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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
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Freeze-Disturbance effects on biomass allocation in expansion of Black Mangrove (Avicennia Germinans) along a latitudinal gradient in Texas
No full textIn response to warming minimum temperatures, Avicennia germinans is encroaching poleward on the Texas Gulf Coast (TGC) into saline marshes dominated by Spartina alterniflora and Batis maritima. Increased Avicennia cover provides greater protection from soil subsidence and shoreline retreat. However, intense freeze disturbances cause widespread mangrove mortality reversing succession, and increasing the risk of soil subsidence and shoreline retreat due to the loss of below-ground biomass. We conducted a “natural experiment of opportunity” to measure below- and above-ground biomass allocation in Avicennia recovering from catastrophic disturbance caused by the 2021 Winter Storm Uri at sites along a freeze-disturbance gradient across the South and Central TGC. Port O’Connor (28.46°N) was the most severely affected site, Cohn Preserve on Mustang Island (27.71°N) was moderately affected, and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (26.35°N) was minimally affected (min. temp. °C ~ -9.0, ~ -7.4, ~ -5.5 respectively). A second freeze event occurred in December 2022 that severely affected Port O’Connor and moderately affected Cohn Preserve (min. temp. °C ~ -6.6, ~ -5.8 respectively). In an additional methods experiment, we quantified differences in root productivity in in-growth cores containing either peat moss or local substrate at each site. Multiple root ingrowth cores were inserted near the canopy edge of isolated Avicennia shrubs (n=6; 5 at Port O’Connor) at the three sites and collected at 4-month intervals (total cores = 102). Root productivity (g * (m-2 day1)) assessed in a one-way ANOVA and Tukey multiple comparisons, increased with increasing freeze-disturbance effects (F2,28 = 6.386, p<0.01, Port O’Connor: mean = 0.192, sd = 0.188, Cohn Preserve: mean = 0.065, sd = 0.081, Laguna Atascosa: mean = 0.047, sd = 0.089). Using the below-and above-ground relative growth rates to assess the root:shoot biomass allocation ratio, we found an increasing ratio (greater roots to shoots) with increased freeze disturbance (one-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests, F2,12 = 6.049, p<0.05, Port O’Connor: mean = 0.191, sd = 0.118, Cohn Preserve: mean = 0.061, sd = 0.066, Laguna Atascosa: mean = 0.015, sd = 0.01). Further, we found no clear trend in quantity or variability in root productivity between native and peat moss substrate types in root ingrowth cores for root biomass at any site (F2, 53 = 0.021, p=0.8). However, peat moss ingrowth cores did consistently have less root necromass after the Dec. 2022 freeze suggesting better survival or lower turnover. Peat moss ingrowth cores contained lower quantities of live root biomass indicating higher rates of root mortality or a stunting effect on root productivity post-second freeze. This finding suggests that cumulative impacts of two freezes occurring less than two years apart are greater than the effects of individual freezes. Increasing root productivity with greater freeze disturbance suggests that recovering standing root biomass may be important for the recovery of above-ground biomass in freeze affected Avicennia. Rapid recovery of below-ground biomass will also contribute to ameliorating rates of soil subsidence and shoreline retreat. Lastly, we found that peat moss is a viable substrate type for future root ingrowth studies if the focus of the study is on total root biomass. However, if a second freeze event occurs during the root ingrowth study, there may be unequal effects between peat moss and local substrate.Life SciencesCollege of Scienc
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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