitat. Swampy areas in wetlands. Food and Feeding. Roberts’s Shaggy Rat is primarily herbivorous, feeding mostly on aquatic and terrestrial plants, but to a lesser extent also on insects. Breeding. Breeding season ofRoberts’s Shaggy Rat in Zimbabwe is in warm wet months of August—-March. Activity patterns. Roberts’s Shaggy Rats are predominantly crepuscular and diurnal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Classified as vulnerable regionally (South Africa). Bibliography. Child et al. (2016), Monadjem et al. (2015), Mullin, Pillay & Taylor (2005), Mullin, Pillay, Taylor & Campbell (2002), Smithers (1975).Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 763, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.688726
Rules, Communication and Collusion: Narrative Evidence from the Sugar Institute Case
No full textDetailed notes on weekly meetings of the sugar refining cartel show how communication helps firms collude, and so highlight the deficiencies in the current formal theory of collusion. The Sugar Institute did not fix prices or output. Prices were increased by homogenizing business practices to make price cutting more transparent. Meetings were used to interpret and adapt the agreement, coordinate on jointly profitable actions, ensure unilateral actions were not misconstrued as cheating, and determine whether cheating had occurred. In contrast to established theories, cheating did occur, but sparked only limited retaliation, partly due to the contractual relations with selling agents.
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
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