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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
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
Associations of DMT therapies with COVID-19 severity in multiple sclerosis: an international cohort study
No full textBackground: MRI scanning tends to reflect the history of acute inflammation rather than the stage of progressive disease, and hence is poorly correlated with EDSS scores. Some variants of visual function testing may be more related to progressive disease. We explore two new forms here. Objective: To examine the diagnostic power of two new forms of rapid objective pupil perimetry in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We compared persons with different EDSS scores, and those with and without Optic Neuritis (ON) as a marker for acute inflammation in the visual system. Methods: We tested 44 MS patients, 60.7 ± 10.1 y, and 40 normal controls 60.2 ± 12.5 y (mean ± SD). We used the W12 and W20 test variants of the Konan objectiveFIELD Analyser. These presented 12 or 20 stimuli/eye across ±30 degrees, testing both eyes concurrently in 80 seconds. We calculated Receiver Operator Characteristic %AUCs for the mean of the worst 4 per-region response delay asymmetries for different EDSS groups. Results: %AUCs increased across our 3 EDSS groups: =4.5, reaching 94.4 ± 3.16 for EDSS-3. W20 was better for EDSS-1 patients: 81.1 ± 6.69 vs. 75.0 ± 8.33. A sub-analysis compared subjects who had experienced ON (N=30) and those who had not (no-ON, N=14). %AUC for NoON and ON were: W12, 86.9 ± 5.24 vs 86.0 ± 4.46; and W20, 87.2 ± 5.45 vs 86.8 ± 4.36. Conclusion: The relatively large %AUCs for EDSS-1 suggest an ability to monitor early-stage disease. The similarity of ON vs. noON results suggest that the tests are more biased towards disease progression rather than the history of acute inflammation , like our earlier data: Background: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are a vulnerable group for severe COVID-19, particularly those taking immu-nosuppressive disease-modifying therapies (DMTs). Objective: To assess characteristics of COVID-19 severity in an international sample of people with MS, including hospitalisation, ICU admission, requiring artificial ventilation , and death. Methods: Data from 12 data-sources in 28 countries were aggre-gated. Demographic and clinical covariates were queried, alongside COVID-19 clinical severity outcomes, hospitalisation, admission to ICU, requiring artificial ventilation, and death. Characteristics of outcomes were assessed in patients with sus-pected/confirmed COVID-19 using multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression. Results: 657 (28.1%) with suspected and 1,683 (61.9%) with confirmed COVID-19. Older age, progressive MS-phenotype, and higher disability associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes. Ocrelizumab and rituximab associated with hospitalisation (aOR=1.75,95%CI=1.29-2.38; aOR=2.76,95%CI=1.87-4.07) and ICU admission (aOR=2.55,95%CI=1.49-4.36; aOR=4.32, 95%CI=2.27-8.23) vs pooled-other-DMTs but only rituximab with artificial ventilation (aOR=6.15,95%CI=3.09-12.27). Similar associations seen compared to dimethyl fumarate and to natali-zumab. No associations observed between DMTs and death. Conclusion: Using the largest cohort of people with MS and COVID-19 available, we demonstrated consistent associations of rituximab and ocrelizumab with worse COVID-19, suggesting their use may be a risk factor for more severe COVID-19. Background: Modifiable lifestyle factors, including diet, have been shown to affect clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: This study assessed the prospective relationships between diet, and disability, fatigue, and depression-risk in people with MS. Methods: Participants from the HOLISM international cohort were assessed over 2.5-years' follow-up. Diet was assessed using the modified Diet Habits Questionnaire (DHQ)
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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