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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
“ It became like a family after just a few weeks” : A qualitative interview study on Swedish academy players' experiences of the talent development environment from a holistic perspective
No full textSyftet med studien vara att undersöka svenska akademifotbollsspelares upplevelser av talangutvecklingsmiljön ur ett holistiskt perspektiv. Sammanlagt deltog 11 manliga fotbollsspelare som var mellan 16–18 år gamla och tillhörde en akademi som hade 4 stjärnor i SEF-akademicertifiering. Samtliga deltagare intervjuades med hjälp av en semistrukturerad intervjuguide som togs fram av oss författare i samråd med handledare. Intervjuerna transkriberades senare och genomgick en tematisk analys utifrån Braun & Clarkes (2022) 6 faser. Resultatet beskrivs igenom en tematisk karta som bestod av 3 huvudteman som innehåller 2 underteman var. De 3 huvudteman var: (1) Utmaningar, (2) Hantering av utmaningar, (3) Möjligheter till utveckling. Resultatet i föreliggande studie visade att spelarna upplevde sin miljö som positiv och att den främjar både sportslig och personlig utveckling med ett långsiktigt fokus. Utmaningarna som spelarna upplevde i miljön var främst konkurrens om speltid och kravet att alltid prestera vilket var en källa till stress och oro. Hur spelarna valde att hantera dessa utmaningar var främst igenom deras uppfattning och acceptans kring att utmaningarna som finns i miljön är en naturlig del av att tillhöra en akademi. En ytterligare del av spelarnas hantering av utmaningarna var sökandet av socialt stöd från personer i miljön. Det var främst lagkamrater och tränare som var tillgängliga för att erbjuda socialt stöd för spelarna i akademin. The purpose of the study was to examine Swedish academy football players' experiences of the talent development environment from a holistic perspective. A total of 11 male footballers who were between 16-18 years old and belonged to an academy that had 4 stars in SEF academy certification participated. All participants were interviewed with the help of a semi-structured interview guide that was developed by us authors in consultation with supervisors. The interviews were later transcribed and underwent a thematic analysis based on Braun & Clarke's (2022) 6 phases. The result is described through a thematic map that consisted of 3 main themes containing 2 subthemes each. The 3 main themes were: (1) Challenges, (2) Managing challenges, (3) Opportunities for development. The results of the present study showed that the players experienced their environment as positive and that it promotes both athletic and personal development with a long-term focus. The challenges that the players experienced in the environment were mainly competition for playing time and the requirement to always perform, which was a source of stress and anxiety. How the players chose to handle these challenges was mainly through their perception and acceptance that the challenges that exist in the environment are a natural part of belonging to an academy. A further part of the players' handling of the challenges was the search for social support from people in the environment. It was mainly teammates and coaches who were available to offer social support to the players in the academy
“ It became like a family after just a few weeks” : A qualitative interview study on Swedish academy players' experiences of the talent development environment from a holistic perspective
No full textSyftet med studien vara att undersöka svenska akademifotbollsspelares upplevelser av talangutvecklingsmiljön ur ett holistiskt perspektiv. Sammanlagt deltog 11 manliga fotbollsspelare som var mellan 16–18 år gamla och tillhörde en akademi som hade 4 stjärnor i SEF-akademicertifiering. Samtliga deltagare intervjuades med hjälp av en semistrukturerad intervjuguide som togs fram av oss författare i samråd med handledare. Intervjuerna transkriberades senare och genomgick en tematisk analys utifrån Braun & Clarkes (2022) 6 faser. Resultatet beskrivs igenom en tematisk karta som bestod av 3 huvudteman som innehåller 2 underteman var. De 3 huvudteman var: (1) Utmaningar, (2) Hantering av utmaningar, (3) Möjligheter till utveckling. Resultatet i föreliggande studie visade att spelarna upplevde sin miljö som positiv och att den främjar både sportslig och personlig utveckling med ett långsiktigt fokus. Utmaningarna som spelarna upplevde i miljön var främst konkurrens om speltid och kravet att alltid prestera vilket var en källa till stress och oro. Hur spelarna valde att hantera dessa utmaningar var främst igenom deras uppfattning och acceptans kring att utmaningarna som finns i miljön är en naturlig del av att tillhöra en akademi. En ytterligare del av spelarnas hantering av utmaningarna var sökandet av socialt stöd från personer i miljön. Det var främst lagkamrater och tränare som var tillgängliga för att erbjuda socialt stöd för spelarna i akademin. The purpose of the study was to examine Swedish academy football players' experiences of the talent development environment from a holistic perspective. A total of 11 male footballers who were between 16-18 years old and belonged to an academy that had 4 stars in SEF academy certification participated. All participants were interviewed with the help of a semi-structured interview guide that was developed by us authors in consultation with supervisors. The interviews were later transcribed and underwent a thematic analysis based on Braun & Clarke's (2022) 6 phases. The result is described through a thematic map that consisted of 3 main themes containing 2 subthemes each. The 3 main themes were: (1) Challenges, (2) Managing challenges, (3) Opportunities for development. The results of the present study showed that the players experienced their environment as positive and that it promotes both athletic and personal development with a long-term focus. The challenges that the players experienced in the environment were mainly competition for playing time and the requirement to always perform, which was a source of stress and anxiety. How the players chose to handle these challenges was mainly through their perception and acceptance that the challenges that exist in the environment are a natural part of belonging to an academy. A further part of the players' handling of the challenges was the search for social support from people in the environment. It was mainly teammates and coaches who were available to offer social support to the players in the academy
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