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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
The Ecovillage of Pescomaggiore (L'Aquila) Birth and death of a self-determined post-disaster community (2009-2014)
No full textPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to aim at exploring the relationship between community building and the changes occurred in the context of a post-disaster self-built ecovillage (EcoVillaggio Autocostruito (EVA)), spontaneously born after the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009. The community eventually dissolved in 2014, following a series of changes in the organization, that resulted in an increasingly centralized decision-making process, and in individual and community relationships, that were fueled by conflicts and contrasts. Design/methodology/approach - Through a self-ethnography method, the paper provides the insider perspective of the lead author who was a part of EVA since the beginning. Self-ethnography allowed developing a narrative of EVA across its life course. Findings - Findings reveal that the community into EVA was initially pursuing community-building goals through self-construction, sustainability, mutuality and reciprocity relationships out of market. However, several events occurred and changed community goals, organization and decision making. Eventually, individual goals and vertical decision making emerged among the community members, leading to the death of EVA. Research limitations/implications - The paper just considered those main events that marked the collective and individual life of the lead author since the beginning until the end of the ecovillage. Others events, equally important, were not considered due to word length. In addition, self-ethnography is still considered by some authors as a subjective method. Originality/value - The paper is one of the few exploring community experiences into post-disaster ecovillages. Moreover, there are no papers investigating post-disaster ecovillages through a self-ethnography approach. Therefore, the paper offers an innovative and original perspective on the under-investigated topic of post-disaster ecovillages and employs a promising research method in disaster studies
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
Déterritorialisation et production de nouvelles vulnérabilités : le processus de reconstruction de L'Aquila après le séisme de 2009
No full textThis PhD thesis, based on the perspective of a researcher/survivor living in the city of L'Aquila, analyses the (still ongoing) reconstruction of the monumental city of L'Aquila, chief town of the Abruzzo region (Italy), hit on 6 April 2009 by a 6.3 Mw earthquake. A systemic analysis of the effects of recovery policies allows us to assess the continuities and bifurcations they engender. The aim is to show how post-disaster management and the reconstruction process in the city of L'Aquila are prolonging historical deterritorialisation and producing new socio-spatial vulnerabilities. The reconstruction process is paradigmatic of a dominant conception of disaster centred on hazard and technical resolution, which does not allow for the achievement of disaster risk reduction objectives. The earthquake struck a city already marked by an urban history that exacerbated its physical vulnerabilities and induced processes of deterritorialisation. After a highly mediatised emergency phase characterised by the personalisation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a militaristic approach by the Civil Protection Agency and the declaration of a state of emergency that lasted three years, a recovery process began, mobilising local institutions, state services, local committees and construction companies. Far from being a neutral field, this process turned out to be a discursive arena where each of these actors tried to impose their own meaning on the disaster, according to divergent narratives leading to actions that aggravated the deterritorialisation of the city and its surroundings. The inhabitants, organised into committees, had other needs, notably those of ‘social reconstruction’. Citizen initiatives, ultimately stifled or co-opted by local authorities, demonstrate a lack of democracy and participation in this process.Ce travail de thèse, appuyé sur un positionnement de chercheuse/rescapée habitante de la ville de L’Aquila analyse, sur une période de 15 ans, le déroulement (encore en cours) de la reconstruction de la ville monumentale de L’Aquila, chef-lieu de la région des Abruzzes (Italie), frappée le 6 avril 2009 par un séisme de magnitude 6,3 Mw. L’analyse systémique des effets des politiques de rétablissement (recovery) permet d’apprécier les continuités et bifurcations qu’elles engendrent. L’objectif est de montrer comment la gestion de la post-catastrophe et le processus de reconstruction de la ville de L’Aquila prolongent la déterritorialisation historique et fabriquent de nouvelles vulnérabilités socio-spatiales. Le déroulement de la reconstruction est paradigmatique d’une conception dominante de la catastrophe centrée sur l’aléa et la résolution technique qui ne permet pas de répondre aux objectifs de réduction des risques de catastrophe. Le tremblement de terre touche une ville déjà marquée par une histoire urbaine exacerbant ses vulnérabilités physiques et induisant des processus de déterritorialisation. Après une phase d’urgence très médiatisée caractérisée par la personnalisation du président du Conseil Silvio Berlusconi, par une approche militariste de la Protection civile et par l’établissement de l’état d’urgence, qui dure trois ans, un processus de reconstruction s’engage, mobilisant institutions locales, services d’État, comités locaux et entreprises du bâtiment. Ce processus, loin d’être un champ neutre, s’avère être une arène discursive où chacun de ces acteurs essaie d’imposer la signification de ce qui fait catastrophe, selon des récits divergents conduisant à des actions qui aggravent la déterritorialisation de la ville et de ses alentours. Les habitants, organisés en comités sont porteurs d’autres besoins, notamment ceux d’une « reconstruction sociale ». Les initiatives citoyennes, finalement étouffées ou récupérées par les pouvoirs locaux, sont la démonstration d’un manque de démocratie et de participation dans ce processus
Déterritorialisation et production de nouvelles vulnérabilités : le processus de reconstruction de L'Aquila après le séisme de 2009
No full textThis PhD thesis, based on the perspective of a researcher/survivor living in the city of L'Aquila, analyses the (still ongoing) reconstruction of the monumental city of L'Aquila, chief town of the Abruzzo region (Italy), hit on 6 April 2009 by a 6.3 Mw earthquake. A systemic analysis of the effects of recovery policies allows us to assess the continuities and bifurcations they engender. The aim is to show how post-disaster management and the reconstruction process in the city of L'Aquila are prolonging historical deterritorialisation and producing new socio-spatial vulnerabilities. The reconstruction process is paradigmatic of a dominant conception of disaster centred on hazard and technical resolution, which does not allow for the achievement of disaster risk reduction objectives. The earthquake struck a city already marked by an urban history that exacerbated its physical vulnerabilities and induced processes of deterritorialisation. After a highly mediatised emergency phase characterised by the personalisation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a militaristic approach by the Civil Protection Agency and the declaration of a state of emergency that lasted three years, a recovery process began, mobilising local institutions, state services, local committees and construction companies. Far from being a neutral field, this process turned out to be a discursive arena where each of these actors tried to impose their own meaning on the disaster, according to divergent narratives leading to actions that aggravated the deterritorialisation of the city and its surroundings. The inhabitants, organised into committees, had other needs, notably those of ‘social reconstruction’. Citizen initiatives, ultimately stifled or co-opted by local authorities, demonstrate a lack of democracy and participation in this process.Ce travail de thèse, appuyé sur un positionnement de chercheuse/rescapée habitante de la ville de L’Aquila analyse, sur une période de 15 ans, le déroulement (encore en cours) de la reconstruction de la ville monumentale de L’Aquila, chef-lieu de la région des Abruzzes (Italie), frappée le 6 avril 2009 par un séisme de magnitude 6,3 Mw. L’analyse systémique des effets des politiques de rétablissement (recovery) permet d’apprécier les continuités et bifurcations qu’elles engendrent. L’objectif est de montrer comment la gestion de la post-catastrophe et le processus de reconstruction de la ville de L’Aquila prolongent la déterritorialisation historique et fabriquent de nouvelles vulnérabilités socio-spatiales. Le déroulement de la reconstruction est paradigmatique d’une conception dominante de la catastrophe centrée sur l’aléa et la résolution technique qui ne permet pas de répondre aux objectifs de réduction des risques de catastrophe. Le tremblement de terre touche une ville déjà marquée par une histoire urbaine exacerbant ses vulnérabilités physiques et induisant des processus de déterritorialisation. Après une phase d’urgence très médiatisée caractérisée par la personnalisation du président du Conseil Silvio Berlusconi, par une approche militariste de la Protection civile et par l’établissement de l’état d’urgence, qui dure trois ans, un processus de reconstruction s’engage, mobilisant institutions locales, services d’État, comités locaux et entreprises du bâtiment. Ce processus, loin d’être un champ neutre, s’avère être une arène discursive où chacun de ces acteurs essaie d’imposer la signification de ce qui fait catastrophe, selon des récits divergents conduisant à des actions qui aggravent la déterritorialisation de la ville et de ses alentours. Les habitants, organisés en comités sont porteurs d’autres besoins, notamment ceux d’une « reconstruction sociale ». Les initiatives citoyennes, finalement étouffées ou récupérées par les pouvoirs locaux, sont la démonstration d’un manque de démocratie et de participation dans ce processus
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