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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
The role of teaching directory bodies in educators continuous development: a study in the context of the Teaching and learning project redirecting the flow of II cycle
No full textCom o objetivo de contribuir para a discussão sobre formação contínua de educadores, este estudo analisa as ações de formação empreendidas por uma diretoria de ensino, órgão da estrutura administrativa da Secretaria de Estado de Educação de São Paulo, na implementação do projeto Ensinar e Aprender: Corrigindo o Fluxo do Ciclo II, no período de 2000 a 2003. Para tanto, investiga o papel desempenhado por este órgão na formação contínua de educadores e recorre a um breve retrospecto da história dos órgãos mediadores entre o governo e a escola e da constituição da identidade de seus trabalhadores, na busca dos alicerces de concepções que sobrevivem na atualidade. Os dados empíricos foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, intentando captar as perspectivas de sujeitos envolvidos na ação, formadores e formandos, acerca da formação contínua de professores e da atuação, em sua dimensão formadora, da diretoria de ensino. Contrastando as construções individuais, incluindo as da autora, à luz de conceitos sobre formação contínua, desenvolvimento institucional da escola e supervisão escolar, objetiva-se desvelar crenças subjacentes à ação em estudo e apontar dificuldades e possibilidades das diretorias de ensino na viabilização de ações de formação contínua de educadores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa ancorada numa perspectiva qualitativa, que teve como critério para escolha da diretoria de ensino e da escola pesquisadas, suas participações efetivas na implementação do referido projeto, entrevistando-se todos os envolvidos na ação, que ainda encontravam-se em exercício nestes dois órgãos. O estudo evidencia a falta de investimento na estrutura da Secretaria de Estado da Educação, enquanto espaço de formação de professores e aponta permanências de acepções acerca da função executora tanto da diretoria de ensino como da escola, respaldadas na crença de bons modelos de ser professor, prescritos por pessoas ou instituições consideradas detentoras de um saber que as legitima para tal. Constatam-se mudanças na prática docente atribuídas, pelos sujeitos da pesquisa, à participação na ação de formação contínua, mas não se apresentam indícios de sua contribuição para a transformação da escola. Propõe-se, dentro da interinidade das verdades, que as ações de formação da diretoria de ensino direcionem-se para a construção da autonomia da escola e do professor, a partir da priorização da determinação partilhada de suas necessidades, requerendo-se, a vista das evidências apontadas, investimentos no desenvolvimento profissional dos trabalhadores das diretorias de ensino.Having the aim to make contributions for the discussion about educators continuous development, this research analyses the developmental actions done by a Teaching Directory Body an administrative office belonging to the Education State Board of São Paulo, during the implementation of the Teaching and Learning Project: Redirecting the flow of II Cycle, from 2000 to 2003. In order to fulfill this aim, it investigates the role performed by the Body in educators continuous development actions and resorts to a brief historical retrospective about the mediating offices between the state government and school and to the identity construction of the school workers, in search for the foundation of concepts which are still present nowadays. The empirical data were collected in semi-structured interviews, with the objective of capturing the perspectives of the subjects involved in the action trainers and trainees, about the educators continuous development and about the performance in its developmental aspect, of the Teaching Directory Body. Contrasting the individual constructions, including those of the author, in the light of concepts about continuous development, school institutional development and school supervision, the aim is to unclose beliefs underpinning the action studied and to point at difficulties and possibilities of Teaching Directory Bodies in the implementation process of educators continuous development actions. It is a qualitative research, which had as a criteria for choosing both Teaching Directory Bodies and the school itself, their participation in the implementation of the studied project which was assessed by interviewing all the people involved in the action who were still at work in both institutions. The study shows the lack of investment in the Education State Board structure, both as a developmental locus for teachers and it points at permanent concepts of the working role of both the Teaching Directory Body as well as the school, supported by the belief on right models of what to be a good teacher is, prescribed by people or institutions which have legitimized knowledge. We observe changes in the teaching practice, laid by the research subjects, to the participation in the continuous development action, but we didnt observe any evidence of their contribution to the school transformation. The proposal, regarded provisional truths, is that the developmental actions of the Teaching Directory Body direct themselves towards the construction of school and teacher autonomy, from the process of establishing a priority related to a shared determination of their needs. In order to do this, it is required- based on the observed evidences, investments in the professional development of workers at the Teaching Directory Bodies
The role of teaching directory bodies in educators continuous development: a study in the context of the Teaching and learning project redirecting the flow of II cycle
No full textCom o objetivo de contribuir para a discussão sobre formação contínua de educadores, este estudo analisa as ações de formação empreendidas por uma diretoria de ensino, órgão da estrutura administrativa da Secretaria de Estado de Educação de São Paulo, na implementação do projeto Ensinar e Aprender: Corrigindo o Fluxo do Ciclo II, no período de 2000 a 2003. Para tanto, investiga o papel desempenhado por este órgão na formação contínua de educadores e recorre a um breve retrospecto da história dos órgãos mediadores entre o governo e a escola e da constituição da identidade de seus trabalhadores, na busca dos alicerces de concepções que sobrevivem na atualidade. Os dados empíricos foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, intentando captar as perspectivas de sujeitos envolvidos na ação, formadores e formandos, acerca da formação contínua de professores e da atuação, em sua dimensão formadora, da diretoria de ensino. Contrastando as construções individuais, incluindo as da autora, à luz de conceitos sobre formação contínua, desenvolvimento institucional da escola e supervisão escolar, objetiva-se desvelar crenças subjacentes à ação em estudo e apontar dificuldades e possibilidades das diretorias de ensino na viabilização de ações de formação contínua de educadores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa ancorada numa perspectiva qualitativa, que teve como critério para escolha da diretoria de ensino e da escola pesquisadas, suas participações efetivas na implementação do referido projeto, entrevistando-se todos os envolvidos na ação, que ainda encontravam-se em exercício nestes dois órgãos. O estudo evidencia a falta de investimento na estrutura da Secretaria de Estado da Educação, enquanto espaço de formação de professores e aponta permanências de acepções acerca da função executora tanto da diretoria de ensino como da escola, respaldadas na crença de bons modelos de ser professor, prescritos por pessoas ou instituições consideradas detentoras de um saber que as legitima para tal. Constatam-se mudanças na prática docente atribuídas, pelos sujeitos da pesquisa, à participação na ação de formação contínua, mas não se apresentam indícios de sua contribuição para a transformação da escola. Propõe-se, dentro da interinidade das verdades, que as ações de formação da diretoria de ensino direcionem-se para a construção da autonomia da escola e do professor, a partir da priorização da determinação partilhada de suas necessidades, requerendo-se, a vista das evidências apontadas, investimentos no desenvolvimento profissional dos trabalhadores das diretorias de ensino.Having the aim to make contributions for the discussion about educators continuous development, this research analyses the developmental actions done by a Teaching Directory Body an administrative office belonging to the Education State Board of São Paulo, during the implementation of the Teaching and Learning Project: Redirecting the flow of II Cycle, from 2000 to 2003. In order to fulfill this aim, it investigates the role performed by the Body in educators continuous development actions and resorts to a brief historical retrospective about the mediating offices between the state government and school and to the identity construction of the school workers, in search for the foundation of concepts which are still present nowadays. The empirical data were collected in semi-structured interviews, with the objective of capturing the perspectives of the subjects involved in the action trainers and trainees, about the educators continuous development and about the performance in its developmental aspect, of the Teaching Directory Body. Contrasting the individual constructions, including those of the author, in the light of concepts about continuous development, school institutional development and school supervision, the aim is to unclose beliefs underpinning the action studied and to point at difficulties and possibilities of Teaching Directory Bodies in the implementation process of educators continuous development actions. It is a qualitative research, which had as a criteria for choosing both Teaching Directory Bodies and the school itself, their participation in the implementation of the studied project which was assessed by interviewing all the people involved in the action who were still at work in both institutions. The study shows the lack of investment in the Education State Board structure, both as a developmental locus for teachers and it points at permanent concepts of the working role of both the Teaching Directory Body as well as the school, supported by the belief on right models of what to be a good teacher is, prescribed by people or institutions which have legitimized knowledge. We observe changes in the teaching practice, laid by the research subjects, to the participation in the continuous development action, but we didnt observe any evidence of their contribution to the school transformation. The proposal, regarded provisional truths, is that the developmental actions of the Teaching Directory Body direct themselves towards the construction of school and teacher autonomy, from the process of establishing a priority related to a shared determination of their needs. In order to do this, it is required- based on the observed evidences, investments in the professional development of workers at the Teaching Directory Bodies
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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