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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

    Distribution and Rates of Quaternary Deformation within the Pampean Flat Slab Segment of the Central Andes of Argentina from 30-32°S

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    The Pampean Flat Slab is characterized by a wide zone of active upper-plate deformation that involves both thin- and thick-skinned deformation. It provides a rare opportunity to explore the possible control of slab geometry, deformation style, and tectonic evolution of structures on upper-plate strain distribution; observe the distribution and relative proportions of shortening accommodated by Quaternary plate-boundary related and intraplate contractional deformation; compare the potential of these faults for generating devastating (≥ Mw 7) earthquakes; and apply geomorphic indices to analyze regional strain distribution patterns. This thesis provides valuable constraints on regional strain distribution for the Pampean Flat Slab since at least the Pleistocene, from both absolute and relative geomorphic slip rates. A shortening rate of ~0.4 mm/yr since Mid-Pleistocene was measured on the La Rinconada Fault Zone (LRFZ), which together with similarly low published slip rates on other regional faults is explained through nearly uniformly distributed strain in the predominantly thin-skinned Precordillera region. The LRFZ’s slip rate is associated with earthquake magnitudes of MW 6.6–7.2. In contrast, the much lower average shortening rate of ~0.2 mm/yr since the Mid-Pleistocene on the thick-skinned Las Chacras Fault Zone (LCFZ), located to the east of the LRFZ, suggests a possible W-E trend of decreasing shortening rates in the Pampean flat slab. Earthquake magnitudes of MW 6.7–7.1 estimated on the LCFZ shows that intraplate faults are equally capable of causing potentially devastating earthquakes. Relative slip rates from geomorphic indices exhibit a trend of W-E decreasing slip rates similar to that observed both in geodetic and neotectonic studies, indicating a possibly constant stress-field since at least the Pleistocene. This spatial correspondence in lowering of slip rates with the resumption of a more steeply subducting Nazca plate points to the first documented change in slip rates as a function of slab dip in the Pampean Flat Slab. Relative slip rates also pointed to sites requiring further detailed studies. Knowledge of the controls on active upper plate deformation in the Pampean Flat Slab segment therefore provides additional information for better understanding of the behavior and evolution of present-day and ancient flat slab settings worldwide.Ph.D

    Distribution and Rates of Quaternary Deformation within the Pampean Flat Slab Segment of the Central Andes of Argentina from 30-32°S

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    The Pampean Flat Slab is characterized by a wide zone of active upper-plate deformation that involves both thin- and thick-skinned deformation. It provides a rare opportunity to explore the possible control of slab geometry, deformation style, and tectonic evolution of structures on upper-plate strain distribution; observe the distribution and relative proportions of shortening accommodated by Quaternary plate-boundary related and intraplate contractional deformation; compare the potential of these faults for generating devastating (≥ Mw 7) earthquakes; and apply geomorphic indices to analyze regional strain distribution patterns. This thesis provides valuable constraints on regional strain distribution for the Pampean Flat Slab since at least the Pleistocene, from both absolute and relative geomorphic slip rates. A shortening rate of ~0.4 mm/yr since Mid-Pleistocene was measured on the La Rinconada Fault Zone (LRFZ), which together with similarly low published slip rates on other regional faults is explained through nearly uniformly distributed strain in the predominantly thin-skinned Precordillera region. The LRFZ’s slip rate is associated with earthquake magnitudes of MW 6.6–7.2. In contrast, the much lower average shortening rate of ~0.2 mm/yr since the Mid-Pleistocene on the thick-skinned Las Chacras Fault Zone (LCFZ), located to the east of the LRFZ, suggests a possible W-E trend of decreasing shortening rates in the Pampean flat slab. Earthquake magnitudes of MW 6.7–7.1 estimated on the LCFZ shows that intraplate faults are equally capable of causing potentially devastating earthquakes. Relative slip rates from geomorphic indices exhibit a trend of W-E decreasing slip rates similar to that observed both in geodetic and neotectonic studies, indicating a possibly constant stress-field since at least the Pleistocene. This spatial correspondence in lowering of slip rates with the resumption of a more steeply subducting Nazca plate points to the first documented change in slip rates as a function of slab dip in the Pampean Flat Slab. Relative slip rates also pointed to sites requiring further detailed studies. Knowledge of the controls on active upper plate deformation in the Pampean Flat Slab segment therefore provides additional information for better understanding of the behavior and evolution of present-day and ancient flat slab settings worldwide.Ph.D

    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

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    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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