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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
NOVEL METHOD FOR CALCULATING MAXIMUM BULK ELECTRIC FIELD IN HIGH-VOLTAGE DIODES WITH LARGE NEGATIVE BEVEL ANGLES.
The letter describes a simple method for calculating the maximum bulk electric field in high-voltage semiconductor diodes with large bevel angles. It is based on the notion of a characteristic length, which is defined. The resulting model is a useful design aid.Articl
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We 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
Effect of mutual coupling between RF SQUID's in distributed Josephson inductance phase shifters
A brief overview of the principles behind the behavior of the recently reported distributed Josephson inductance phase shifter is given. Simulation results of a typical phase shifter are presented. A model for the mutual flux coupling between adjacent RF SQUID sections is derived and the results are used to predict the effect of the coupling on the phase shift of the device. Distortion of the output signal is related to the time variation of the dynamic inductance of the transmission line.Articl
Complementary output switching logic: A superconducting voltage-state logic family operating at microwave frequencies
The development of a new superconducting logic family, Complementary Output Switching Logic (COSL), is described. It is described how the two main problems inhibiting superconducting operation at microwave frequencies, namely magnetic flux trapping and large variations of the nominal component values due to the fabrication process, are solved. A brief overview of the operation of the basic logic gate and the layout process is given. Measured results of the basic gates are given for frequencies up to 18 GHz. The measured results of more complex circuits, such as a code converter and a pseudo-random bit sequence generator, are also presented.Articl
CALCULATION OF MAXIMUM BULK ELECTRIC FIELD IN HIGH-VOLTAGE DIODES WITH SMALL AND INTERMEDIATE NEGATIVE BEVEL ANGLES.
The letter describes the extension of an existing method for calculating the maximum bulk electric field for semiconductor diodes with large negative bevel angles to include diodes with smaller negative bevel angles, and to take into account a shift of the position where the electric field reaches a maximum.Articl
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
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