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Sandra Schilling and Peter Wall
No full textOn back of photograph: Sandra Schilling with Mr. Peter Wall, SA Wine & Brandy Industry Association Inc
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
Reflections of Canada : Illuminating our opportunities and challenges at 150+ years
No full textReflections of Canada—intelligent, passionate, provocative—is a
book with opinions as diverse as Canada. Leading thinkers take a stand
on some of the most pressing issues facing Canada as our country marks
150 years since Confederation. The book’s title and its content acknowledge the
complexity of this anniversary: Indigenous peoples have been here long before the
origins of Canada. Thus, Reflections of Canada asks Canadians to consider critically
the opportunities and challenges we face as our country grapples with its history
and with the world that has emerged in the twenty-first century.
An original poem by Canada’s Poet Laureate leads off forty-one essays on
topics as diverse as the peoples and landscapes of this country. Contributions
contemplate issues among the most pressing for Canada: reconciliation with
Indigenous peoples, climate change and resource use, inequality, the technological
revolution, democracy, arts and culture, immigration and multiculturalism. The
essays offer informed and pointed perspectives on topics that demand attention and
that call for expert but also accessible commentary. Canada’s past is considered and
its future contemplated, with calls for action on how Canada must proceed
into the next 150 years.
The written pieces are accompanied by an eclectic range of photographs selected
from a national photo competition. Together, the photos and essays communicate
a complex and engaging landscape of what Canada is at this point in its history.
This is a book of lively, respectful, and thoughtful debate. Reflections of Canada
affirms the place for public intellectual discussion of major societal questions.Business, Sauder School ofLaw, Peter A. Allard School ofScience, Faculty ofEarth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department ofUnreviewedFacult
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
slippages : performance premiere and visual component
No full textThe Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the UBC School of Music present the world premiere of slippages, an interdisciplinary performance about climate change. Recordings include streaming video of the performance by UBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dr. Jonathan Girard and the video component shown above the Orchestra during its performance on Friday, October 5, 2018. During the event, the UBC Symphony Orchestra improvises a 10-minute performance accompanied and informed by visual artist Deborah Carruther’s visuals – 27 paintings on handmade paper.Music, School ofUnreviewedFacultyOthe
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
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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