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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Euratom success stories in facilitating pan-European education and training collaborative efforts
No full textThe European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Research and Training framework programmes are benefitting from a consistent success in pursuing excellence in research and facilitating Pan European collaborative efforts across a broad range of nuclear science and technologies, nuclear fission and radiation protection. To fulfil Euratom R&D programmes key objectives of maintaining high levels of nuclear knowledge and building a more dynamic and competitive European industry, promotion of Pan-European mobility of researchers are implemented by co-financing transnational access to research infrastructures and joint research activities through Research and Innovation and Coordination and Support Actions' funding schemes. Establishment by the research community of European technology platforms are being capitalised. Mapping of research infrastructures and E&T capabilities is allowing a closer cooperation within the European Union and beyond, benefiting from multilateral international agreements and from closer cooperation between Euratom, OECD/NEA, IAEA and international fora. ‘Euratom success stories' in facilitating Pan-European E&T collaborative efforts through Research and Training framework programmes show the benefits of research efforts in key fields, of building an effective ‘critical mass’ and implementing European MSc curricula, of promoting the creation of ‘Centre of Excellence’ with an increased support for ‘Open access to key research infrastructures’, exploitation of research results, management of knowledge, dissemination and sharing of learning outcomes
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
The MUSA Project: Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents
No full textMUSA was founded in HORIZON 2020 EURATOM NFRP-2018 call on “Safety assessments to improve Accident Management strategies for Generation II and III reactors”. On June 15th, 2018 obtains the NUGENIA label that recognizes the excellence of the project. The 4 years Consortium is formed by 29 Organizations (25% non EU) with an overall cost of € 5,768,452.50 (about 630 person months).
The main objective is to assess the capability of Severe Accident (SA) codes when modelling reactor/Spent Fuel Pool accident scenarios of GEN.II and GEN.III designs. Further goals are:
• Identification of Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methodologies to be employed, with emphasis on the effect of both existing and innovative SA Management (SAM) measures on the accident progression, particularly those related to Source Term (ST) mitigation;
• Determination of the state-of-the-art prediction capability of SA codes regarding ST that potentially may be released to the environment, and to the quantification of associated code’s uncertainties applied to SA sequences.
The achievement of the MUSA objectives is assured by a consistent and coherent work programme reflected in 7 technical Work Packages (WP), coordinated by the following organizations:
WP1 MUSA COordination (MUCO) - CIEMAT
WP2 Identification & Quantification of Uncertainty Sources (IQUS) - GRS
WP3 Review of Uncertainty Quantification Methods (RUQM) - KIT
WP4 Application of Uncertainty Quantification Methods against Integral Experiments (AUQMIE) - ENEA
WP5 Uncertainty Quantification in the Analysis and Management of Reactor Accidents (UQAMRA) - JRC
WP6 Uncertainty Quantification and Innovative Management of SFP Accidents (IMSFP) - IRSN
WP7 COmmunication & REsults DISsemination (COREDIS) - UNIPI. A special attention will be about the knowledge transfer towards young generation, mainly through the production of learning modules and a mobility programme. These education activities will be carried out in a close collaboration with ENEN.
The project has an “innovative research agenda” in order to move beyond the state-of-the-art regarding the predictive capability of SA codes by combining them with the best available or improved UQ tools. By doing so, not only the prediction of timing for the failure of safety barriers and of radiological ST will be possible, but also the quantification of the uncertainty bands of selected analysis results, considering any relevant source of uncertainty, will be provided.
Finally, MUSA will be an open results project for its importance on forthcoming SA analyses and it will mean a better exploitation of research previously performed within the EU framework. Furthermore, over the years, reliable and experienced teams of modellers and analytical teams have been built-up, and MUSA is a unique opportunity to achieve real feedback among them, encouraging cooperation in research, innovation and young generation’s formation
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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