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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
Représentation des erreurs de modélisation dans le système de prévision d'ensemble régional PEARO
Get PDFMalgré une amélioration constante des modèles numériques de prévision du temps, ceux-ci restent toujours entachés d'erreurs. La représentation de ces sources d'erreurs est donc primordiale, en particulier dans les systèmes de Prévision d'Ensemble. La Prévision d'Ensemble AROME (PEARO) utilisée à Météo-France représente actuellement les incertitudes du modèle AROME en perturbant des tendances en sortie des paramétrisations physiques. Cependant, cette méthode présente de nombreux inconvénients dont une difficile interprétabilité physique des résultats. Le présent travail s'intéresse à des méthodes plus physiques, s'appuyant sur la perturbation de paramètres au sein de ces paramétrisations. Sur les conseils d'experts en physique, 21 paramètres incertains à perturber ont été sélectionnés. Des analyses de sensibilité utilisant les méthodes de Morris et de Sobol' ont permis de réduire cette liste à huit paramètres ayant une influence forte sur les prévisions du modèle AROME. Différentes techniques de perturbations des paramètres incertains ont ensuite été mises en place et évaluées. Celles-ci améliorent les performances de la PEARO pour la plupart des variables de temps sensible telles que le vent et les précipitations. Différentes méthodes d'optimisation se focalisant sur l'amélioration du score statistique CRPS ont été testées. Ainsi, un jeu de paramètres pour chaque membre de la PEARO a été identifié. Cependant, celles-ci engendrent un biais systématique des membres de la PEARO. La réduction aux huit paramètres les plus influents a montré des résultats similaires à la version perturbant l'ensemble des paramètres incertains, suggérant un potentiel coût de réglage des modèles atmosphériques plus faible.Despite a continuous improvement of numerical weather prediction models, some forecast busts still occur due to a presence of error in models. The representation of the different origins of model uncertainty is an important aspect, in particular in Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS). The regional Ensemble Prediction System used at Météo-France, AROME-EPS, currently represents model uncertainties through the perturbation of global output tendencies of physical parameterization. However, this method presents some disadvantages such as a difficult physical interpretation of results. Thus, this PhD-thesis aims to study more physical model error representation methods, based on the perturbation of input parameters of the physical parameterization schemes. Following advices of parameterization experts, 21 parameters to perturb, whose values are uncertain, have been selected. Sensitivity analyses using the Morris screening and Sobol' sensitivity indices, have led to reduce this list to eight parameters with a high impact on AROME forecasts. Several perturbed parameters techniques have then been set up and evaluated over long periods. They largely improve AROME-EPS performances for most near-surface variables including wind speed and accumulated precipitation. Different optimizations improving the statistical CRPS score have also been tested. Thus, a set of parameters have been identified for each AROME-EPS member. However, they induce a systematic bias of AROME-EPS members. Reducing the perturbation to the eight most influential parameters has shown similar results as the version perturbing the full set of parameters, suggesting a possible cheaper setting of weather prediction models
Model errors representation in convective-scale ensemble prediction system AROME-EPS
No full textMalgré une amélioration constante des modèles numériques de prévision du temps, ceux-ci restent toujours entachés d'erreurs. La représentation de ces sources d'erreurs est donc primordiale, en particulier dans les systèmes de Prévision d'Ensemble. La Prévision d'Ensemble AROME (PEARO) utilisée à Météo-France représente actuellement les incertitudes du modèle AROME en perturbant des tendances en sortie des paramétrisations physiques. Cependant, cette méthode présente de nombreux inconvénients dont une difficile interprétabilité physique des résultats. Le présent travail s'intéresse à des méthodes plus physiques, s'appuyant sur la perturbation de paramètres au sein de ces paramétrisations. Sur les conseils d'experts en physique, 21 paramètres incertains à perturber ont été sélectionnés. Des analyses de sensibilité utilisant les méthodes de Morris et de Sobol' ont permis de réduire cette liste à huit paramètres ayant une influence forte sur les prévisions du modèle AROME. Différentes techniques de perturbations des paramètres incertains ont ensuite été mises en place et évaluées. Celles-ci améliorent les performances de la PEARO pour la plupart des variables de temps sensible telles que le vent et les précipitations. Différentes méthodes d'optimisation se focalisant sur l'amélioration du score statistique CRPS ont été testées. Ainsi, un jeu de paramètres pour chaque membre de la PEARO a été identifié. Cependant, celles-ci engendrent un biais systématique des membres de la PEARO. La réduction aux huit paramètres les plus influents a montré des résultats similaires à la version perturbant l'ensemble des paramètres incertains, suggérant un potentiel coût de réglage des modèles atmosphériques plus faible.Despite a continuous improvement of numerical weather prediction models, some forecast busts still occur due to a presence of error in models. The representation of the different origins of model uncertainty is an important aspect, in particular in Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS). The regional Ensemble Prediction System used at Météo-France, AROME-EPS, currently represents model uncertainties through the perturbation of global output tendencies of physical parameterization. However, this method presents some disadvantages such as a difficult physical interpretation of results. Thus, this PhD-thesis aims to study more physical model error representation methods, based on the perturbation of input parameters of the physical parameterization schemes. Following advices of parameterization experts, 21 parameters to perturb, whose values are uncertain, have been selected. Sensitivity analyses using the Morris screening and Sobol' sensitivity indices, have led to reduce this list to eight parameters with a high impact on AROME forecasts. Several perturbed parameters techniques have then been set up and evaluated over long periods. They largely improve AROME-EPS performances for most near-surface variables including wind speed and accumulated precipitation. Different optimizations improving the statistical CRPS score have also been tested. Thus, a set of parameters have been identified for each AROME-EPS member. However, they induce a systematic bias of AROME-EPS members. Reducing the perturbation to the eight most influential parameters has shown similar results as the version perturbing the full set of parameters, suggesting a possible cheaper setting of weather prediction models.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
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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