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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
Monitoramento e caracterização de secas da América do Sul com sensoriamento remoto
Get PDFAtualmente existe grande demanda na elaboração de mais estudos que venham aprimorar os conhecimentos relacionados a secas, visto que os prejuízos causados por este tipo de desastre natural podem alcançar cifras bilionárias, além de gerar um grande impacto social. Metodologias de monitoramento de secas geram informações estratégicas para o planejamento de medidas mitigadoras, redução dos impactos gerados e ajudam a aprimorar a forma como se gere os recursos hídricos. Algumas regiões no mundo são atingidas frequentemente por este tipo de desastre e mesmo assim não dispõe de um sistema de monitoramento completo para as secas a exemplo do continente sul-americano. Apresenta-se neste trabalho avaliação de metodologias para análise de alguns dos principais índices de seca citados na literatura científica. O objetivo é avaliar o desempenho destes visando encontrar relações que possam vir a aprimorar o entendimento sobre esse tipo de evento e para geração de mapas de seca para região citada. Foram utilizados neste estudo apenas produtos de sensoriamento remoto, de reanálises de precipitação e modelos de superfície, abrangendo diversas variáveis do ciclo hidrológico terrestre, tais como: Precipitação (TRMM e MSWEP); Umidade do solo gerada pelo GLDAS; Condições da vegetação (NDVI GMMIS e MOD13C2); Variação do armazenamento de água (TWS GRACE). Calculou-se o Índice de Precipitação Padronizado (SPI), Anomalia da Umidade do Solo (SMA), Índice de Vegetação Padronizado (SVI) e Anomalia do Armazenamento Terrestre de Água (ATWS). Os resultados mostraram que estes índices conseguiram identificar a maioria dos eventos de seca registrados e que apresentam uma forte relação entre si e que esta é governada por variações no déficit de precipitação representado na forma do SPI. Concluiu-se que no geral as secas evoluem primeiramente apresentando uma redução da precipitação e que após 1 ou 2 meses passa a atingir a umidade do solo e a vegetação e por fim atinge o armazenamento de água 2 ou 3 meses após o início da seca. A metodologia aplicada para geração dos mapas de seca se mostrou bastante eficiente para o monitoramento deste tipo de evento, de forma que foi possível representar a maioria dos principais eventos de seca que ocorreram na América do Sul nos últimos anos.There is a need tor increase the scientific studies related to drought since this type of natural disaster causes billionaires damages, besides generating social impacts. Drought monitoring methodologies generate strategic information for the planning of mitigation measures, reduction of the impacts generated, and can be used to improve water resource management. Some regions in the world like South America are often hit by this type of disaster and yet do not has a complete monitoring system for droughts. This study presents a methodological proposal for the analysis of some of the main drought indexes cited in the scientific literature. The goal is to evaluate the performance of these indexes in order to find relationships between them that may have improve the understanding about this type o disaster and generate drought maps for the cited region. It was used only remote sensing products and products of precipitation reanalysis and land surface model, such as: Precipitation (TRMM and MSWEP); Soil moisture generated by GLDAS; Vegetation conditions index (NDVI GMMIS and MOD13C2); Variations of water storage (TWS GRACE). Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Soil Moisture Anomaly (SMA), Standardized Vegetation Index (SVI) and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (ATWS) were calculated for this study. The results showed that theses indices were able to identify most of the droughts events recorded and there is a strong relationship between them. In general this relationship is ruled by variations in the precipitation deficit represented by the SPI. It was concluded that for the most regions in South America the droughts first evolve presenting a reduction of the precipitation and after 1 or 2 moths it is noticed a change in soil moisture and vegetation condition and in the end after 2 or 3 moths it is noticed a reduction in the water storage. The methodology used to generate the drought maps proved to be very efficient for the monitoring of this type of disaster that it was possible to represent most of the main drought events that occurred in South America in recent years
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
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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