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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
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
Harris’s Scientists: Operational Research in Bomber Command
Full text linkThis essay describes the contents of a unique post-war report, available online thorough LCMSDS, by the Bomber Command Operational Research Section (ORS) in which the scientists described their mandate, work and contributions to the RAF’s strategic and tactical bombing efforts against Germany. While ORS reports are extensively cited in various histories of the bombing campaign, the processes by which the scientists did their work are not widely known; this essay provides insights into these matters. The essay also gives historical and historiographical context for both reading the report and appreciating the work of Harris’s scientists
Officer Professional Education in the Canadian Forces and the Rowley Report, 1969
No full textIn the late 1960s the Canadian Military was experiencing a peacetime
upheaval. The three previously independent Services were being
amalgamated – unified – by political direction. This meant that previously
independent processes, including professional education, had to be rethought
and reorganized to fit the new single-force philosophy. Under the leadership
of a battlefield commander, Major-General Roger Rowley, a small team set
out to devise a radical concept for academic and professional education that
would provide officers with a coherent suite of learning programs spanning
their careers, all provided for by an integrated single military-civilian teaching
engine. The plan immediately met resistance from pre-existing organizations
and, harried by organizational reductions, faded from the scene, even as the
value of enhanced education was receiving general support. In 2002, with a
renewed focus on intellectual agility, the concept was resurrected with the
establishment of the Canadian Defence Academy.À la fin des années 1960, en pleine période de paix, les militaires
canadiens vécurent un remaniement. Les trois branches des forces armées,
précédemment indépendantes, furent intégrées, réunifiées, par les autorités
politiques. Cela signifiait que des secteurs d’activités autrefois séparés, dont la
formation professionnelle, devaient être repensés et réorganisés dans l’optique
d’une force armée unifiée. Sous la gouverne d’un commandant de l’armée de
terre, le Major général Roger Rowley, une petite équipe chercha à mettre au
point un tout nouveau concept d’éducation académique et professionnelle qui
fournirait aux officiers un ensemble logique de programmes d’apprentissages
durant leur carrière, tous ces programmes étant fournis par un appareil
éducatif militaro-civil unique intégré. Le projet rencontra la résistance
immédiate des organisations antérieures ; miné par des compressions
structurelles, il disparut alors même que la nécessité d’une éducation plus
relevée recevait un appui généralisé. En 2002, les aptitudes intellectuelles
étant de nouveau au coeur des préoccupations, le concept fut ressuscité à
travers l’établissement de l’Académie de la Défense canadienne
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
Officer Professional Education in the Canadian Forces and the Rowley Report, 1969
Full text linkIn the late 1960s the Canadian Military was experiencing a peacetime
upheaval. The three previously independent Services were being
amalgamated – unified – by political direction. This meant that previously
independent processes, including professional education, had to be rethought
and reorganized to fit the new single-force philosophy. Under the leadership
of a battlefield commander, Major-General Roger Rowley, a small team set
out to devise a radical concept for academic and professional education that
would provide officers with a coherent suite of learning programs spanning
their careers, all provided for by an integrated single military-civilian teaching
engine. The plan immediately met resistance from pre-existing organizations
and, harried by organizational reductions, faded from the scene, even as the
value of enhanced education was receiving general support. In 2002, with a
renewed focus on intellectual agility, the concept was resurrected with the
establishment of the Canadian Defence Academy.À la fin des années 1960, en pleine période de paix, les militaires
canadiens vécurent un remaniement. Les trois branches des forces armées,
précédemment indépendantes, furent intégrées, réunifiées, par les autorités
politiques. Cela signifiait que des secteurs d’activités autrefois séparés, dont la
formation professionnelle, devaient être repensés et réorganisés dans l’optique
d’une force armée unifiée. Sous la gouverne d’un commandant de l’armée de
terre, le Major général Roger Rowley, une petite équipe chercha à mettre au
point un tout nouveau concept d’éducation académique et professionnelle qui
fournirait aux officiers un ensemble logique de programmes d’apprentissages
durant leur carrière, tous ces programmes étant fournis par un appareil
éducatif militaro-civil unique intégré. Le projet rencontra la résistance
immédiate des organisations antérieures ; miné par des compressions
structurelles, il disparut alors même que la nécessité d’une éducation plus
relevée recevait un appui généralisé. En 2002, les aptitudes intellectuelles
étant de nouveau au coeur des préoccupations, le concept fut ressuscité à
travers l’établissement de l’Académie de la Défense canadienne
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