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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
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
Building New Concepts: Concepts in Indigenous Architecture as Interdisciplinary Enhancement Factor?
Get PDFIn contrast to the marginalization of indigenous cultures in architectural analysis, research on indigenous architecture has revealed extraordinary uses of concepts. The difficulty of analyzing the often decategorized buildings not only uncovers the need to improve methods of analysis, but also offers new approaches to analytical methodologies. In particular, the unconventional way of conveying concepts in indigenous architecture offers parameters for rebuilding the limiting boundaries. Following challenges in and research on new methodologies in other disciplines, as represented by Mieke Bal in cultural analysis with the idea of travelling concepts, indigenous architecture promises new perspectives. This contribution therefore presents selected indigenous architectural traditions in Central America, along with their conceptual contents and potential to expand analytic criteria. To stress the diversity of concepts, the first part introduces selected buildings by presenting differences and similarities between architectural principles and intentions. After exposing the limits of typological analysis and the potential of entangled concepts, the article analyzes case studies through terms from Bal s book Travelling Concepts in order to converge the character of indigenous architecture. Finally, the article considers how entangling concepts could generate new perspectives in the architectural discourse as well as in other disciplines
The architecture of the indigenous peoples of Costa Rica: a comparison of the indigenous constructions and their context
Get PDFWie viele ehemalige Kolonien Lateinamerikas sieht sich Costa Rica mit einer historischen, kulturellen und architektonischen Identitätssuche konfrontiert. Der rasante Prozess der Transformation und Vermischung mit unterschiedlichen Kulturen, die fehlende Dokumentation und geringe Wertschätzung der indigenen Ethnien haben in den letzten fünf Jahrhunderten sukzessive zu einem Verlust der vielfältigen Ursprünge und Ausdrucksformen in der lokalen Kultur und Architektur geführt sowie zu einer verallgemeinernden oder verzerrten Darstellung. Aufgrund seiner besonderen geografischen Lage, seiner Vielzahl an Mikroklimata, seiner hohen Dichte verschiedener indigener Ethnien und deren Abgeschiedenheit weist Costa Rica trotz der erschwerenden Umstände heutzutage noch eine große Vielfalt an traditionellen, indigenen Bauformen auf, die bisher größtenteils unerforscht sind. Deren regionale Unterschiede, die Vermischung untereinander sowie die Kolonisierung und Zuwanderung aus zahlreichen Ländern haben zudem zu unterschiedlichsten Mischformen dieser traditionellen Bautypen geführt, die bis heute parallel zueinander existieren. In der folgenden Diplomarbeit werden die Bauformen der acht erhaltenen indigenen Ethnien Costa Ricas, deren Entwicklung und verschiedene koloniale und moderne Einflüsse über die letzten Jahrhunderte hinweg bautypologisch, klimatisch und historisch detailliert analysiert. Dazu werden die unterschiedlichen Konstruktionsweisen, architektonischen Prinzipien, Materialität, klimatische Strategien und die symbolische Übersetzung ihres Weltverständnisses untersucht. Abschließend werden die einzelnen Bautraditionen mit den Charakteristika der sozialen, ökologischen und kulturellen Umgebung und ihrem zentralamerikanischen Kontext vergleichend gegenübergestellt, um wertvolle Erkenntnisse über den Zusammenhang von Form, Architektur, Kultur und Umfeld zu ziehen sowie deren Bedeutung und Potenziale als Unterstützung für die zukünftige Entwicklung der lokalen Architektur darzustellen.Like many former Latin-American colonies, Costa Rica is faced with a quest for its historical, cultural and architectural identity. The rapid process of transformation and the amalgamation with different cultures, the lack of documentation and appreciation of indigenous peoples has gradually led to the loss of its diverse origins and forms of expression in the local culture and architecture over the past five centuries, as well as a generalising or distorted representation. Due to its unique geographic location, its abundance of microclimates, its high density of different indigenous peoples and their isolation, Costa Rica still has a great diversity of vernacular, indigenous buildings today which, for the most part, remains unexplored. Their regional differences, their amalgamation as well as colonisation and migration from many different countries have also resulted in many hybrid forms of those traditional types of construction which still exist alongside each other today. The following Master's dissertation analyses the types of buildings of the eight remaining indigenous peoples of Costa Rica, and the impact of colonialism and modern life on these forms and how they have developed in the past century with regard to their construction typologies, climates and history. It also examines the different construction systems, architectural principles, materiality, climatic strategies and the symbolic translation of their view of the world. Finally, it compares the different building traditions with the characteristics of the social, ecological and cultural environment and their Central American context to draw important conclusions with regard to the relationship between form, architecture, culture and environment as well as its significance and potential for supporting the future development of the local architecture
Building New Concepts: Concepts in Indigenous Architecture as an Interdisciplinary Enhancement Factor?
No full textDispelling 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
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