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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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Analysis and modelling of seismic waves generated by glacial earthquakes and iceberg calving
No full textLes séismes glaciaires ont des magnitudes Mw~5 et sont liés au vêlage d’icebergs instables volumineux (km3). Dans le but de caractériser la force à l’origine des signaux sismiques longue-période (10-100~s) mesurés lors de tels évènements, nous développons une méthode d’inversion de la fonction source et un modèle mécanique numérique du phénomène. Grâce à l’analyse détaillée des histoires de forces inversées, nous mettons en lumière l’existence de plusieurs phénomènes responsables de la génération du signal sismique, à savoir (1) une avalanche de glace déclenchée par le détachement d’un iceberg, (2) le vêlage et le basculement de l’iceberg qui applique une force horizontale normale au glacier, et (3) l’accélération de l’ice-mélange dans le fjord. On montre que la magnitude des séismes glaciaires ne peut être interprétée de manière simple car elle englobe plusieurs processus distincts. D’après les résultats de modélisation numérique, l’amplitude de la force générée par un iceberg tournant contre un terminus ne varie pas de manière linéaire avec le volume de glace mais est largement déterminée par plusieurs facteurs qui influent sur la dynamique du mouvement. Ceci démontre que, l’estimation de la perte de glace lors des séismes glaciaires ne semble pas évidente à partir de leur magnitude. La comparaison des forces inversées et modélisées montre que nous sommes capables de reproduire les signaux sismiques et d’accéder ainsi à la dynamique du phénomène. Les informations contenues dans les variations temporelles de la force de vêlage permettent notamment d’inverser chaque paramètre individuel du modèle et d’estimer ainsi les dimensions et le volume de glace détachéGlacial earthquakes have magnitudes Mw~5 and associated to the calving of large-scale (km3) unstable icebergs. In order to characterize the force at the origin of long-period seismic signals (10-100~s), we develop a source inversion scheme and a numerical modeling of iceberg capsize. Thanks to detailed analysis of the inverted force histories, we reveal the existence of several phenomena responsible for the seismic signal generation, being (1) an ice-avalanche triggered by the detachment of a first iceberg, (2) the calving and capsize of icebergs which apply a horizontal force normal to the glacial terminus, and (3) the ice-melange acceleration in the fjord. This shows that the interpretation to the event magnitudes is not straightforward as they represent the energy that is released by distinct mechanisms. With mechanical numerical modeling of the phenomenon, we show that the force amplitude does not linearly scales with the iceberg volume but also depends on various parameters that control capsize dynamics. This implies that the calving-induced mass loss cannot be estimated from the glacial earthquake magnitude only. Nevertheless, by comparing between seismic inverted forces and the modeling results, we are able to reproduce seismic signals and access the event dynamics. Informations that are contained in the force histories enable to invert each model parameter and thus estimate the iceberg dimensions and then volum
Persévérer ou ne pas persévérer ? Étude qualitative de la persévérance selon une adaptation du modèle de Tinto chez des étudiants en première bachelier
No full textLe but de ce travail est d’aborder la question de la persévérance à partir d’un modèle universellement reconnu, à savoir celui de Tinto (1975). Plus encore, notre volonté a été de le rendre encore plus pertinent, non seulement à partir de critiques adressées par d’autres chercheurs, mais aussi sur base de nos propres recherches. Nous avons ainsi affirmé l’importance du sentiment d’efficacité personnelle et de l’ajustement émotionnel, mais aussi ajouté deux concepts qui nous semblent essentiels à la compréhension du phénomène de la persévérance : les événements de vie et la valeur perçue de la tâche. Ces résultats se basent sur quatorze entretiens réalisés avec des étudiants ayant fait au moins une première année en psychologie. Ceux-ci ont été menés de façon semi-directive et analysés de façon thématique. Ils ont permis à la fois de confronter la théorie au terrain, mais aussi de faire émerger de nouvelles pistes de réflexion sur la persévérance.Master [120] en sciences psychologiques, Université catholique de Louvain, 201
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