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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
Udvikling af lette lastbiler: et casestudie af Volvo Trucks produktionskæde
No full textDette speciale handler om, hvordan det er muligt at nedbringe de forsyningssik-kerhedsproblemer, der relaterer sig til olieressourcerne samt de miljø- og sund-hedsproblemer, der er forbundet med godstransport på lastbiler i EU. Kilden til disse problemer relaterer sig til brændstofforbruget ved anvendelse af lastbiler. Brændstofforbruget kan reduceres ved at vægtreducere lastbiler. For at undersøge mulighederne for at vægtreducere lastbiler indeholder specialet overordnet tre analyser: En analyse af de materialetekniske muligheder for at opnå vægtreduktion gennem materialesubstitution samt vægtreduktionspotentialet ved udvikling af nye lastbiler. Analysen tager udgangspunkt i en øget anvendelse af aluminium og plast. En analyse af de produktionsmæssige potentialer og barrierer for at vægt-reducere. Analysen fokuserer på de generelle tendenser, der præger organiseringen i lastbilindustrien og stiller skarpt på relationerne i produktionskæden omkring Volvo Trucks. En analyse af den hidtidige regulering af lastbilindustrien. Analysen vurderer effekten af reguleringen i forhold til at reducere lastbilers brændstoffor-brug. Analyserne i specialet baseres på et eksemplarisk casestudie af produktionskæden omkring Volvo Trucks i Gøteborg, hvor empirien primært udgøres af virksomhedsbesøg og interviews i virksomheder med tilknytning til denne produktionskæde. Specialet opstiller på baggrund af analyserne et forslag til fremtidige reguleringsinitiativer, der kan øge efterspørgslen på vægtreducerede lastbiler og dermed dæmme op for forsynings-, miljø og sundhedsproblemerne, der relaterer sig hertil. Endvidere opstiller specialet et forslag til et samlet program, der ved hjælp af ma-terialesubstitution, alternative brændstoffer, alternative teknologier og mobility management kan reducere brændstofforbruget fra lastbiler i EU. In english: This thesis studies the possibilities of minimizing the problems of securing supplies of oil resources and relating to the environmental and health problems in relation to the transport of goods on trucks in the EU. The source of theses problems originate in the fuel consumption of trucks for goods transport. It will be proven that fuel consumption will be reduced by reducing the weight of trucks. To support the possibilities of a weight reduction of trucks, the thesis contains three overall analyses: An analysis of the material technical options to obtain a weight reduction via material substitution as well as the potential of a weight reduction through the development of new truck types. The analysis bases its theory on an increased use of aluminium and plastic. An analysis of the production potentials and barriers for weight reduction. The analysis centres on the general tendencies that characterize the organi-zation of the truck industry and focuses on the circumstances in the pro-duction chain of Volvo Trucks. An analysis of the European regulation up till now of the truck industry. The analysis assesses the effect of the regulation in relation to reducing the fuel consumption of trucks. The analyses of the thesis are based on a case study of the production chain of Volvo Trucks in Gothenburg, Sweden, in which the empirical methods primarily consist of works visit and interviews in companies with a link to the production chain in question. On the basis of the analyses, the thesis advances a proposal for future regulative initiatives, which will increase the demand of weight reducing trucks and thus stem the supply, environmental and health problems relating hereto. Furthermore, the thesis puts forward a proposal for an overall programme, which includes material substitution, fuel alternatives, alternative technologies and mobility manage-ment, which will reduce the fuel consumption of trucks within the EU.Dette speciale handler om, hvordan det er muligt at nedbringe de forsyningssik-kerhedsproblemer, der relaterer sig til olieressourcerne samt de miljø- og sund-hedsproblemer, der er forbundet med godstransport på lastbiler i EU. Kilden til disse problemer relaterer sig til brændstofforbruget ved anvendelse af lastbiler. Brændstofforbruget kan reduceres ved at vægtreducere lastbiler. For at undersøge mulighederne for at vægtreducere lastbiler indeholder specialet overordnet tre analyser: En analyse af de materialetekniske muligheder for at opnå vægtreduktion gennem materialesubstitution samt vægtreduktionspotentialet ved udvikling af nye lastbiler. Analysen tager udgangspunkt i en øget anvendelse af aluminium og plast. En analyse af de produktionsmæssige potentialer og barrierer for at vægt-reducere. Analysen fokuserer på de generelle tendenser, der præger organiseringen i lastbilindustrien og stiller skarpt på relationerne i produktionskæden omkring Volvo Trucks. En analyse af den hidtidige regulering af lastbilindustrien. Analysen vurderer effekten af reguleringen i forhold til at reducere lastbilers brændstoffor-brug. Analyserne i specialet baseres på et eksemplarisk casestudie af produktionskæden omkring Volvo Trucks i Gøteborg, hvor empirien primært udgøres af virksomhedsbesøg og interviews i virksomheder med tilknytning til denne produktionskæde. Specialet opstiller på baggrund af analyserne et forslag til fremtidige reguleringsinitiativer, der kan øge efterspørgslen på vægtreducerede lastbiler og dermed dæmme op for forsynings-, miljø og sundhedsproblemerne, der relaterer sig hertil. Endvidere opstiller specialet et forslag til et samlet program, der ved hjælp af ma-terialesubstitution, alternative brændstoffer, alternative teknologier og mobility management kan reducere brændstofforbruget fra lastbiler i EU. In english: This thesis studies the possibilities of minimizing the problems of securing supplies of oil resources and relating to the environmental and health problems in relation to the transport of goods on trucks in the EU. The source of theses problems originate in the fuel consumption of trucks for goods transport. It will be proven that fuel consumption will be reduced by reducing the weight of trucks. To support the possibilities of a weight reduction of trucks, the thesis contains three overall analyses: An analysis of the material technical options to obtain a weight reduction via material substitution as well as the potential of a weight reduction through the development of new truck types. The analysis bases its theory on an increased use of aluminium and plastic. An analysis of the production potentials and barriers for weight reduction. The analysis centres on the general tendencies that characterize the organi-zation of the truck industry and focuses on the circumstances in the pro-duction chain of Volvo Trucks. An analysis of the European regulation up till now of the truck industry. The analysis assesses the effect of the regulation in relation to reducing the fuel consumption of trucks. The analyses of the thesis are based on a case study of the production chain of Volvo Trucks in Gothenburg, Sweden, in which the empirical methods primarily consist of works visit and interviews in companies with a link to the production chain in question. On the basis of the analyses, the thesis advances a proposal for future regulative initiatives, which will increase the demand of weight reducing trucks and thus stem the supply, environmental and health problems relating hereto. Furthermore, the thesis puts forward a proposal for an overall programme, which includes material substitution, fuel alternatives, alternative technologies and mobility manage-ment, which will reduce the fuel consumption of trucks within the EU
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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