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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

    Phytomasse et minéralomasse d’un taillis de chêne vert du massif de l’Etna. (En français)

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    The aerial biomass of a Quecus ilex L. stand from mount Etna was established after forestry measurements and felling of 12 representative trees. The stand was 31 years old with 10835 stems issued from 986 stumps. The aerial biomass amounted 150 t ha-1 , including 2126 kg ha-1 of K, Ca, Mg, P , N and Fe. The mean productivity amounted 7.7 ha-1 year~l, formed by 4.6 t ha-1 year-1 perennial increment and 3.1 t ha-1 year-1 annual litter.La biomasse aérienne d'un taillis de chêne vert de l'Etna, âgé de 31 ans composé de 986 souches portant 10865 rejets, a été établie après abattage de 12 tiges représentatives de l’ensemble du peuplement. La biomasse aérienne s’élève à 150 t ha-1, renfermant 3126 kg ha-1 de K, Ca, Mg, P, N et Fe. La productivité moyenne est de 7,7 t ha-1 , an-1 , dont 4,6 t ha-1 an-1 d’incrément pérenne et 3, 1 t ha-1 an-1 de litière.Leonardi S, Rapp Maurice. Phytomasse et minéralomasse d’un taillis de chêne vert du massif de l’Etna. (En français). In: Ecologia mediterranea, tome 8 n°3, 1982. pp. 125-138

    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

    Author Index

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    An introductory summary. Sustainability of chestnut forest ecosystems : Is it possible ?

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    Amorini Emilio, Chatziphilippidis Gregor, Ciancio Orazio, Castri Francesco di, Giudici Fulvio, Leonardi Salvatore, Manetti Maria Chiara, Nocentini Suzanna, Pividori Mario, Rapp Maurice, Romane François, Sevrin Eric, Zingg Andreas. An introductory summary. Sustainability of chestnut forest ecosystems : Is it possible ?. In: Ecologia mediterranea, tome 26,2000. pp. 3-14

    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
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