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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
Von Assistenten zu Begleitern - Gestaltung virtueller Begleiter
Full text linkThe technological progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence has already changed the way we humans interact with information technology. Chatbots take over conversations with people in customer service, and virtual assistants are available for small tasks on our smartphones. These technologies have one thing in common: they use human patterns and design features to interact with us, for example, by using natural language or a human appearance. It has already been proven that humans ascribe human attributes to these systems because of their humanization: Thus, humans are treating computers like other humans. For this reason, throughout the work on this research project, elements from interpersonal relationships and collaboration are applied to the human-machine interaction: The idea of the Virtual Companion was born. At the beginning of this research project, the focus was on investigating the use of such systems in creative contexts. By identifying a fundamental lack of design knowledge for such systems in the research domain, a more holistic approach was then taken. Through design-oriented research, design knowledge for different use cases is derived in this work, as well as specifically for the design of the proposed Virtual Companions. Later on, this dissertation will focus on a design theory for virtual companionship, as well as a design process tailored explicitly to the instantiation of Virtual Companions. For the design process itself, the use of different methods and design tools is suggested. Especially for the conceptual design phase, the Virtual Companion Canvas was created by the author of this dissertation in order to enable a creative, holistic, and user-centered design of Virtual Companions, detached from the technological implementation.Durch den technologischen Fortschritt im Bereich der Künstlichen Intelligenz hat sich schon heute die Art und Weise wie wir Menschen mit Informationstechnologie interagieren geändert. Chatbots übernehmen Gespräche mit Menschen im Kundenservice und virtuelle Assistenten stehen uns für kleine Aufgaben auf unseren Smartphones zur Seite. Eines haben diese Technologien gemeinsam: Sie verwenden menschliche Muster und Gestaltungsmerkmale, um mit uns zu interagieren, beispielsweise durch die Verwendung von natürlicher Sprache oder ein grundsätzliches menschliches Erscheinungsbild. Schon bewiesen ist, dass Menschen diesen Systemen durch ihre Vermenschlichung auch menschliche Attribute zuschreiben: Menschen behandeln Computer also wie Menschen. Aus diesem Grund wurden im Verlauf der Arbeit an diesem Forschungsvorhaben, Elemente aus der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung und Zusammenarbeit, auf die Mensch-Maschine Interaktion übertragen: Die Idee des Virtual Companions war geboren. Zu Beginn des Forschungsvorhabens stand noch die Erforschung des Einsatzes solcher Systeme in kreativen Kontexten im Fokus. Durch die Identifikation eines grundsätzlichen Mangels an Gestaltungswissen für solche Systeme in der Forschungsdomäne, wurde dann ein ganzheitlicherer Ansatz verfolgt. Mittels gestaltungs-orientierter Forschung wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit Gestaltungswissen für verschiedene Anwendungsfälle hergeleitet, sowie speziell für die Gestaltung von Virtual Companions. Im späteren Verlauf widmet sich diese Dissertation der Herleitung einer Design Theorie für Virtual Companionship, sowie eines Gestaltungsprozesses, welcher speziell auf die Instanziierung von Virtual Companions zugeschnitten ist. Für den Gestaltungsprozess selbst wird die Verwendung von verschiedenen Methoden und Design Tools vorgeschlagen. Speziell für die Konzeptionsphase wurde die Virtual Companion Canvas vom Autor dieser Dissertation erschaffen, um eine kreative, ganzheitliche und nutzerzentrierte Gestaltung von Virtual Companions, losgelöst von der technologischen Umsetzung, zu ermöglichen
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
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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