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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
L'utilisation d'espèces indicatrices dans un contexte de changement climatique : cas des oiseaux de l'est de la forêt boréale canadienne
No full textPlusieurs contraintes peuvent entraver le suivi à large échelle nécessaire à l’évaluation et à la mise en place de mesures pour atténuer la perte de biodiversité, notamment en milieu nordique. L’utilisation d’espèces indicatrices d’assemblages est une méthode qui permet de simplifier le suivi de la biodiversité à partir d’un nombre limité d’espèces. Malgré des études prometteuses à fines échelles, l’efficacité d’une telle pratique sur de vastes étendues spatiales demeure incertaine. À l’aide de 22 041 points d’écoutes provenant d’atlas d’oiseaux nicheurs, nous avons évalué l’efficacité des espèces indicatrices d’oiseaux à prédire de manière cohérente la richesse spécifique malgré les variations climatiques observées sur 1,75 M km2de forêt boréale. Afin de tester l’effet des conditions climatiques sur les assemblages d’espèces, nous avons séparé notre zone d’étude en huit régions climatiques relativement similaires. À l’aide d’analyses par modèle nul sur la co-occurrence des espèces, nous avons identifié le nombre minimal d’espèces indicatrices nécessaires pour prévoir 70 % de la variation de richesse spécifique dans chacune des régions climatiques. Bien que nous ayons réussi à identifier un nombre restreint d’espèces indicatrices par région climatique, nous avons également montré que les espèces indicatrices variaient largement entre les régions. Les espèces qui conservaient leur capacité à être indicatrices dans plusieurs régions climatiques étaient également représentatives d’assemblages d’espèces différentes. Cette étude montre que les espèces identifiées comme indicatrices pourraient ne plus indiquer le même assemblage d’espèces dans un avenir proche. L'utilisation d’indicateurs à large échelle s'accompagne donc du défi de devoir déterminer sous quelles nouvelles conditions un ensemble d'indicateurs doit être remplacé, puis d’identifier le nouvel ensemble approprié.Many constraints can impede the broad-scale monitoring needed to assess and mitigate human-induced loss of biodiversity. The use of indicator species of species assemblage can simplify the monitoring of biodiversity based on a limited number of species. Despite promising fine-scale studies, it remains unclear whether indicator species remain effective over broad spatial extents. Using 22,041 point-counts coming from breeding bird atlases, we assessed the value of indicator species to consistently predict bird species richness despite variation in climate conditions observed over 1.75 M km2 of boreal forest. To test for the effect of climate conditions on species assemblages, we partitioned our study area into eight relatively similar climatic regions. Using null model analyses of species co-occurrence, we identified the minimum number of indicator species required to predict 70% of the variation in species richness in each of the climatic regions. Although we were able to identify a small number of indicator species in each climatic region, we observed that the identity of indicator species varied strongly among regions. When species remained an indicator in several climatic regions, they were representative of different species assemblages. This study shows that species currently identified as indicators may no longer indicate the same species assemblage in a near future. Broad-scale use of indicators thus comes with the challenge of having to determine under which new conditions a given set of indicators must be replaced by another, and by which one
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
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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