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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
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
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
The evolution of the business case for corporate social responsibility : construction and development in Europe
No full textAlthough ideas and discussions about the social responsibility of business have a long
history, the debate over what is known under the label of CSR (corporate social responsibility)
has only escalated worldwide in the last decade. This thesis describes the rise of
CSR in Europe by exploring how and why the use of management rhetoric has acted as
important means of gaining business acceptance. Arguably, Europe is the most vibrant
region for CSR development, and the idea has been embraced by the European Union
and national governments for strategic reasons. Forward-looking companies have
started to discover CSR as an opportunity for innovation, growth, sustainability and
competitiveness. Consequently, the acceptance and adoption of CSR has also initiated
organisational change.
CSR is of particular relevance for strategic management and corporate marketing/
communications, which has been documented in the growing influence it has gained
in the management and marketing discipline. The thesis provides more understanding of
the dynamics and aspects within the process of constructing and establishing CSR in the
years 2004 to 2008. In particular, the dominance and vitality of the discourse about the
link between CSR and competitiveness is analysed. Findings show that CSR was
framed and translated into an economic opportunity in a construction process involving
multiple sectors and actors. Especially governments, consultants and researchers have
argued that corporations would not only contribute to a better society, but also become
more profitable in the long run. However, corporations and their CSR managers in particular
have actively participated in this process and are no passive adopters of CSR.
I have designed the research in a multi-layered, longitudinal fashion. All layers inform
each other and are qualitative in nature. Each of the four empirical layers provides a
comprehensive sub-study to this thesis and focuses on particular aspects of the development
in Europe, mostly the UK and Germany:
• Case studies of five multi-national companies based on management interviews
demonstrate that managers translated CSR into opportunities, and that their agency and advocacy role manifested CSR as modem management idea, thereby
initiated organisational change;
• The semiotic study of the construction of CSR in corporate non-financial reports
through the use of imagery shows that CSR was communicated as a serious
business topic and five different approaches can be distinguished;
• Participant observations at two international CSR conference series with participants
from multiple sectors traces, firstly, the construction and rhetoric manifestation
of CSR as an idea relevant to business, and, secondly, the role of expert
communities as resources utilised by CSR managers in order to advance CSR
within their respective firms;
• The conceptualisation of realistic strategic opportunities of the application of
CSR on an industry level is exemplified with a case study into the professional
football industry.
This thesis is a sceptical account of the evolution of the business case for CSR as a
socially constructed phenomena presented as thick and critical description based on a
multi-theory, multi-layer, and multi-method approach. Its main contribution lies in revealing
the business case of CSR as being constructed by an interconnected group of
actors. However, I dismiss statements that CSR is a management fashion of only temporary
nature, and provide substance to the claim that translation processes create enacted
realities and are part of organisations changing. In addition, merits of the thesis also lie
in advancing the CSR research agenda through its individual sub-studies that partially
form novel academic inquiries. Therefore, wide-ranging efforts are undertaken at the
end in order to show how findings from this thesis can be expanded through future research
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