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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
Comprendere e misurare la dimensione culturale della città contemporanea
No full textOggi, più che mai, le politiche pubbliche sono chiamate a sostenere la creazione o lo sviluppo di un'economia basata sul patrimonio culturale, in grado di rigenerare il tessuto urbano e gli spazi pubblici. Nel tentativo di fornire un profilo del quartiere storico di Castello (Cagliari) come patrimonio culturale urbano, utilizzando una "scala di valori" corretta, ci si scontra con l'inadeguatezza degli strumenti disponibili. Infatti in Italia la dimensione economica della cultura viene misurata attraverso indicatori statistici, che forniscono la misurazione di una generica offerta e il suo tasso di soddisfazione. Ai fini di questo lavoro abbiamo esaminato i modelli adottati a livello internazionale da organizzazioni qualificate come l'OCSE, l'UNESCO, e l'esperienza europea del LEG Culture e della Task Force dell'Eurostat, rilevando che non esiste un sistema specifico di misure armonizzate per la descrizione della sfera culturale. La Convenzione quadro del Consiglio europeo sul "valore del patrimonio culturale per la società" (Faro, 2005), sottoscritta dall'Italia nel 2013, integra gli strumenti internazionali esistenti, riconoscendo la necessità di mettere le persone e i valori umani al centro di una concezione più ampia e interdisciplinare di patrimonio culturale e sottolineando il valore e il potenziale del patrimonio culturale come risorsa per lo sviluppo sostenibile e il miglioramento della qualità della vita delle persone. D'altra parte l'Agenda urbana europea e le politiche di coesione dell'Unione europea, sostenute dai fondi strutturali 2014-2020, sollecita i cambiamenti e gli investimenti istituzionali, attraverso una politica integrata che coinvolge i cittadini e la società civile nei programmi di riqualificazione urbana.
L'adozione di modelli orientata a favorire la leadership civica per aumentare la consapevolezza del valore del patrimonio culturale e il suo contributo al benessere degli individui, sembra essere la prerogativa per realizzare la promozione della diversità culturale e la costruzione di una società giusta, in conformità ai principi di democratizzazione della cultura e di governo aperto sostenuti da politiche europee.Contemporary cities: understanding and measuring the cultural dimension
Today, more than ever, public policies are requested to sustain the creation or development of an economy based on the cultural heritage, capable of regenerating the urban fabric and public spaces.
In an attempt to provide a picture of the historic district of Castello (Cagliari) as urban cultural heritage, using a proper “scale of value”, we faced the inadequacy of available tools, since in Italy the economic dimension of culture is provided by statistical indicators, measuring a generic offer and its satisfaction rate. For the purposes of this work we reviewed the models internationally adopted by qualified organizations such as the OECD, UNESCO, and the European experience of the LEG Culture and the Eurostat Task Force, noting that a specific system of harmonized measures for the description of the cultural sphere, is definitely missing. The Framework Convention of the European Council on the "Value of cultural heritage for society" (Faro, 2005), signed by Italy in 2013, integrates existing international instruments, recognising the need to put people and human values at the centre of an enlarged and cross-disciplinary concept of cultural heritage and emphasising the value and potential of cultural heritage as a resource for sustainable development and the quality of people's life improvement. On the other hand the European Urban Agenda and the EU Cohesion Policies triggered by the Structural Funds 2014-2020, urge for institutional changes and investments, through an integrated and place-based policy that involve citizens and civil society in urban renewal programmes.
The adoption of models geared to foster civic leadership to increase awareness of the value of cultural heritage and its contribution to the welfare of individuals, seems to be the prerogative to realize the promotion of cultural diversity and the building of a fair society, in accordance to the principles of democratization of culture and open government supported by European policies
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
L'architettura del territorio e la forma del paesaggio
No full textLa laguna di Santa Gilla, un patrimonio paesaggistico per l’area metropolitana della città di Cagliari, racchiude l’insieme delle contraddizioni, delle complessità e del potenziale inespresso su cui poter esprimere la sperimentazione del progetto. Per tutto il Novecento, infatti, la Laguna è stata lo scenario ideale in cui gli interessi economici e produttivi, delle città a corona del Sistema Ambientale sud-occidentale di Cagliari, hanno trasformato una situazione di natura in una condizione di cultura. La ricerca, nel descrivere le dinamiche dell’insediamento in un periodo storico ben preciso che ha inizio con le prime rappresentazioni del territorio di natura topografica, intende dare risposta alla domanda: attraverso quale forma urbana è possibile Abitare questo territorio
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