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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 Foundations of an Ideal Dwelling in Japan in the Taishō Era. Between the Importance of the Environment and Reflection on Taste
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Shaping an Ideal Dwelling for Modern Japan: Individual Taste in the Establishment of the Tea House as a Model during the Taishō Period
No full textInternational audienceDuring the Taishō period (1912-1926), housing became a significant topic in architecture with the profound changes due to the rise of modern lifestyles, techniques, materials and values. These developments fuelled reflections on an “ideal dwelling”. Two distinct trends can be observed: between 1913 and 1918, some architects presented an improved Japanese house as this ideal, while between 1919 and 1922, theoreticians defined an ideal dwelling based on the Western architecture. In both cases, the question of taste played a central role. While advocates of Western architecture emphasised the expression of individual taste, proponents of Japanese architecture saw themselves as inheritors of pre-modern taste, which they defined through arts originating in the medieval period. Among them, the way of tea and its architecture - the tea house - became a model for modern Japanese houses. Nevertheless, their reflections continued to address the role of individual and personal preferences.This study examines the significance of individual taste in the discourse of architects who established a Japanese ideal dwelling based on the tea house. The analysis focuses on writings published during the Taishō period and early Shōwa years (1926-1939), particularly by Yasuoka Katsuya (1877-1942), Fujii Kōji (1888-1938) and Horiguchi Sutemi (1895-1984). While the first two architects conceptualised an ideal dwelling based on the tea house, Horiguchi undertook an in-depth examination on the concept of taste and the tea architecture while contributing to housing debates.During this period, the tea house evolved from a concrete model defined by specific architectural features into an abstract model freed from precise architectural forms. In their reflections on an ideal dwelling, architects encouraged the development of individual taste while defining its expression. Then, from the 1920's, the tea house reference became increasingly abstract and theoretical, establishing principles that can be applied in various types of dwellings, thus creating an expression framework for the individual preferences. This study underscores how the expression of the individual's taste is allowed in the use of the tea architecture and its taste as a model for a Japanese ideal dwelling, thanks to the conceptualisation of the principles of the tea house
Le pavillon de thé dans la pensée architecturale de Yasuoka Katsuya. Vers un lien entre pavillon de thé et habitation
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