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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
Anxiety, Identity, and Female College Student Heavy Episodic Drinking
No full textThe purpose of the study was to investigate the developmental variable of identity, the individual variable of anxiety, and their relationship with female college student heavy episodic drinking. Concomitant with the transition from high school to college, is the developmental task of identity formation. College provides a structured context for emerging adult female students to work through the developmental demands of identity formation. For female students, identity development comes with unique risks related to heavy episodic drinking. In addition, anxiety is an inevitable part of life and the life transition from high school to college has its own anxiety. Anxiety has both adaptive and maladaptive functions. For female college students, anxiety comes with its own risks related to heavy episodic drinking and consequences. Heavy episodic drinking by female college students has been gradually increasing and comes with unique risks for female students. Specifically, female college students are more likely to experience negative consequences to self (e.g., rape, sexual assault, unprotected sex, etc) as compared to their male counterparts. Moreover, college age women make up the largest age group of all women reporting alcohol related problems. Examining the bidirectional relationship between anxiety and identity may be particularly relevant in understanding female college heavy episodic drinking. Thus, providing needed understanding to decrease the risks and provide direction for effective university prevention for female college students. Erikson’s Theory of Identity Development was the theoretical framework used to conceptualize and examine identity and anxiety factors related to the problems associated with female heavy episodic drinking and consequences. The method procedures for data collection was comprised of a convenience sample of 237 female college students. Female student participants completed a survey comprised of outcome and predictor measures and demographic items. Structural equation modeling was performed to evaluate mediation and moderation relationships in the proposed model. The moderating analysis addressed age of first drunkenness (early onset of first drunkenness vs. late onset of first drunkenness). Plus, the effects of control variables were also introduced in the model; specifically, grade point average, housing (e.g., on campus and off campus), childhood anxiety, and year in college (e.g., freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior). The outcome of the structural equation model results suggests for this sample of female college students that anxiety and identity did not mediate female college student heavy episodic drinking. Furthermore, identity variables in this study were not a good predictor of female college heavy episodic drinking. Findings resulted in a negative relationship between female college student anxiety and heavy episodic drinking. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between reported childhood anxiety and current anxiety, suggesting possible continuity of anxiety. The moderator, early age of drunkenness, was also positively associated with female student heavy episodic drinking. The implications of the study suggest that identity may not be a good predictor of female heavy episodic drinking. Furthermore, exploration of female student anxiety and its negative relationship with heavy episodic drinking needs more empirical attention. Finally, the study suggests the ongoing need to further understand the pre-college risks for female college students’ heavy episodic drinking. Identity and anxiety factors and their explanatory model with female heavy episodic drinking could merit further examination. The results suggest the need to examine additional multi-group comparisons; specifically, female students with early onset of anxiety (prior to age 17) and late anxiety onset (18+) and no alcohol related problems vs. alcohol related problems. The negative relationship between anxiety and heavy episodic drinking should continue to be empirically investigated to more clearly understand the influences of anxiety.Embargo status: Restricted to TTU community only. To view, login with your eRaider (top right). Others may request the author grant access exception by clicking on the PDF link to the left
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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