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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
Marine fish, local ecological knowledge, and the species at risk act in Canada: lessons from the case study of three species of wolffish
No full textIn the last decade there has been an increased focus on assessing the at risk status of species on a local, national, and global scale. In Canada legislation to assess and protect species at risk comes in the form of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Three species of wolffish, the Atlantic (Anarhichas lupus), Spotted (A. minor), and Northern (A. denticulatus), have the distinction of being the only fully marine Atlantic Canadian fish to be listed under the Act. This listing was based on limited scientific and behavioural data from a relatively short time series of offshore scientific trawl survey data. It is worth exploring the wolffish listing process and outcomes of the listing, different types of knowledge available on stock status, and their relationship, if any, to listing and to recovery strategies. This multi-method study uses an analysis of stock assessment data for the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, on-board observation, semi-structured interviews with Northern Gulf fish harvesters, and a review of existing documents and key informant interviews to understand how wolffish came to be listed and evaluate the degree to which Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) can be used to strengthen species assessments and endangered species legislation. -- All data sources showed that wolffish have always been relatively rare in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Results from LEK interviews and onboard observations detailed harvester knowledge on wolffish life history, abundance, and biogeography. Harvesters reported their observations on the opportunistic nature of wolffish feeding and the seasonal distributional changes of wolffish over the course of their fishing seasons, which corresponded with wolffish reproduction seasons. Though wolffish meet the COSEWIC criteria for Threatened and Special Concern listings, harvesters reported a lack of declining trends in relative catch rates. This was consistent with ECNASAP data for NAFO division 4R. Onboard observations and interviews reported higher annual variability in catch rates than stock assessment averages. Wolffish sizes seen onboard and reported by harvesters indicated adults (>55cm) are predominately being caught in inshore fisheries. Sentinel mobile data shows an A. lupus juvenile:adult ratio of 9.8:1 (n=1940), indicating offshore maturing of juvenile wolffish and a later migration inshore, possibly for reproduction. -- Though the SARA legislation is a pivotal step forward in the protection of species at risk, results from key informant interviews showed that implementation in 2003 resulted in mixed views about the benefits and problems associated with the requirement for consultations and incorporation of stakeholder knowledge into the listing process. There are also concerns that the listing process has become more litigious and more challenging for science. There is some evidence that the wolffish listing process has increased harvester stewardship and engagement and benefitted from their input into safe release of wolffish. Finally, little attention has been paid by any of the stakeholder groups consulted to the potential future delisting of wolffish under SARA, which is arguably the most important goal of species conservation. Without delisting requirements or timelines set up in a species recovery plan it is impossible to establish concrete guidelines for recovery.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-74)
Learning from the oceans’ interconnectedness: matters of writing and publishing in interdisciplinary scholarship
Full text linkAbstract The recurring recognition of the inseparable interconnection between societies and marine environments has led to the desire to move beyond traditional silos of scientific understanding. Integrating discrete disciplines from marine social and natural sciences is increasingly attempted to tackle cross-boundary research challenges. Consequently, much literature focuses on why and how to design and implement interdisciplinary projects. There is surprisingly less attention to the delivery of such projects—how to write and publish their results. Drawing from our writing and publishing experiences within different interdisciplinary projects, we shed light on the challenges we are facing and how to overcome them. We reflect on why good interdisciplinary writing matters and demonstrate the omission of work on writing and publishing in interdisciplinary teams in marine science literature, before we offer guidance towards effective writing relationships. Better understanding diverse writing and publishing traditions is essential in harnessing the full potential of cutting-edge interdisciplinary marine scholarship. Writing from the front lines as a marine social and a marine natural scientist, this paper mixes academic styles: third person narration with first person testimony, to argue that writing challenges need to be openly discussed and to showcase how to work towards successful integration
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
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
Local knowledge of a unique population of Atlantic salmon: implications for community-based management of recreational fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador
No full text[Extract] Recreational fisheries resources have considerable social, cultural, and economic value to the people of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The 1991 Survey of Hunting and Fishing in Canada found that the province has the highest rate of participation in recreational fishing in terms of the proportion of the population who participate (38 per cent) and mean number of days fished per year (17.5 days) of all Canadian provinces (Canadian Wildlife Service, 1993). The total gross economic value of Newfoundland and Labrador's recreational fisheries in 1990 was estimated to be $106.4 million (Buchanan et al., 1994). The primary species exploited recreationally in the province are migratory and non-migratory Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
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