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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
Quantity surveying firms survival of fast developing economy
No full textA recession or an economic downturn gave a tremendous impact on the Malaysian construction industry. The financial crisis seemed to be a wake-up call to all of the practitioners in the construction industry. Many of the QS consultant firms took strategic approaches to overcome the strike of the recession or economic downturn. The objective of this research is to determine the reaction of QS consultant firms towards the crisis that struck the nation Malaysia, a fast developing economy. Besides, this research reveals the recipe of survival of various QS consultant firms from the turmoil. Towards the end, the paper suggests suitable approaches to mitigate the impacts from an economic downturn for future survival of QS consultant firms. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey. The impact of an economic downturn or recession on QS consultant firms are seen in the decline of jobs, projects, and professional fees. Management theories were the main weapon used by the QS consultant firms to mitigate the negative impacts
Sustainable construction through life cycle costing
No full textSustainable construction refers to the integration of environmental, social and economic considerations into construction business strategies and practices. It is the application of the principles of sustainable development to the comprehensive construction cycle from the extraction of raw materials, through the planning, design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, until their final demolition and management of the resultant waste. The implementation of Life Cycle Costing (LCC) in the sustainable construction industry is significantly important to construct the structures and infrastructure projects that will meet all the principles of sustainability. During the process of developing a project, LCC principles and techniques aim to provide best value from a whole life perspective. This paper, in reviewing the application of life cycle costing and sustainable construction, explores the correlation between these two elements and assesses how these can be used to achieve sustainability over the whole life of building projects
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
Implementation of life cycle costing in enhancing value for money of projects
No full textLife Cycle Costing (LCC) is becoming more important since long-term building owners and clients have begun
to demand an estimate evidence of what their cost of ownership will accrue to.LCC is a sophisticated approach
to estimating the cost incurred in the future and produce comprehensive costing information. Despite growing
awareness of LCC practices and concepts among practitioners, actual implementation of this technique is slow
to take hold , especially in the Malaysian construction industry. The concept of LCC seems poorly understoodthus, there is a need to overcome this deficiency in order to successfully deliver LCC in the construction
industry. This paper aims to study the implementation of LCC, with the main focus on the design stage towards
enhancing overall value for money. The relationships between the factors of LCC implementation that can
contribute to project?s value were investigated. The results of this study revealed several critical factors of LCC
that should be taken into account to raise awareness and promote LCC implementation at the design stage among
the construction practitioners. The challenges to implementation are also discussed in this study
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