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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
From Loyal British Subject to American Patriot: A Reexamination of the Life of Benjamin Franklin
No full textThis thesis follows Benjamin Franklin’s evolution from loyal British subject to American patriot
by investigating how political, economic, and social systems influenced the shaping of his ideas
and beliefs toward the proper role of government. Life in the North American colonies exhibited
numerous political, economic, and social changes during Franklin’s lifetime. Focusing on one
segment of change while excluding the others gives a narrow focus that discounts how these
changes worked together and negates influences one may have had upon another. From the
founding of the English colonies on the Atlantic coast, republicanism appeared in theory and
gradually in practice. Mercantilism was replaced by more liberal economic traditions that
brought budding capitalism. The American colonies never had as structured of a social hierarchy
as the mother country. Franklin’s level of acceptance of these changes and how he observed the
world around him helped to solidify his acceptance of a break from Great Britain based on his
rejection of strict Parliamentary rule. He rose from indentured servitude to public servant,
consistently criticized mercantilism, and believed in equality of opportunity. At the same time, if
the government was not protecting civil rights, that government should be replaced. Franklin, like many colonists, was loyal to the crown until the eve of the American Revolution when he no
longer could find any recourse for reconciliation with Great Britain. His Puritan values of hard
work and virtue contributed to his dedication of equality of opportunity for the populace. This
allowed him to justify revolution and advocate for independence
Listening Tenaciously : Politics, Languages, and Historiography in the Work of J.G.A. Pocock
No full textThis dissertation seeks to honor the maieutic arts in the Western philosophical tradition, by
engaging the space, which lies between intellectual history and political theory in the history of
ideas through the study of J.G.A. Pocock’s works. This study seeks to establish three main
points. First, Pocock’s methodology can be described as linguistic contextualization, which I call
“tenacious listening.” Second, Pocock’s work has challenged the traditional narrative in political
theory and intellectual history in its approach to Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques
Rousseau as the canonized paradigmatic figures of the West. For Pocock, the three paradigmatic
figures of early modern Western political theory are Niccolo Machiavelli, James Harrington, and
Edward Gibbon. Third, through his methodology of tenacious listening and linguistic
contextualization, Pocock presents a distinct and particular view of Machiavelli, Harrington and
Gibbon. The points explored in this study are meant to offer scholars of political thought across
disciplinary lines a more precise and holistic portrayal of J.GA. Pocock. In so doing, I intend to
consider the idea of a republic in Pocock’s work, its place in the interdisciplinary landscape, and
its relevance to the political climate in the United States today
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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