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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
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
[[alternative]]A Narrative Study of the Lived Experience of a Middle-Aged Man with Multiple Loses
No full text[[abstract]] 本研究旨在探討中年男性多重失落經驗者的具體失落課題以及如何回應的生命歷程。本研究以敘事研究之「整體－內容」分析，瞭解研究參與者之生命處境、具體失落課題以及回應失落課題的生命歷程。研究結果發現研究受訪者在生命中承受不斷挑戰生命底線的失落衝擊，包括了早期原生家庭的家道中落；落榜於心儀的學校、生意失敗、喪父、發現妻子外遇。一次一次的失落經驗，像是航海時遇到了風浪，一浪高過一浪的撲向受訪者，讓他不知所措也不知這風浪何時停止。即使生命底線有如此多的衝擊，家人是最強後盾也是致命軟肋。本研究受訪者在原生家庭一直是備受重視的孩子，成長過程中所經歷的挫折，都是家人尤其是父親肯定他的能力並且給予許多的關懷、支持和力量，讓他能夠突破困境。這些肯定、關懷、支持和力量，被受訪者內化成為自己的內在力量，肯定自己是有能力且願意接受挑戰的。受訪者的妻子是另一個當他遇到挫折困境時，能給予他支持鼓勵，讓他重新振作的人。無論是原生家庭或是自己組織的家庭，都是受訪者的後盾。但是世間一切皆是雙面的，能夠給予支持的家人，也是致命的軟肋。當父親往生接著妻子外遇，讓受訪者的後盾出現了缺角，扛不住一波接一波的風浪，讓他崩潰也讓他的世界崩塌。最後修補他世界和後盾的也是與妻子和解後，妻子的支持。最後本研究受訪者在經歷多重失落後自殺沒有完成，讓他活下去的力量，除了是來自妻子承諾回歸家庭以及對他的肯定也是因為還有未完成的「任務」：養家糊口以及把父親的債務還清。在這樣的期待下，受訪者就選擇把悲傷留給自己一個人面對，其他時間都放在工作和家庭上。另一個讓受訪者活著的力量來自於重要他人的囑咐：太太的遺願，繼續經營推廣某個新時代心靈團體的公司以繼續讓更多有需要的人受惠。[[abstract]] The aim of this study is to explore the specific issues of multiple losses experienced by middle-aged men and their life processes of responding to those losses. This study adopts a “holistic-content” analysis approach to narrative research, in order to understand the life circumstances, specific loss issues, and life processes of the participants in responding to those losses. The results of the study reveal that the interviewees have endured continuous challenges that push the boundaries of their lives, including the decline of their family's fortunes in their early childhood, being rejected by their desired schools, business failures, the loss of their father, and the discovery of their wife's infidelity. Each experience of loss is like encountering storms at sea, with wave after wave crashing upon the interviewees, leaving them bewildered and uncertain about when the storm will subside. Despite the multitude of impacts on their life's foundation, family members serve as both the strongest support and the most vulnerable weak point. The interviewees were always highly valued children in their original families, and the setbacks they experienced during their growth process were affirmed by their family, especially their fathers, who recognized their abilities and provided them with care, support, and strength, enabling them to overcome difficulties. These affirmations, care, support, and strength were internalized by the interviewees as their own inner power, affirming that they have the ability and willingness to face challenges. The interviewees' wives are another source of support and encouragement, helping them regain their composure when facing setbacks and difficulties. Whether it is their original family or the family they have formed, they serve as the interviewees' backing. However, everything in the world has two sides, and the family members who provide support are also their fatal weak point. When the interviewees' father passed away and their wife had an affair, their support system developed a flaw, making it difficult for them to withstand the continuous waves of challenges, leading to their collapse and the collapse of their world. Ultimately, it was through reconciling with his wife and receiving her support that the interviewees were able to repair their world and their support system. Finally, after experiencing multiple losses, the interviewees did not complete suicide. The strength that kept them alive came not only from their wife's promise to return to the family and her affirmation of them but also from the unfinished “tasks“: providing for the family and paying off their father's debts. With such expectations, the interviewees chose to face their sadness alone and dedicated the rest of their time to work and family. Another source of strength that kept the interviewees alive came from the instructions of significant others: their wife's last wish for them to continue managing and promoting a certain new age spiritual group, in order to benefit more people in need
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn 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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