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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
Europeanisation of Malta’s Foreign Policy: Defying the Trends or Conforming to them?
No full textRÉSUMÉL’article commence par une brève discussion de la littérature de l’européanisation suivie par un processus de simple description des changements qui ont eu lieu dans la politique étrangère de Malte d’avant et après l’adhésion. L’analyse porte sur les changements qui ont eu lieu dans la politique étrangère de Malte, petit pays, à la suite des transformations qui ont eu lieu dans le système international depuis que cet Etat a demandé à adhérer à l’UE en 1990. Ainsi sont examinés les changements pouvant être attribués à l’adhésion de Malte à l’UE. Cette partie du document tente de distinguer ce qui peut être imputable aux forces de la mondialisation et ce qui peut être lié à l’européanisation - ou à un mélange des deux. L’article analyse également la politique étrangère de Malte au cours de la crise économique qui secoue l’Europe depuis 2008. Les questions suivantes sont explorées en raison de leur impact significatif sur la sécurité et la politique étrangère de Malte: la neutralité, la migration, la sécurité énergétique et la situation en Libye. La question principale à laquelle cette étude vise à répondre est de savoir comment la crise économique et financière actuelle a eu un impact sur l’européanisation de la politique étrangère de Malte et si il y a des signes de sa dé-européanisation. Pour de nombreux pays d’Europe du Sud, un changement de politique a accompagné leur réponse à la crise, mais des conditions similaires sont absentes dans le cas de Malte. Les changements qui ont eu lieu sont principalement dûs à des modifications dans la configuration politique nationale de Malte et à la nécessité de répondre aux transformations qui ont lieu dans la région méditerranéenne en raison du changement climatique.The article starts with a brief discussion of the Europeanization literature followed by a simple process tracing approach of the changes that have taken place in Malta’s foreign policy before and after membership. The analysis focuses on what changes have taken place in Malta’s foreign policy, mindful of course of its smallness, as a result of the transformations which have taken place in the international system since Malta applied to join the EU in 1990 and what changes could be attributed to the membership question. This part of the paper tries to distinguish what can be attributable to the forces of globalization and what can be linked to Europeanization - or a mixture of both. The article also analyzes Malta’s foreign policy during the economic crisis that has gripped Europe since 2008. The following issues are explored because of their significant impact on Malta’s security and foreign policy: neutrality, migration, energy security and the situation in Libya. The main question which this study sets out to answer is how the ongoing economic and financial crisis has impacted upon the Europeanisation of Malta’s foreign policy and whether there are any signs of its de-Europeanisation. For many southern European states, a shift in policy has accompanied their response to the crisis but similar conditions were absent in the case of Malta. The shifts that have occurred were mainly due to changes in the domestic political configuration in Malta and the need to respond to the transformations taking place in the Mediterranean region as a result of climate change
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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