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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
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
Derek Needles interviewed by Colin Hyde, 22 January 2018
No full textDerek Needles (DN) interviewed by Colin Hyde (CH), 22 January 2018. DN describes family background, father worked for British Shoe Corporation (BSC), chauffeur for Charles Clore. Mother worked in grocery store and later Clarkes shoe shop. [00:02:40] Talks about growing up during Second World War. Recalls American Soldiers stationed in Oadby and Wigston, saw them take off for D-day landings. Mentions watching German planes bombing local farms. [00:08:05] Comments on schooling, 40 children in a class, went to Gartree School in Oadby, left aged 15. Mentions became an apprentice plumber, went to college one day a week, later became plumber, enjoyed the work. Recalls National Service was postponed for apprenticeship, started service aged 21. Detailed description of National Service, posted to Royal Lincolnshire Regiment stationed in Lincolnshire barracks, stayed in Nissan hut with 20 other boys, coke stove in middle of hut. Comments on basic training, square bashing, learned to fire guns and throw grenades, room inspections. [00:20:39] Recalls passing out parade, later went to MO centre for vaccinations in preparation to serve abroad. Describes journey through Karachi, Singapore to Malaysia. Talks about jungle training, anecdote about using cigarettes to burn leeches off of body, using water tablets. Mentions was told they were fighting communism in British Malaya, capturing terrorists. Comments on British built camps to capture terrorists, burning villages and moving civilians into camps. Describes duties in National Service, was a storeman, wasn't allowed to communicate with local Malay people. Recalls sending gifts home to family. Mentions returned to Malaysia with wife later in life. Spent two years in National Service, spent relief period in Penang. Recalls fellow Serviceman contracted malaria, Servicemen often had heat rash, had to be careful of snakes, mentions wildlife observed. [00:46:29] Talks about Malaysian Independence, describes transition as quiet, recalls celebrating Christmas in Malaysia. Comments on discipline, regimental marches, was asked to stay longer in Malaysia but declined. Describes journey home, went by plane and got home earlier than rest of regiment, returned to plumbing job. Lists places stationed in Malaya. [01:03:03] Mentions later joined Veterans Association for Borneo and Malaya Veterans, met at Ex-Servicemen's Club. Story about meeting Prince Charles and Camilla at opening of Arboretum and at Sandringham Flower Show. [00:00] Suggests few British people knew of conflicts happening in Southeast Asia when he returned from National Service, wasn't allowed to wear National Service Medals. [03:47] DN talks through photos taken in Malaya. [05:18] Comments on housing estates built after the war by Jelson Homes, mentions encounters with Tom Wheatcroft. [09:18] Married in 1958, took mortgage through insurance company. Suggests working class people could begin to afford to buy houses, wages higher and housing affordable, more estates being built. [18:24] Talks about father and job as chauffeur for Charles Clore. Comments on changes witnessed in plumbing trade, copper pipe used instead of lead pipe. [24:13] Comments on precautions taken to avoid lead poisoning whilst plumbing, would hold sandwiches with piece of newspaper to avoid ingesting lead, few health and safety precautions. Recalls decrease in industry in Leicester during 1960s. [27:40] Describes social life as teenager during 1950s, attended Church Youth Club in Oadby, bell ringing once a week, dances at youth club in Oadby Church Hall on Saturday nights, had to attend church once a month. Mentions went cycling often. [32:32] Talks about health care, families would pay money weekly to Doctor before NHS. Final reflections on National Service, camaraderie amongst servicemen.File replaced with redacted file on 23.01.2024 by Colin Hyde
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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