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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
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
Die Briefe Johann Heinrich Schulzes (1687-1744) an Christoph Jacob Trew
Get PDFBackground and aims: In order to analyse and understand the medicine of the 18th century, for a long time researchers focused their attention mainly on the works of famous doctors and also since the modern age-publications in medical journals. Only towards the end of the 20th century the attention of the medical historians was directed more and more to a very special type of literary genre – the letter. From the scientific perspective the letter exchange enabled the medical scientist of the 18th century to get direct access to the Res publica litteraria and to exchange information nationally with other scientists to increase their knowledge and to publish their own works in different scientific journals. From the clinical-practiceperspective the letter offered a doctor the possibility, to communicate with his patients over large distances. In the last years several studies about the correspondents of Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769) were initiated on the basis of the large collection of letters written to him dating back to the 18th century, which were preserved at the university library in Erlangen. Among his correspondents were pharmacists, doctors and scientists from different natural scientific fields. This work studies the 69 letters of the university professor Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687-1744) to Christoph Jacob Trew and gives an overview about the very manifold content of the topics discussed in the letters. Methods: The content of the letters is summarized in three separate chapters, which treat the key aspects of the correspondence as well as the characters of the correspondents. All existing letters written by Schulze to Trew from the Trew's collection were edited, the Latin letters were also translated. All Latin and French words or phrases were also translated and all old-fashioned words or phrases were explained in footnotes at the end of each letter. The chemical symbols and terms used by the author were explained separately. Results and observations: Altogether I focused on three areas of special interest in the correspondence: According to the chronology of the letters the topic of anatomy, which was also the starting point of the correspondence and the most important common field of interest for both doctors, is the first that was addressed. With the establishment of the editorial board in 1730 the Commercium litterarium became predominant in the correspondence. The correspondence provides an insight into the network of this Europewide organised learned journal in the early years of the medical journalism in the German-speaking area. The last chapter tries to give an appraisement about Schulze's abilities as a medic in science and practical medicine. Schulze occurs, according to the correspondence, as an academic; but there are also indications of his activity as a practicing physician. His universalism on natural science and humanities suggests to characterize him as a real universal-scientist. Practical conclusions: This study provides an overview of the very manifold scientific exchange between Johann Heinrich Schulze and Christoph Jacob Trew. It should be a contribution for the exploitation of the Trew-correspondences at the university library of Erlangen.Hintergrund und Ziele: Um die Medizin des 18. Jahrhunderts zu erforschen und zu verstehen, konzentrierten sich die Wissenschaftler lange Zeit hauptsächlich auf die Werke berühmter Ärzte sowie – seit Beginn der Neuzeit – auf die Inhalte von medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften. Erst Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts richtete sich die Aufmerksamkeit der Medizinhistoriker vermehrt auf eine ganz spezielle Literaturgattung – den Brief. Auf wissenschaftlicher Ebene befähigte dieses Medium den Arzt des 18. Jahrhunderts, sich Zugang zur Res publica literaria zu verschaffen und sich somit überregional mit anderen Gelehrten auszutauschen, seine eigenen Erkenntnisse zu erweitern und gleichzeitig eigene Werke zu publizieren.[1] Der Brief bot dem Arzt aus der Sicht seiner medizinischen Praxis die Möglichkeit, mittels Fernkonsultation mit Patienten in Kontakt zu treten.[2] In den letzten Jahren entstanden vor dem Hintergrund der umfangreichen Briefsammlung des Nürnberger Arztes Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769) aus dem 18. Jahrhundert an der Erlanger Universitätsbibliothek mehrere Arbeiten zu einzelnen Korrespondenzpartnern Trews. Unter ihnen befanden sich Ärzte, Apotheker und Wissenschaftler aus verschiedenen naturwissenschaftlichen Fachrichtungen. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit den 69 Briefen des Universitätsprofessors Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687-1744) an Christoph Jacob Trew und gibt einen inhaltlichen Überblick über die in den Briefen besprochenen Themen. Methoden: Die inhaltliche Aufarbeitung umfasst drei Einzelkapitel, die sich mit den thematischen Schwerpunkten der Korrespondenz sowie der Charakteristik der Korrespondenten befassen. Die in der Trew-Sammlung im Original vorhandenen 69 Briefe Schulzes wurden in der vorliegenden Arbeit ediert, die lateinisch-sprachigen Briefe wurden zusätzlich im Anschluss an den edierten Text übersetzt. Ebenfalls wurden alle einzelnen lateinischen oder französischen Wörter oder Wendungen übersetzt sowie alle heute nicht mehr gebräuchlichen Ausdrücke in Fußnoten im Anschluss an den jeweiligen Brief erläutert. Die vom Verfasser verwendeten chemischen Zeichen und Begriffe wurden ebenfalls gesondert erklärt. Ergebnisse und Beobachtungen: Von den in der Korrespondenz erörterten Themengebieten verdienen drei Bereiche besondere Beachtung: Gemäß der Chronologie der Briefe steht zunächst das Thema der Anatomie im Blickpunkt, welches Ausgangspunkt der Korrespondenz und in den ersten acht Jahren wesentliches gemeinsames Interessengebiet der beiden Ärzte war. Mit der Gründung des Commercium litterarium, einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift in Nürnberg, im Jahre 1730 gewann die Redaktionsarbeit zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die Korrespondenz gewährt Einblick in das Netzwerk dieser europaweit organisierten Fachzeitschrift zu Beginn des medizinischen Journalismus im deutschsprachigen Raum. Der letzte Abschnitt der Briefthemen versucht eine Einschätzung Schulzes als Mediziner auf wissenschaftlicher und praktischer Ebene. Schulze tritt in der Korrespondenz vor allem als Gelehrter auf; es finden sich in seinen Briefen aber auch Hinweise auf seine Tätigkeit als praktischer Arzt. Seine Vielseitigkeit auf natur-und geisteswissenschaftlicher Ebene legt es nahe, ihn als Universalgelehrten zu bezeichnen.[3] Praktische Schlussfolgerungen: Diese Arbeit gibt einen Überblick über den vielfältigen wissenschaftlichen Austausch zwischen Johann Heinrich Schulze und Christoph Jacob Trew. Sie soll einen Beitrag zur Erschließung der Trew-Korrespondenzen an der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen leisten. [1] Eine sehr umfangreiche Studie zur Briefkorrespondenz zwischen Andreas Elias Büchner (17011769) und Christoph Jacob Trew innerhalb der Leopoldina verfassten Marion Mücke und Thomas Schnalke, s. Mücke / Schnalke (2009). [2] S. hierzu die Arbeit von Marion Maria Ruisinger zu den Konsiliarkorrespondenzen Lorenz Heisters (1683-1758), s. Ruisinger (2008). [3] S. Mocek (1987), S. 23
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