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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
Dispelling 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
Detection of Bronchitis Virus through Web-Based Interface and Management Strategies for Effective Control
Get PDFRNA viruses are distinguished by their quick adaptation to novel surroundings made possible by their high mutation and recombination rates. These viruses are responsible for the majority of newly identified illnesses and host transitions. Even well-known infections can be difficult to control due to their propensity for rapid evolution, which can impede our understanding of molecular epidemiology, reduce the sensitivity of diagnostic assays, reduce the efficiency of vaccines, and promote instances of immune escape. This scenario is consistent with the infectious bronchitis virus\u27s (IBV) past. The chicken industry has been aware of it since the 1930s, but it continues to be a major source of sickness and economic losses. Over the years, several different approaches have been tried and mostly unsuccessfully implemented to lessen its effects. However, they are rarely subjected to a fair and impartial assessment. Therefore, the pros and cons of IBV detection and control measures, and the efficacy of their execution, still mainly depend on the perspective of the observer. The purpose of this publication is to summaries the key aspects of IBV biology and evolution with an eye toward their diagnostic and preventative utility. Python based script has been developed for detection of Bronchitis virus
Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Chain and Poverty in Pakistan
Get PDFCOVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the food supply throughout the world. Pandemics affect the economy of nations badly but a number of countries were facing food insecurity even before COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper yearly data of food security is collected from the year 2015 to 2020 to inspect the consequences of poverty and COVID-19 pandemic through spatial regression analysis. The analysis shows that the food insecurity index has increased up to 33.5% by the year 2020 due to prevailing COVID- 19 pandemic. The Asian residents which are already living in developing countries have faced higher food insecurity between the years 2015 and 2018. The spatial regression analysis babbled that the discriminations like race, religion and creed doesn’t play any significant role in poverty and food insecurity. The primary factor of food insecurity is poverty. The poverty affected strongly during the years 2015 and 2018, the condition was worsened by the arrival of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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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
Detection of Bronchitis Virus through Web-Based Interface and Management Strategies for Effective Control
Get PDFRNA viruses are distinguished by their quick adaptation to novel surroundings made possible by their high mutation and recombination rates. These viruses are responsible for the majority of newly identified illnesses and host transitions. Even well-known infections can be difficult to control due to their propensity for rapid evolution, which can impede our understanding of molecular epidemiology, reduce the sensitivity of diagnostic assays, reduce the efficiency of vaccines, and promote instances of immune escape. This scenario is consistent with the infectious bronchitis virus\u27s (IBV) past. The chicken industry has been aware of it since the 1930s, but it continues to be a major source of sickness and economic losses. Over the years, several different approaches have been tried and mostly unsuccessfully implemented to lessen its effects. However, they are rarely subjected to a fair and impartial assessment. Therefore, the pros and cons of IBV detection and control measures, and the efficacy of their execution, still mainly depend on the perspective of the observer. The purpose of this publication is to summaries the key aspects of IBV biology and evolution with an eye toward their diagnostic and preventative utility. Python based script has been developed for detection of Bronchitis virus
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