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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
Palavra e sedução : uma leitura dos prefacios oitocentistas (1826-1881)
No full textOrientador: Marcia Azevedo de AbreuTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da LinguagemResumo: Este trabalho é o resultado de quatro anos de pesquisas, leituras e reflexões, a fim de compreender as imagens de leitura impressas nos prefácios brasileiros do século XIX. Na leitura dos prefácios, proponho a análise de três categorias: o perfil dos leitores, a imagem do autor e a construção do gênero romanesco na primeira metade do século XIX, através do próprio discurso do escritor. Os prefácios funcionam, também, como o lugar onde são exercidos os debates que buscam dar forma à estética romanesca que vai sendo reconhecida ao longo do século. É por meio desses prólogos que podemos acompanhar o processo longo e progressivo de alteração das imagens, opiniões e pensamentos dos romancistas e do gênero romance. Sob este ponto de vista, os prólogos dos romances do século XIX devem ser examinados como elementos da história do romance e da formação do público leitor. Através desses textos, é possível investigar como ocorreu este processo de formação. A primeira função observada é a definição de leitor. Quem seria o leitor pretendido e/ ou construído pelos romancistas do século XIX em seus prefácios? Como podemos averiguar as marcas da trajetória empreendida pelo autor a fim de seduzir e capturar um público-leitor? Será que folhetim e romances faziam parte apenas da leitura feminina ou abarcavam um grupo amplo e misto, formado por homens e mulheres? O papel desempenhado pelo autor é a segunda função analisada neste trabalho. Nos textos dos prefácios, são apresentadas algumas caracterizações do escritor de ficção. Dentre outras funções, o escritor desempenha a tarefa de encantar o leitor através de um discurso persuasivo. Para tanto, o autor faz promessas e postula argumentações convincentes. Por fim, a terceira e última função consiste em observar como o gênero romanesco foi tratado pelo escritor no texto do prefácio. Os prefácios se configuram também como um importante espaço de debates dos procedimentos da criação do novo gênero romanesco em terras brasileiras. Para a composição do corpus da pesquisa serão analisados os prefácios de romances publicados entre 1822 e 1881; escritos por autores consagrados e romances escritos por romancistas menos conhecidos do público e pela crítico no seu valor de escritor. Os prefácios - também chamados prólogos, advertências, proêmios, carta ao leitor, preâmbulos, discursos preliminares - que geralmente introduzem o texto do romance, assumem finalidades que vão além de uma simples introdução, configurando-se, algumas vezes, como uma forma de explicar a obra e debater questões de crítica literária. Os textos introdutórios configuram-se como parte funcional da obra, maneira de o autor se explicar, se justificar, debater idéias, queixar-se, e também seduzir o público leitorAbstract: This work is the result of four years of researches, readings and reflections, in order to comprehend the reading images printed on Brazilian prefaces in the 19tb century. When reading prefaces, I suggest the analysis of three categories: profile of the readers, the image of the author and the construction of the romantic style during the first half of the 19tb century, through the author's own discourse. Prefaces also work as the place where debates are practiced, trying to shape the romantic style which has been recognized during the century. By means of these prologues, we are able to follow the long and progressive process of change of the images, opinions and thoughts of romancists and the romantic style. Under this point of view, the prefaces of the 19tb century romances should be examined as elements of the history of the romantic style and the formation of future readers. Through these texts, it is possible to investigate how this formation process took place. The first thing analyzed was the definition of reader. Who would be the target reader and for the sculpted reader formed by the 19tb century romancists in their prefaces? How can we verify the signs of the way covered by the author in order to seduce and capture the readers? Would serial publications and romances be part of the feminine universe only or would they be part of a larger mixed group of readers, men and women for example? The role played by the author is the second analysis made in this work. In the texts of the prefaces, some characterizations of the novelist are shown. Among other roles, a writer must enrapture the reader by using a persuasive speech. In order to do so, the author makes promises and postulates valid argumentation. At last, the third and final analysis is about how the romantic style was handled by the author in the preface. Prefaces are also important spaces to debate the procedures of the creation of the new romantic style in Brazil. In order to produce the corpus of this research, it will be analyzed the prefaces of romances published between 1822 and 1881, written by renowned authors, well known by the public and critics, as well as romances written by not so famous authors. Prefaces - also know as prologues, forewords, proems, letter to the reader, preambles, prelusion - which in general, introduce the text of the romance, have purposes that go beyond a mere introduction. They are, sometimes, the way to explain the literary work and to debate questions of literary criticism. The introductory texts work as a guide to the literary work, the way the author explains and justifies herself, to debate ideas, to complain and also, to seduce the readerDoutoradoLiteratura BrasileiraDoutor em Teoria e História Literári
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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