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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
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
The effects of supply chain disruptions due to hurricanes on stock price.
Full text linkAktas, Emel - Associate SupervisorPurpose and Rationale: It is known that supply chain disruptions have a
negative stock price effect and that the effect is stronger if these are caused by
catastrophes. However, these effects of hurricane-induced supply chain
disruptions on stock price remain unexplored, even though the annual average
hurricane damage in the US due to hurricanes is 9bn is to
commercial businesses. This thesis aims to: 1. Explore, classify and connect the
three concepts of natural disasters, supply chain disruption (SCD) and firm
financial performance in one framework. 2. Identify potentially influencing factors
and test if, and in which way, these influence the effect of hurricanes on stock
price. 3. Define a statistical model to evaluate the effect of hurricanes on stock
price. The main focus is on manufacturing firms.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This research is quantitative. The daily closing
value of 625 manufacturing companies that were listed on the NYSE between
2014 and 2018 was analysed. Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average
(ARIMA) was applied in combination with intervention analysis to model the stock
price time series. In total six deduced hypotheses were tested. The statistical
interruptions in stock prices due to hurricane announcements and hurricane
incident announcements were investigated. The method allowed estimation of
the magnitude and temporal patterns of change by applying transfer functions.
Multiple factors that potentially influence the magnitude or pattern of the stock
price reaction were tested, including details of damage.
Findings: Both hurricane incident announcements and hurricane
announcements negatively affect a firm’s stock price, mostly in the form of a
transitory change. Industry moderates the stock price reaction to hurricane
announcements. Minor supply chain disruptions are the only impacts resulting in
a positive reaction. Providing details on actual damage leads to less negative and
mostly positive reactions. Companies providing information on preventive
closures are unlikely to suffer a negative reaction.
Practical Implications: Hurricane risk needs to be actively managed by firms in
all sectors; however, the preparation needs to be sector-specific. Firms should
focus their efforts on managing supply chain disruptions. Additionally, firms need
to communicate in a transparent way to reduce shareholders’ uncertainty and
increase trust, so that the stock prices reactions are less negative.
Originality: This thesis provides a single framework connecting disasters, supply
chain disruptions and firm performance, thereby bridging supply chain
management and financial economics literature. The thesis evaluates the effect
of hurricane-induced supply chain disruptions for the first time. It does not analyse
just the effect of hurricane incident announcements but also hurricane
announcements and compares both. Autoregressive integrated moving average
(ARIMA) in combination with an intervention model was applied as an alternative
to the frequently used event study methodology. This approach is chosen to
evaluate the effect of hurricane announcements and hurricane incident
announcements on the daily stock price time series of the firms in scope. Longer
term effects can be evaluated, and the best fitting transfer functions are
assessed. The model accounts for autocorrelation, trend, seasonality, and drift
patterns. Additionally, the effect of the following potentially influencing factors was
tested as these have only been touched on in the existing literature so far: impact
type, impact extent, detailed damage, and preventive closure.PhD in Leadership and Managemen
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
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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