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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    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

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    “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

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    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

    Women Empowerment Through Food Production Project in a Peri-Urban Landscape

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    The paper discusses a community project related to local food production by a group of women in an idle peri-urban landscape. Instead of positioning women solely as homemakers within the house, this project views them as active participants of a peri- urban community. On the other hand, the availability of idle land in the peri-urban context can be utilized, allowing it to be transformed into an active space for growing food. Responding to the idea, a community project was conducted with a group of women farmers in a housing complex situated near the Bubulak Village, Bogor, Indonesia. They utilized an open space that had been idle for a long time and transformed it into a community farming space, a productive land for cultivating vegetables and other horticultural plants. To support the enthusiasm for this project, a training program was conducted to produce liquid organic fertilizer and compost, aiming to increase plant productivity through an organic method. The process was observed qualitatively, with a particular focus on the transfer of knowledge. As this community values a healthy lifestyle, the introduction of organic fertilizer becomes a crucial foundation for creating potential business ventures that can drive the family and local economy. Furthermore, as this project highlights the critical role of women in everyday life, it involves two key activities in transforming idle landscapes—producing organic fertilizer and formulating a potential business venture. The empowerment project in this study has demonstrated a positive impact on the community’s resilience in producing and maintaining high-quality local food

    Pelatihan Public speaking Untuk Meningkatkan Kapasitas Anggota Komunitas SLKT – GST Baraya

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    Sebagai makhluk sosial, kita perlu berbicara dengan orang lain. Namun, ada teknik dan trik tertentu yang diperlukan untuk membuat komunikasi lebih mudah dan pembicaraan menjadi lebih hangat dan akrab. Salah satu masalah kecil dengan teknik berbicara adalah ketika kita harus berbicara di depan orang banyak. Grogi membuat kita kehilangan fokus dan konsentrasi, menyebabkan kita tidak percaya diri. Karena hanya sebagian kecil orang yang sudah terbiasa berbicara di depan umum atau orang banyak, masalah ini ternyata dialami oleh komunitas SLKT GST Baraya. Oleh sebab itu, anggota SLKT GST Baraya perlu dilatih untuk berbicara di depan umum. Tujuannya adalah agar anggota komunitas ini mampu berbicara di depan umum. Setelah pelatihan, 10% anggota menunjukkan keinginan untuk belajar berbicara di depan umum. Hasilnya berbeda-beda, terutama karena mereka masih dalam proses meningkatkan kepercayaan diri mereka untuk berbicara. Berdasarkan tanggapan ini, pelatihan public speaking sangat penting bagi anggota SLKT GST Baraya agar bisnis mereka dapat berjalan lancar

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    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

    Author Index

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    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
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