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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
Le transizioni urbane tra metamorfosi e sostenibilità. Roma: l’assiduo confronto tra formalità e informalità
Full text linkThe city of Rome is one of the best examples of how urban space is a scenario
of transitions and metamorphosis. This article recognizes the city as an emblem of the
dissent between formal and informal, going beyond the definition of Municipality
and Metropolitan Area. Cities are potentially a legal system in themselves, capable
of producing rules and norms arising from the need for interpretation community
requirements. Informality, therefore, can be found in a whole series of behaviors,
individual and collective, that move from a logic of solidarity, reciprocity, and
gratuitousness. The idea is to show with a case- study how as in the informality
emerges the collective interest to produce benefits, social and economic value for
the entire community. A new interpretation of the dialogue between formality and
informality aspires to be at the center of the debate for a renewed idea of city
I servizi pubblici on line
No full textThe potentialities offered by the data economy are several. This paper intends
to observe its main implications in the delivery of new online public services. They
represent a peculiar mode of operation of service delivery which takes place on a four level interaction between administration and citizen-users, through the application of
information technology. The analysis of the various stages is necessary for understanding
the ability of online services to translate the circulation of large data flows into greater
market efficiency and competition, as well as better quality for the final user of the
services provided. The survey perspectives are three: first of all, adaptation to European
digitization standards by 2030, also to foster effective realization of the internal
market; secondly, the element of active participation by users in obtaining the service,
reshaping the State-citizen relationship; finally, the pandemic as an accelerator for the
digitization processes in public administrations, a key pillar also of the NRRP. These
reflections provide an opportunity to understand if the State has the ability to become
not only the largest collector of data but, also, a good manage
Il volto sociale dell’Europa: maschera o vera identità?
Full text linkNello spazio comune che l’Unione europea si è impegnata a costruire fin dal suo Manifesto, la tensione verso una comunità coesa, eguale e solidale è stata affermazione di libertà e democrazia, oltre che la base per uno sviluppo economico e un mercato aperto e competitivo. L’idea di tendere a ripercorrere il profilo del volto sociale dell’Europa è l’intento di questo contributo, incentrato sull’analisi del riconoscimento di un’identità europea condivisa, e l’analisi dell’affermazione dei diritti e dell’integrazione europea dei singoli Stati membri su temi così delicati e complessi come la tutela sociale e la prestazione dei servizi sociali. Si intende comprendere se il profilo del volto sociale europeo abbia illuminato il percorso dei profili dei singoli volti nazionali, o se troppo spesso questo faro sia rimasto spento, oscurando il rilievo che esso assume nel rapporto costante e dialettico tra unità e molteplicità, tra singolo e collettività. Di fatto, comprendere se si tratti di una semplice maschera o di una vera identità europea, se sussiste il sostrato per un’identità tesa al comune fine di lottare contro la povertà e l’emarginazione sociale, riconoscendo alle persone, che non dispongono di risorse sufficienti, il diritto all’assistenza sociale e abitativa, affinché sia garantito lo svolgimento di un’esistenza libera, dignitosa e socialmente accettabile, come emerge dall’art. 34 della Carta di Nizz
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
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