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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
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1
Get PDFLeroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and cannon fodder, his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor. He talks about being assigned to the 609th Composite Air Commando Squadron in Thailand where he served as a bombardier and navigator. He reflects on witnessing death in a detached way from the air and flying 163 night missions. Text: 39 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 02:09:50
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Warren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2
Get PDFWarren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Norridgewock, Maine, June 26, 1999. Smith briefly reviews his background as the son of an American World War II Veteran and English war bride, growing up in Skowhegan, Maine, knowing around age 13 that he would be entering the military after high school graduation, and enlisting in October 1962. Smith explains he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama and had to go to the library too look up where Vietnam was located when he received his orders. He talks about being assigned to the 611th Transport Company in Vung Tao, flying helicopters for special forces and troop transports, flying into combat and coming under fire, ARVN soldiers living their entire lives at war, and being assigned to UTT Helicopter Company. He discusses his “John Wayne” attitude going in before watching friends killed and being shot himself and describes his experiences in combat. Smith tells of leaving the service in 1965 but feeling restless and unsettled and returning to Vietnam as a civilian chopper pilot in 1968, one day after the start of the TET offensive. He describes getting in trouble for not writing home after his mother sought Red Cross to find out if he was alive. He speaks about his perspective on protestors, the war, and American policy. Text: 36 pp. transcript, 3 pp. administrative. Audio: mfc_na4497_01A & mfc_na4497_01B, mfc_na4497_02A. Time: 01:50:03. Restrictions: No restrictions
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Warren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1
Get PDFWarren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Norridgewock, Maine, June 26, 1999. Smith briefly reviews his background as the son of an American World War II Veteran and English war bride, growing up in Skowhegan, Maine, knowing around age 13 that he would be entering the military after high school graduation, and enlisting in October 1962. Smith explains he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama and had to go to the library too look up where Vietnam was located when he received his orders. He talks about being assigned to the 611th Transport Company in Vung Tao, flying helicopters for special forces and troop transports, flying into combat and coming under fire, ARVN soldiers living their entire lives at war, and being assigned to UTT Helicopter Company. He discusses his “John Wayne” attitude going in before watching friends killed and being shot himself and describes his experiences in combat. Smith tells of leaving the service in 1965 but feeling restless and unsettled and returning to Vietnam as a civilian chopper pilot in 1968, one day after the start of the TET offensive. He describes getting in trouble for not writing home after his mother sought Red Cross to find out if he was alive. He speaks about his perspective on protestors, the war, and American policy. Text: 36 pp. transcript, 3 pp. administrative. Audio: mfc_na4497_01A & mfc_na4497_01B, mfc_na4497_02A. Time: 01:50:03. Restrictions: No restrictions
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Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2
Get PDFLeroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and cannon fodder, his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor. He talks about being assigned to the 609th Composite Air Commando Squadron in Thailand where he served as a bombardier and navigator. He reflects on witnessing death in a detached way from the air and flying 163 night missions. Text: 39 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 02:09:50
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Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3
Get PDFLeroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and cannon fodder, his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor. He talks about being assigned to the 609th Composite Air Commando Squadron in Thailand where he served as a bombardier and navigator. He reflects on witnessing death in a detached way from the air and flying 163 night missions. Text: 39 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 02:09:50
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Dick Cross, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1
Get PDFCapt. Richard T. “Dick” Cross, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. on June 30, 1999, at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. Cross discusses dropping out of college in 1965 and being drafted the following year; having no concerns about being drafted or deployment to Vietnam; volunteering for Officer Candidate School in 1967; being accepted to computer repair school but turning down the opportunity to “be a grunt” then volunteering for flight training because it paid $110 more per month; and training to become a helicopter pilot. Cross tells of arriving in Vietnam in September 1968, post Tet; arriving in Cam Ranh Bay and being assigned to the 1st Aviation Brigade, B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry; his first impressions getting off the plane in Vietnam; his first impressions of Pleiku and Phan Thiet. He describes the makeup of the squadron, typical duties; attitudes among non-commissioned officers toward commissioned officers and enlisted men; and relates a story about his first combat mission. Cross talks about returning to the states in September 1969 and being assigned to do helicopter pilot training at Fort Walters, Texas where he scheduled and set up training cycles and producing training materials; flying Scouts and OH-6s; getting married and returning to Vietnam for a second tour of duty in 1970 where he was assigned to 1st Cavalry Division, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion stationed in Phu Vinh where he was put into B Company flying Slicks; going on Night Hawk missions. He relates a story about coming under heavy fire during one mission only later finding a bullet hole in his cap; describes going on R&R. Cross provides his perspective on the perception of the media’s role in shaping public perception of the war; his frustration over how the war was managed by American leaders; the impact of post-traumatic stress; attempting to use his GI Bill to attend the University of Texas before taking a series of pilot and instructor jobs before going back into the Army and flying until retiring in 1991. Text: 39 pp. transcript. Audio: mfc_na4500_01A (note: first few minutes is recorded at wrong speed). Time: 02:07:59.
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