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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
Culturally responsive architecture : designing a community center in Arboledas, Mexico
No full textAs countries become more closely linked, traveling and communication throughout the world becomes more efficient. Global integration is providing new opportunities for professionals throughout the world to work in countries other than the ones in which they grew up. More specifically, in the field of architecture, it is now possible for an architect in the United States to design in a country such as France. Not just is it possible, but there are clients around the world that are willing to hire an architect from a country other than their own. As a result, questions have emerged as to what makes architecture of the place.The thesis project explores the idea of how to better understand the values of a culture in order to inform and direct the design of architecture that is responsive to that place and people. The definition of culture used in this exploration comes from the book Invitation to Anthropology, by Luke Eric Lassiter, which defines culture as "a shared and negotiated system of meaning informed by knowledge that people learn and put into practice by interpreting experience and generating behavior." Cultural values are understood through the use of a cultural inventorying process derived using anthropology research methods. Those methods include, but are not limited to: interviews, observation, and comparative analysis. The cultural values are then translated into an architectural language which serves to inform and direct the design process.The testing of these ideas in culturally responsive architecture was done through the design of a community center in Mexico City. The site is located in a middle class section of Mexico City called Arboledas. A trip was made to Mexico City in the first week of December. This trip was the basis for the selection of a site and building type. The main criteria for the building type was that it focus on social issues and allow for both private and public spaces. A community center seemed the most appropriate program to explore given these needs.Cultural values were derived from the cultural inventory by breaking the information down into three main categories. Those three main categories are social values, cultural history, and environmental context. This inventory process provided a better understanding of the shared and negotiated system of meaning of the middle-class Mexicans in Arboledas. Those values then served to direct and inform the final design of a community center in the area.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
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
A system for change : accommodating individuality in student housing
No full textThere is no abstract available for this thesis.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Accessibility of social housing : acknowledging interconnectivity of various layers of access
No full textThe central thesis of this project is the extension of the analysis of social housing projects beyond its physical aspects and boundaries. This thesis argues that visual, physical, social, and economic accessibility is important to integrate social housing into an existing urban pattern.The thesis examines accessibility of the social housing project Richtsberg at the urban, neighborhood, and building level. Social housing needs to be accessible on many levels in order to be an equal part of an urban environment. The layers of access are closely interconnected. It is important to acknowledge and incorporate interconnectivity of various layers and disciplines for a solution approach.Although crime rates do not show differences between the social housing projectRichtsberg and other parts of Marburg, Germany, Richtsberg is perceived as a criminal,violent, unsafe neighborhood. The lack of visual, physical, social, and economic accessand therefore knowledge about the neighborhood strongly affects outsiders' perceptions.Spatial analysis using maps, plans, and photographs combined with theoretical perspectives are the methods of the thesis.Design proposals are used in order to test the analysis and definitions. The proposals intend to suggest possible measures to improve the situation of the social housing project Richtsberg.Thesis (M. Arch.)Department of Architectur
Reinforcing community through architecture : encouraging cooperation through perceived boundaries
No full textThere is no abstract available for this thesis.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Morbidly sublime : reconstructing the rationality of death architecture
No full textThere is no abstract available for this thesis.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
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
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