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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
We 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
We 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
Aménagement et fonctionnement de structures de stockage de la fin de l'âge du Fer dans le Bassin parisien : approche interdisciplinaire sur le site du Plessis-Gassos Le Bois-Bouchard (Val d'Oise)
On rural farming sites, foods are stocked above ground in elevated structures or underground in excavated structures. Even though the function of these structures is globally accepted, little is known of the foodstuffs stored and the length of time they were stored, information that cannot be obtained by traditional methods. A pluri-disciplinary study of 20 storage pits and 8 square pits from the Late Iron Age site of "Le Plessis Gassot-Le Bois-Bouchard" was thus undertaken in the prospect of bringing new answers to the question of foodstuffs and storage. The methodology includes three phases : a detailed in situ analysis of the structures morphology and stratigraphy, micromor- phological, phytolithic and carpological analysis of sediments in the laboratory and finally the synthesis of all results by archaeologists and other specialists. The micromorphological analysis was used to determine the humidity levels in the pits environment and also to determine the presence of any kind of internal structure that could have participated in the protection of the foodstuffs (roof or floor coverings). Results suggest that certain pits had some kind of wooden covering. The studies concerning the square pits are still at a preliminary stage, as the sample is statistically very small. However for some of the storage pits, the results of this interdisciplinary study have brought together interesting interpretations of short and long term storage depending on the pits internal structures and the foodstuffs stored within.Dans les sites ruraux à vocation agricole, les denrées peuvent être stockées au-dessus du sol ou dans des structures excavées. Si l'interprétation de ces structures apparaît consensuelle, la nature des denrées et la durée du stockage sont encore peu connues car elles sont difficiles à appréhender par les méthodes traditionnelles. C'est pour apporter des éléments de réponse à ces questions qu'une étude interdisciplinaire de ces structures a été menée sur le site de la fin de l'âge du Fer du Plessis-Gassot Le Bois-Bouchard. 20 silos et 8 fosses quadrangulaires profondes constituent le corpus d'étude. La démarche méthodologique appliquée se décompose en trois phases : la première correspond à l'étude morphologique et stratigraphique fine in situ de l'ensemble des structures, la deuxième à l'étude en différé, en laboratoire, avec des analyses micromorphologiques, des analyses de phytolithes et des analyses carpologiques. La dernière phase consiste en une synthèse des données effectuée à partir de la confrontation des résultats des différentes disciplines, effectuée en collaboration entre les archéologues et les spécialistes. L'analyse micromorphologique a permis de restituer l'ambiance des fosses (plus ou moins humide) et la nature des aménagements (couverture/tapis au sol, essentiellement dans les silos) qui peuvent participer à la protection des denrées. Certaines fosses se particularisent par les résultats de l'analyse micromorphologique et par les spectres phytolithaires, ainsi, par exemple, il est probable que certaines d'entre elles pouvaient être aménagées avec une couverture en bois au sol. Les études menées sur les fosses quadrangulaires doivent être poursuivies car l'échantillonnage est réduit. En revanche, pour une partie des silos, les premiers résultats de l'approche interdisciplinaire permettent de proposer des interprétations de stockage à court ou à long terme en fonction des aménagements et de la nature des restes végétaux conservés.Cammas Cécilia, Marti F., Verdin Pascal. Aménagement et fonctionnement de structures de stockage de la fin de l'âge du Fer dans le Bassin parisien : approche interdisciplinaire sur le site du Plessis-Gassos Le Bois-Bouchard (Val d'Oise). In: L’âge du Fer en Île-de-France, XXVIe colloque de L’AFEAF, thème régional. Tours : Fédération pour l'édition de la Revue archéologique du Centre de la France, 2005. pp. 33-54. (Supplément à la Revue archéologique du centre de la France, 26
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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