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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
Minimum requirements for qualifying for registration as TIER B surveyor in South Carolina
No full textTo be eligible for licensure and registration as a professional land surveyor TIER B, an applicant must be of good character and reputation and be able to effectively communicate in the English language. This paper lists the minimum evidence satisfactory to the board for an applicant to be qualified for licensure as a TIER B Professional Land Surveyor
Tier B Municipal Stormwater Guidance Document
No full textThe Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program addresses pollutants entering our waters from certain storm drainage systems owned or operated by local, county, state, interstate, or federal government agencies. The purpose of this Guidance Document is to assist the Tier B municipalities in understanding what is required under the Phase II Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program, and how to assist in complying with the Tier B Permit. The permits address stormwater quality issues related to new development, redevelopment and existing developed areas by requiring the development of a stormwater program and implementation of specific permit requirements referred to as Statewide Basic Requirements (SBRs). The Guidance Document includes various chapters, many of which are solely dedicated to discussing specific permit requirements. These permit requirements are either SBRs or related Best Management Practices (BMPs). Each specific permit requirement, whether it be a SBR or BMP, is broken down into three section headings: "What is required?," "What does this mean?" and "Want to know more?" These section headings are intended to make understanding and implementing the permit language easier. This document also contains model ordinances for controlling stormwater and nonpoint source pollution.NJPDES General Permit No. NJ014186
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
Community-Based Long-Term Care in Taiwan: The Service Experiences of Tier B Centers
No full text[[abstract]]This qualitative study explored the community-based long-term care in Taiwan, examining the service experiences of Taiwan’s Tier B centers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven Tier B service centers managers. The interview transcripts were analyzed by comparing the participants’ responses to find similarities and inducted into three themes. It was found that the adversities encountered include frequent policy revisions, the lack of systematized training programs, the high turnover rate among service providers, as well as differing perceptions between family members and service providers. They tried to solve problems and suggested policy improvement, including establishing platforms for government-citizen dialogue as well as creating supervision and evaluation mechanisms. Consequently, Tier B service centers benefit the community and the long-term care industry as elderly people can age in place and reduce families’ caregiving burden. Also, the practical experiences provide the real situation of differences between policies, training, and social service promotion. For future research, it is suggested to use this study’s results as a blueprint and conduct a questionnaire survey on all Tier B service centers in the country to understand the overall service outcomes. And propose suggestions for policy revision and formulating training programs for service providers
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
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