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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
Urbanistica Punica della Sardegna meridionale : l'insediamento di Pani Loriga di Santadi (SU) alla luce delle recenti indagini
No full textEarth architecture in the Phoenician and Punic world : from the Iron Age Levant to the Punic Western Mediterranean and beyond
No full textThe Phoenicians brought with them various cultural customs on their way to the West, which are reflected both in material culture and in architectural traditions and building techniques. The study of architectural features throughout the Punic West Mediterranean can undoubtedly be seen as an innovative approach taken by a young generation of scholars to identify all the processes of contact and cultural contamination that characterise the Mediterranean region of the first millennium BC. It is well known that material culture is not a static phenomenon and that in most cases it evolves and reinvents itself. This paper focuses on the evolutionary process of mud-brick architecture, which, although always considered an almost exclusive feature of Near Eastern architecture, is now well attested in the Western Mediterranean as well, thanks to several recent excavations. In Punic contexts, the use of mud-brick architecture can be traced back to the first contacts between the local populations of Sicily, North Africa, Sardinia, the Iberian Peninsula and the Levantine peoples. However, some differences in the use of this technique can be identified. In Sardinia, the architecture of raw clay merges with that of stone, leading to a new logic of settlement arrangement. In Andalusia, on the other hand, the architecture of unbaked clay maintains its peculiarities, but seems to change its dimensional system to meet a specific need. By analysing the unpublished documentation of Pani Loriga (Sardinia), Cerro Macareno (Spain) and Kharayeb (Lebanon), this paper analyses the impact of oriental mud-brick technology on local, regional building traditions and the changes in the construction methods of the different regions
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
Il "Colle di Tanit" : per una rilettura delle evidenze strutturali della Nora Fenicia e Punica
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Ricerche sulla Nora Fenicia e Punica : il 'Colle di Tanit' e l'organizzazione degli spazi urbani
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