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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
The American South after the Civil War in the light of 1865–1885 Warsaw press
No full textThe article shows the American South in the period of the twenty years
following the Civil War, as presented in Warsaw press – both in dailies and periodicals
– after the January Uprising. It is worth mentioning that historiography
provides several definitions of the South. Some scholars limit it to the states
which left the Union in 1861. Yet, according to a more popular view, this region
includes all states where slavery existed. It refers to the area situated south of
Pennsylvania, below the so-called Mason-Dixon line. In this article the latter
definition of the South is used.
In the first years after the Civil War information on difficult situation of
the South was regularly provided by Warsaw press, mainly by daily newspapers.
These were usually reprints of western, primarily German, but also Belgian,
English or French columns. They informed both about destructions resulting
from military actions that had been conducted mostly in this area and the difficult
situation of people living in this region. However, they neither informed broadly
about the South, about its particular states nor presented an insightful analysis of
the problems the region had to cope with. Warsaw dailies paid a lot of attention to
the American South right after the Civil War. When the situation in the region
stabilized, the interest in the region diminished and the publications became
rather sporadic. Periodicals, on the other hand, wrote about the South only occasionally,
usually when they got reports from the travelers. Poles rarely visited this region,
so the reports were not very numerous. It is to be admitted that the South of that
time was attractive neither to foreign visitors nor settlers. Sygurd Wiśniowski,
writing for the magazine for women “Tygodnik Mód i Powieści”, was the one who
reported about the region in the most extensive way. He had the indispensable
knowledge, as in the years 1975–1876 he had organized an expedition to the
American South.Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Wydział Historyczno-Socjologiczny1213114
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
The centenary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence – echoes in the Warsaw press
No full textAnna Stocka - BiałystokEach year on July 4 Americans celebrate subsequent anniversaries of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On that day numerous federal and private events take place. In 1876 Americans decided to celebrate the centenary of gaining independence in a special way - with the main feast on July 4 and minor events throughout the whole year. The complexity of some festivities required starting extensive preparations even a few years earlier. The biggest attraction of the celebrations was the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of Soil and Mine organized in Philadelphia. This undertaking, due to its international character, caused the greatest interest abroad. This article focuses on reports describing celebrations of the centenary in the Warsaw press in the years 1873-1877. The first articles appeared in 1873, when the president officially declared that the exhibition would be the focal point of the celebrations. From that time on the Polish press tried to follow subsequent stages in the preparations for the exhibition. The authoress of this article describes the impressions of Polish correspondents observing the festivities of 1876 and the contribution of Poles in the celebrations. Numerous articles on the centenary printed in Polish newspapers and periodicals reflected a great interest in the topic. Editors sent their correspondents to the United States in order to have immediate and direct relations. Sygurd Wisniowski was the one who wrote the greatest number of reports. He shared his impressions with 'Gazeta Polska', 'Tygodnik Ilustrowany', 'Klosy' oraz 'Tygodnik Mód i Powiesci'. Jan Karlowicz wrote for 'Bluszcz' and 'Biblioteka Warszawska'. It is worth mentioning that Polish correspondents focused on the exhibition in Philadelphia because of its international character. Polish correspondents perceived it as one of the most extraordinary events of those days. Such a conclusion may be drawn on the basis of numerous extensive articles in the Warsaw press. Their authors were fascinated by the magnitude of the exhibition. They also admired Americans for their efficiency in organizing such a worldwide known event.69511
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