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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
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
Assessments of two-pore channel 2 in the human MDAMB-231 breast cancer cell line: from the aspects of bibliometric, proliferation, apoptosis, and chemosensitivity / Nelofar Sediqi
Get PDFTwo-pore channel 2 (TPC2) is an endolysosomal calcium channel that governs physiological functions in cellular and organism levels such as angiogenesis, pH regulation, and autophagy. Recent findings demonstrated the implication of TPC2signalling in cancer hallmarks and chemoresistance. TPC2 is recognised as a cancer driver and played role in the different cancer-related processes. However, the role ofTPC2 in breast cancer and its ability to modulate the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy remains to be elucidated. Further, although TPC2 research is becoming more popular around the world, no studies using bibliometric methodologies to assess the overall characteristics of TPC2 research have been conducted. Generally, this study was designed to assess TPC2 from two different views; the bibliometrics perspective and the in vitro characterisation. From the bibliometric aspect, this study aimed to find out the global research on TPC2 via bibliometric analysis. The Scopus database, VOSviewer, Harzing's Publish or Perish and Openrefine tools were used for this aim. For the in vitro characterisation, this study intended to determine the roles of TPC2 on the proliferation and apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 cells, an in vitro model of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The functional roles of TPC2 in MDA-MB-231 cells were explored using siRNA-mediated gene silencing. MTS assay was used to evaluate the effect of TPC2 silencing on the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells, and flowcytometry was employed to measure apoptosis. Furthermore, this study designed to elucidate the effect of TPC2 silencing on doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity in MDAMB-231 cells. Prior to doxorubicin treatment, expression of TPC2 in MDA-MB-231cells was silenced. This was followed by an MTS assay to evaluate the effect of TPC2silencing on doxorubicin's cytotoxic activity in MDA-MB-231 cells and Annexin V/PI flow cytometry for apoptosis assay. Moreover, to probe for the mechanisms of apoptosis, the expression of several apoptotic markers namely Bcl2, Tp53, and Bax were evaluated by qPCR. The bibliometric findings indicated that the total publication on TPC2 was increasing in 2021. The United Kingdom (UK) and the University of Oxford were the leading country and institution in TPC2 research. The in vitro results showed that TPC2 suppression did not influence the proliferation and apoptosis ofMDA-MB-231 cells (p>0.05). Likewise, its inhibition did not have any effect on the chemosensitivity of doxorubicin in MDA-MB-231 cells (p>0.05). However, the MTS assay's results displayed that doxorubicin significantly reduced the proliferation ofMDA-MB-231 cells. Following this, the Annexin V/PI flow cytometry's findings confirmed the results of the MTS assay which represented that doxorubicin treatment associates with a high number of apoptotic, and necrotic cells (p<0.05). Moreover, gene expression assay data exhibited the molecular mechanisms involved in cell death. The findings indicated that cell death was possibly related to a significant reduction of theBcl2 level, and the significant enhancement of the Bax (p<0.05). Overall, our findings add to our knowledge of the TPC2 research worldwide. It opens up new opportunities for future research, particularly in the fields of oncology, autophagy and COVID-19.Furthermore, our discoveries shed light on TPC2 role in proliferation, apoptosis, and chemosensitivity in MDA-MB-231 cells. Future research on TPC2 in MDA-MB231cells may want to apply a longer timeline and focusing on other cancer hallmarks apartfrom what have been assessed in the current study
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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