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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
A Web Application to Support Decision Making Process Based on a Bottom-up Approach in Public Buildings’ Green Retrofit
No full textApplication of the WROSE Model for Promoting Effective Decision-Making and Sustained Climate Change Stabilization in the South African Waste Sector
No full textThe need for improved waste management systems has gained momentum globally in order to work towards the reduction of GHG emissions and the impact it has on global climate change. In South Africa, the disposal of unsorted waste to landfill is still the primary waste management method across the country; however, legislative developments aim to drive integrated waste management and the circular economy, putting the disposal of waste to landfill as the least favorable waste management solution. With 80% of the municipal solid waste ending up in landfill sites unsorted and untreated, the only reasonable “activator” of the circular economy would be an integrated waste management system, which is underpinned by an efficient separated collection at the source, followed by carefully selected and strategically localized waste treatment strategies, decentralized recycling facilities, and sustainable end-of-life disposal options. The Waste Resource Optimization and Scenario Evaluation (WROSE) model was developed to assist municipalities in aligning with national legislative requirements and achieving zero waste. This will be achieved through the application of the waste hierarchy into municipal solid waste management practices as well as through the promotion of the circular economy. The WROSE model/decision-making tool is a multiple scenario optimization model that analyzes and evaluates the feasibility of waste management strategies upon all four levels of sustainability (environmental, economic, social and institutional). One of the key gaps identified is lack of application of the WROSE model as a comprehensive zero waste model on South African municipalities with updated waste characterization data; this study addresses the gap identified, by presenting the results of the successful activation of circular economy and integrated waste management in South African case study municipalities. The WROSE model was applied to several metros for problem waste streams such as C&D waste, garden refuse, MSW, OFMSW, food waste, and waste tyres. The study presents a comprehensive waste management strategy that embodies the waste hierarchy for an integrated waste management system to address the issue of the organic waste fraction, garden refuse, and residual plastics with innovative and relevant technology solutions. Finally, the chapter evaluates the potential of the WROSE model/methodology to be used as stabilization wedge for climate change mitigation
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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