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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
Réalisation de guides d'ondes pour l'optique non-linéaire. Développement de nanocomposites inorganiques
No full textA great effort of research relates to the developpment of new solutions for second harmonic generation in waveguides, generally produced by ion exchange or implantation on optically non-linear single-crystal substrates. In the first part of this work, we used the proton exchange technique to produce waveguides on lithium iodate substrates, a material largely used for application in non-linear optics. Waveguides presenting an attenuation lower than 1 dB/cm were obtained and we showed, by a combined X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and m-lines spectroscopy study, that the guiding layer consisted in solid solution Li(1−x)HxIO3 whose refractionindex is proportional to the proton concentration (x). We also characterised the exchange process kinetics. However, the high values of diffusion coeffcients at ambient temperature do not allow to obtain stable waveguides under standard conditions of use.Keeping the aim of achieving waveguides for non-linear optics, we gave up the use of singlecrystal lithium iodate to insert it in the form of nanocrystals in amorphous matrices.Thus, two types of nanocomposites were studied, one constituted of a silica matrix elaborated by sol-gel technique, the other made of Laponite, a very low cost synthetic clay. For each composite, a structural study has allowed to determine the kinetics of crystallisation of LiIO3 and nanocrystals have been oriented by the application of an external electric field during nucleation.Finally, for LiIO3/Laponite composite, waveguides have been carried out and an attenuation of about 2 dB/cm has been measured. We have measured an effective non-linear coeffcient of about 1.6 pm/V for a composite doped with 50% vol. of LiIO3 and a modelhas been proposed to describe the non-linear optical behaviour of this composite material.Then, this model has been used to simulate the performances of periodically oriented structures.Un effort de recherche important concerne le développement de nouvelles solutions pour la génération de second harmonique dans des guides d'ondes, généralement réalisés par implantation ou par échange d'ions sur des substrats monocristallins optiquementnon-linéaires.Dans la première partie de ce travail, nous avons utilisé l'échange de protons pour réaliser des guides d'ondes sur des substrats d'iodate de lithium, matériau largement utilisépour des applications en optique non-linéaire quadratique. Des guides d'ondes présentant une atténuation inférieure à 1 dB/cm ont été obtenus et nous avons montré, par une étude combinée en diffraction des rayons X, spectroscopie Raman et spectroscopie mlines, que la couche guidante était constituée de solution solide Li(1−x)HxIO3 dont l'indice de réfraction est proportionnel à la concentration en protons (x). Nous avons également caractérisé la cinétique du processus d'échange. Cependant, les coeffcients de diffusion élevés à température ambiante ne permettent pas l'obtention de guides stables dans des conditions standard d'utilisation.Tout en gardant comme objectif la réalisation de guides d'ondes pour l'optique nonlinéaire, nous avons abandonné l'utilisation de LiIO3 monocristallin pour l'insérer sous la forme de nanocristaux dans des matrices vitreuses. Ainsi, deux types de nanocompositesont été étudiés, l'un constitué d'une matrice de silice élaborée par voie sol-gel, l'autre constitué d'une matrice de Laponite, une argile synthétique très bas coût. Pour chacun des composites, une étude structurale a permis de déterminer la cinétique de cristallisation de LiIO3 dont les cristaux ont pu être orientés par l'application d'un champ électrique durant la nucléation.Enfin, pour le composite LiIO3/Laponite, des guides d'ondes ont été élaborés et une atténuation de l'ordre de 2 dB/cm a été mesurée. Nous avons mesuré un coeffcient nonlinéaire effectif de l'ordre de 1.6 pm/V pour un composite dopé à 50% vol. et un modèlea été proposé pour décrire le comportement optique non-linéaire du matériau. Ce modèle a ensuite permis de simuler les performances de structures périodiquement orientées
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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