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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
On Walden’s Fonds: Life on the Frontier of Monetary Appraisal in the Canadian Archival Landscape
Get PDFIn his article “Stretching the Dollar” (Archivaria 11, Winter 1980–81), David Walden called upon archivists to become informed about the process of assigning monetary value to cultural property lest the “schism between fair market value and research value” undermine the collection mandates of our cultural repositories. Of all the core processes involved in archival practice, monetary appraisal remains particularly shrouded in mystery. The essential problem of how to reconcile research value with fair market value – concepts that are in many ways opposed to each other – has remained unsolved since Walden broached the issue. In the last 40 years, few theories to promote fair and accurate monetary appraisal based on the primary research value of archives have emerged. We propose to reappraise Walden’s article in the context of the nearly synchronous parallel histories of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board and the National Archival Appraisal Board. How have the existence of these boards shaped the Canadian context for assigning “fair market value” to cultural property? Has the schism narrowed or widened? What, if any, new issues have emerged with regard to determining values for archival properties? We advocate for an increased role for archivists in the monetary appraisal of archival properties, and a broadening of the critical perspectives used to determine established values. We arrive at this reappraisal of the archival donation landscape by closely examining some of the common pitfalls of the appraisal methodologies and equivalency claims that are typically employed in determining value for tax credits in Canada.
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Dans son article « Stretching the Dollar » (Archivaria 11, hiver 1980-81), David Walden encourageait les archivistes à se familiariser avec le processus d’évaluation monétaire de biens culturels, craignant que « le schisme entre la juste valeur marchande et la valeur de recherche » ne mine les mandats de collection des dépositaires du patrimoine culturel. De tous les processus fondamentaux de la pratique archivistique, l’évaluation monétaire demeure particulièrement enveloppée de mystère. Le problème central de la réconciliation de la valeur de recherche et de la juste valeur marchande – concepts antinomiques à plusieurs égards – demeure non résolu depuis que Walden a abordé le sujet. Au cours des quarante dernières années, peu de théories visant à faire la promotion d’une juste et équitable évaluation de la valeur monétaire en fonction de la valeur de recherche des archives ont émergé. Nous proposons de revoir l’article de Walden dans le contexte des histoires parallèles et presque synchrones de la Commission canadienne d’examen des exportations de biens culturels et du Conseil national d’évaluation des archives. Comment l’existence de ces institutions a-t-elle forgé le contexte canadien dans lequel est établie la « juste valeur marchande » des biens culturels? Le schisme s’est-il réduit ou agrandi? Le cas échéant, quels nouveaux enjeux sont apparus en regard de la détermination de la valeur des biens archivistiques? Nous plaidons en faveur d’un rôle accru des archivistes dans l’évaluation monétaire des biens d’archives, ainsi que d’un élargissement de la perspective critique utilisée pour déterminer la valeur établie. Nous arrivons à cette réévaluation de l’environnement des dons d’archives en nous penchant de plus près sur certains des écueils courants des méthodologies d’évaluation et des constats d’équivalence communément utilisée pour fixer la valeur des crédits d’impôt au Canada
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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