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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    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

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    “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

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    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

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    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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    Das regionale Innovationssystem und der Strukturwandel in der Lausitz

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    The 2015 Paris Agreement called on developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the average global temperature from rising above 2°C. To achieve this goal, Germany decided to phase out lignite by 2038 at the latest. Recognising that the phase-out would lead to structural change in lignite mining regions, the government established the Coal Commission, which issued recommendations in its final report on how to manage this structural change. Lusatia, one of Germany's three lignite mining regions, will receive a total of €17.2 billion. This money will be used to fund research and innovation, secure the competitiveness of the regional economy and transform the regional energy system with new technologies and business models. However, the question is whether this unique amount of funding will be sufficient to stimulate regional economic development and green transformation in the rural and peripheral region. This dissertation aims to contribute to answering this question from the perspective of Regional Innovation Systems (RIS). The RIS framework helps to explain the uneven geographical distribution of innovation and serves as a basis for the design and implementation of place-based innovation policies, the promotion of regional innovation capacity and the development of new industrial paths. The work is based on three different studies that focus on certain aspects of the RIS framework. Chapter 2 is dedicated to the question if the strength of German RIS is related to the cooperation for innovation. The study finds that there is indeed a strong positive correlation between the two, which helps to understand why it is useful to foster cooperation and establish new research institutes to improve Lusatia's RIS in the long term. Chapter 3 analyses green path development in the lignite industry and the influence of the respective RIS in the German mining regions. While there was an observable shift towards renewables in the regions, the lignite industry was hardly connected to the three RIS. In addition, especially the lignite industry in Lusatia suffered from technological lock-in and only started to pursue a path renewal after the phase-out decision. The implication is that transforming industries should be supported, but their willingness to transform is likely to depend on changes in regulatory and market conditions at the national or even international level, rather than on RIS conditions. Chapter 4 focuses on the Smart Specialisation approach and analyses if Smart Specialisation in the field of energy is realistic in Lusatia. The study shows that the potential for such specialisation has not been sufficient in the past, but that critical masses can be achieved if the new research facilities and projects actually attract new companies and workers in the long term and if this remains the case after the initial funding has ended.Um das 2-Grad Ziel nach dem Paris Agreement zu erreichen, wurde in Deutschland beschlossen, die Braunkohleverstromung spätestens bis 2038 auslaufen zu lassen. Aufgrund dessen setzte die Bundesregierung die Kohlekommission ein, die Empfehlungen für die Bewältigung des Strukturwandels in den Braunkohleregionen gab. Die Lausitz wird zur Bewältigung des Strukturwandels insgesamt 17,2 Milliarden Euro erhalten. Diese Summe soll für Forschung und Innovation, die Sicherung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der regionalen Wirtschaft und die Transformation des regionalen Energiesystems verwendet werden. Es stellt sich jedoch die Frage, ob diese beträchtliche Summe ausreichen wird, um die regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung und den ökologischen Wandel in der ländlichen und peripheren Region anzukurbeln. Diese Dissertation soll aus der Perspektive des Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) Framework einen Beitrag zur Beantwortung dieser Frage leisten. Das RIS-Framework ermöglicht es, die ungleiche geografische Verteilung von Innovationen zu erklären, und dient als Grundlage für die Konzeption und Umsetzung ortsbezogener Innovationspolitik, die Förderung regionaler Innovationskapazitäten und die Entwicklung neuer industrieller Wege. Die Arbeit basiert auf drei verschiedenen Studien, die sich auf bestimmte Aspekte des RIS-Frameworks konzentrieren. Kapitel 2 widmet sich der Frage, ob die Stärke der deutschen RIS mit der Intensität von Forschungskooperationen zusammenhängt. Die Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass tatsächlich eine positive Korrelation zwischen beiden Faktoren besteht, daher ist es sinnvoll, Zusammenarbeit zu fördern und neue Forschungsinstitute zu gründen, um das RIS langfristig zu stärken. Kapitel 3 analysiert die „grüne“ Pfadentwicklung in der Braunkohleindustrie und den Einfluss der jeweiligen RIS in den deutschen Bergbauregionen. Während in den Regionen eine Verschiebung hin zu erneuerbaren Energien zu beobachten war, war die Braunkohleindustrie kaum in den drei RIS eingebettet. Darüber hinaus litt insbesondere die Braunkohleindustrie in der Lausitz unter einem technologischen Lock-in. Daraus folgt, dass transformierende Industrien unterstützt werden sollten, ihre Bereitschaft zur Transformation jedoch eher von Veränderungen der regulatorischen und marktwirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen auf nationaler oder sogar internationaler Ebene abhängt als von den RIS-Bedingungen. Kapitel 4 konzentriert sich auf den Ansatz der intelligenten Spezialisierung (S2) und analysiert, ob eine S2 im Bereich Energietechnik in der Lausitz tatsächlich der Realität entspricht. Die Studie zeigt, auf dass das Potenzial für eine S2 in der Vergangenheit nicht ausreichend war, aktuell jedoch eine kritische Masse erreicht werden kann, wenn die neuen Forschungseinrichtungen und -projekte neue Unternehmen und Arbeitskräfte anziehen und Bemühungen zur kooperativen Forschung und Entwicklung auch nach Auslaufen der Anschubfinanzierung weiterverfolgt werden

    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We 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 Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In 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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