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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
Project challenges: sustainable development and urban resilience
Full text linkThe book constitute a broad and articulated reflection on the issues of sustainability and resilience related to the project of enhancement of the environmental and cultural heritage. The contributions collected in the book have been defined within the framework of seminars organized in occasion of the second edition of the Sustainable Development Festival1. The volume involves also a group of students of the PhD course in “Cultural Heritage Conservation and Valorisation” of Politecnico di Milano, which, under the guidance of professors and expert researchers, have conducted a specific study on the theme of resilience and sustainability with reference to their research activity. The publication convincingly supports the thesis that cultural heritage is a resource for sustainable development and, as such, cannot be considered renewable. To support this thesis, the text proposes four focuses: 1_ Architecture, city and territory This part deals with the topic at the architectural, urban and territorial scale, with particular attention to the themes of the Green products for sustainable architectures and the Green economy and the sustainable project. 2_Peri-urban and rural territories This section presents the theme of the enhancement of environmental heritage on a suburban and rural scale, presenting some interesting case studies and ongoing research. 3_Cultural landscapes This part represents an important theoretical reference to the role of culture in the development of a sustainable project and to the equally strategic role of the theme of landscape and its conservation. 4_Research experiences In the latter part of the text, some ongoing research experiences are presented, which define an interesting repertoire of case studies on the theme of enhancing the environmental and cultural heritage
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