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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
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
Job-queuing and Auto-scaling in Container-based Cloud Environments
Full text linkMany applications process large quantities of data that takes significant time and requires big amount of compu- tational resources. Optimising the execution of such applications in a cloud computing environment by keeping costs at minimum but still completing the task by a set deadline has paramount importance. As container-based technologies are becoming more widespread, support for job-queuing and auto-scaling in such environments is becoming important. Current container tech- nologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes provide limited support in this area. This paper presents JQueuer and CAutoScaler, a couple of cloud-independent solutions that offer job-queuing and automated scalability at the level of containers. Applying these solutions leads to more cloud-aware applications providing transparent auto-scaling for end-users and optimising execution time and costs. Business and science gateways will benefit from using an orchestrator combined with JQueuer and CAutoScaler since it will provide the layers needed to auto-scale the containers and to batch/sweep the jobs from a queue depending on a user- defined policy
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
Revenue Generation for Science Gateways
No full textWouldn’t it be great if you had spare funding to pursue your own research agenda without always writing a proposal? Wouldn’t it be great if your project and team had some additional level of certainty about the steadiness of its funding? If these statements excite or are relatable to you, join us for a conversation at Gateways 2022.
Creating a path to sustainability that does not rely on commercialization is a challenge for all science gateways. The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) routinely works with scientific software creators through sustainability training and consulting to educate and share knowledge on sustainability tactics. Some of this training has occurred through a week-long workshop called Focus Week or a virtual short offering called Jumpstarts. However, the path towards sustainability often leads to set-backs, unplanned re-routes, or ramping down efforts for a time. To truly approach sustainability requires one to have the mentality of entrepreneurial trial and error, while being supported by peers and community members as needed.
With an interest in forming a cohort of like-minded thinkers to explore science gateway sustainability, we propose an open forum discussion at Gateways 2022. The goal of the conversation will be for interested attendees to discuss past or present sustainability exploration. Through the discussion, our goal is the group will share ideas and set goals for themselves to try varied approaches as they move forward on their sustainability journey.
The open forum will consist of a round robin introduction (20 minutes total) on practical experiences in science gateway sustainability. Areas of focus in the introduction will come from the following.
- An overview of sustainability by Michael Zentner, Director for Sustainable Scientific Software at San Diego Supercomputer Center
- Experiences with sustainability training and consulting by Claire Stirm, Deputy Director of the Incubator, Science Gateways Community Institute
- Experiences with building and maintaining science gateway creator teams by Sandra Gesing, Scientific Outreach and DEI Lead at the Discovery Partners Institute
To encourage a lively discussion, we would like anyone interested in the topic to answer the following questions and give a show of hands which is fitting to their case during the introduction session (they can show hands for any of these).
- Are you participating
-- since you are generally interested in the topic?
-- to hear about concrete steps for sustainability that might fit for your project or the group you lead or are a member of?
-- to discuss a specific challenge you experience in your project/department at the moment?
- Are you interested in joining an interest group around this topic?
Following the introduction, the group will spend 40 minutes of discussion in the form of rapid, structured problem-solving activities.
We expect the open forum to generate stronger support for those approaching sustainability.We expect attendees to walk away with freshly minted action items or follow-ups. Additionally, we will support the facilitation of a follow-on meeting to discuss progress towards these action items three months after the open forum
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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