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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
The principle of good faith as the foundation of postcontractual liability in the Brazilian legal system: assumptions, legal nature and effects
No full textEste trabalho busca demonstrar como a funcionalização do princípio da boa-fé objetiva pode ser utilizada como fundamento de uma responsabilidade civil pós-contratual no sistema jurídico brasileiro. Apesar dos parcos julgados existentes sobre o tema - e relatados ao longo da dissertação - certo é que a responsabilização do agente causador do dano, em tais casos, é revestida de certo sentimento de justiça. Contudo, o sistema jurídico não pode contentarse com o mero sentimento pessoal do julgador. É necessária uma fundamentação adequada. Dentro desse esquadro, inicia-se o trabalho explorando a evolução das fontes das obrigações, contrapondo a autonomia privada aos limites impostos pelo ordenamento e às suas fontes heterônomas. Busca-se, assim, definir quais elementos atuam na construção do conteúdo contratual. Tendo forte influência sobre a conduta esperada dos contratantes, mormente pela imposição de deveres laterais, e, novamente, não podendo ser relegada a meros fatores subjetivos, parte-se para o estudo da boa-fé objetiva, analisando seus vetores materiais e suas funções correlatas. Seu espectro de incidência, contudo, não é limitado às fases de formação e execução. Dessa forma, analisa-se sua concreção desde o contato até a fase posterior ao adimplemento. Surge então a questão: se ainda existem deveres a serem observados, no que consiste a pós-eficácia? Para responder a indagação, é necessária uma digressão sobre a noção hodierna de obrigação complexa e adimplemento satisfatório. Feito isso, é possível chegar a alguns fundamentos, dentre eles a própria boa-fé, para a responsabilidade civil póscontratual. Por fim, a presente dissertação debruça-se sobre sua natureza jurídica e as possíveis pretensões do lesado. Com isso, pretende-se trazer uma fundamentação adequada, por meio da boa-fé objetiva, para a responsabilidade por culpa post pactum finitum.This thesis seeks to demonstrate how the functions of the principle of good faith can be used as the foundation for post-contractual liability in the Brazilian legal system. Despite the few judgments that exist about the subject - and reported throughout the dissertation - it is certain that the liability of the author of the damage, in such cases, has a certain amount of justice. However, the legal system cannot be content with the mere personal feeling of the judge. Proper reasoning is required. Within this framework, this thesis begins by exploring the evolution of the sources of obligations, contrasting private autonomy with the limits imposed by the law and the heteronomous sources. Thus, we seek to define which elements act in the construction of contractual content. Having a strong influence on the expected conduct of contractors, especially the imposition of implied duties, and, again, cannot be relegated to mere subjective factors, we start to study the duty of good faith, analyzing its material vectors and their related functions. Its incidence spectrum, however, is not limited to the formation and performance phases. Thereby, its analyzed from the contact of the parties until the postperformance phase. Then a question arises: If there are still duties to be observed, what does post-efficacy means? To answer the question, a digression on today\'s notion of complex obligation and satisfactory perfomance is required. That done, it is possible to come up with some foundations, including good faith itself, for post-contractual liability. Finally, the present dissertation explore its legal nature and the possible claims of the injured party. Thereat is intended to provide adequate foundation, through the principle of good faith, for culpa post pactum finitum liability
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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