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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
Simple Model for Alkali Leaching from Geopolymers: Effects of Raw Materials and Acetic Acid Concentration on Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
Full text linkThis paper investigates alkali leaching from geopolymers under various concentrations of
acetic acid solutions. The effects of the raw metakaolin purity as well as fly ash-based geopolymer
mortars and pastes are considered. A new methodology for (acetic) acid attack is proposed, adapting
standard approaches, where the concentration of the leached alkali in the exposure solution is measured over time. The applicability of a simple diffusion-based mathematical model to determine the
apparent diffusion coefficient (Dapp) for geopolymer pastes and mortars was validated. At the end of
the paste tests, microstructural alterations of the specimens’ cross-sections were analyzed microscopically, revealing occurrence of degradation across the outermost surface parts and, especially under
acid attack, the formation of long cracks that connect the surface with the intact inner zone. Drastically different Dapp are discussed in terms of the differences in the mix designs, principally resulting
in different alkali-binding capacities of the geopolymers, while the acid promoted dissolution and
increased porosity. As a result of this interpretation, it was concluded that Dapp is governed mainly
by the chemistry of the alkali release from the gel, as it overruled the effects of porosity and cracks
Unaprijeđena metoda za određivanje toplinske difuzivnosti prehrambenih proizvoda
Full text linkIako su toplinska svojstva prehrambenih proizvoda od velike važnosti za prehrambenu tehnologiju, toplinska difuzivnost složenih materijala uglavnom nije poznata i potrebno ju je odrediti eksperimentalno. Za određivanje toplinske difuzivnosti prehrambenih proizvoda predložena je jednostavna eksperimentalna metoda temeljena na praćenju temperaturnog odziva valjkastog uzorka pri nagloj promjeni temperature stijenke materijala. U radu su opisana i uspoređena tri pristupa procjene parametra toplinske difuzivnosti na temelju eksperimentalnih podataka. Oni se zasnivaju na uporabi: 1) linearne ili 2) nelinearne regresije analitičkog modela te 3) numeričkog inverznog rješavanja modela procesa prijenosa topline. Numerički model zamjenjuje pretpostavku idealne skokovite promjene temperature stijenke, s izmjerenom naglom promjenom
temperature stijenke materijala. Ustanovljeno je da pretpostavka skokovite (idealne) promjene temperature stijenke materijala može rezultirati značajnom sustavnom pogrješkom s nižom procjenom toplinske difuzivnosti. Za jednostavnu numeričku obradu rezultata predstavljen je računalni potprogram napisan u MATLAB-u s razvijenim grafi čkim sučeljem koji je pridružen javnoj domen
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
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