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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
Fusiones y adquisiciones para la sostenibilidad de las empresas en los mercados emergentes en una época de vicisitudes: un análisis de la literatura
Get PDFMergers and acquisitions are the most popular modes of external corporate growth. Business sustainability, which seeks present returns without compromising the ability to earn returns in the future, has come under serious challenges in an environment of uncertainty. While academic literature suggests that in periods of fundamental uncertainty, there is a decline of mergers and acquisitions, this paper analyses an emerging body of research that suggests that merger and acquisition deals in a vague era actually deliver more value compared to those made in normal economic conditions, which most empirical studies do not deliver much value for the acquirer. This paper therefore suggests that firms in emerging markets can use mergers and acquisitions during a downturn to deliver superior value to shareholders. It also argues that mergers and acquisitions are a corporate governance issue, because it is at the board level that the overall strategy of the firm is implemented, including the various growth options of the firm. However, further research on merger and acquisitions during a vague era need to be conducted in various regions of emerging markets.Las fusiones y adquisiciones son los modos más populares de crecimiento empresarial externo. La sostenibilidad de las empresas, que busca la rentabilidad presente sin comprometer la capacidad de obtener beneficios en el futuro, se ha visto sometida a serios desafíos en un entorno de incertidumbre. Mientras que la literatura académica sugiere que en periodos de incertidumbre fundamental se produce un declive de las fusiones y adquisiciones, este documento analiza un cuerpo de investigación emergente que sugiere que las operaciones de fusión y adquisición en una era de incertidumbre realmente aportan más valor en comparación con las realizadas en condiciones económicas normales, que en la mayoría de los estudios empíricos no aportan mucho valor para el adquirente. Por lo tanto, este documento sugiere que las empresas de los mercados emergentes pueden utilizar las fusiones y adquisiciones en una época de recesión para ofrecer un valor superior a los accionistas. También sostiene que las fusiones y adquisiciones son una cuestión de gobierno corporativo, porque es en el consejo de administración donde se aplica la estrategia global de la empresa, incluidas las diversas opciones de crecimiento de la misma. Sin embargo, es necesario seguir investigando sobre las fusiones y adquisiciones en una época de indefinición en varias regiones de los mercados emergentes
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
Mergers and Acquisitions for Business Sustainability in Emerging Markets During a Vague Era: A Literature Analysis
No full textMergers and acquisitions are the most popular modes of external corporate growth. Business sustainability, which seeks present returns without compromising the ability to earn returns in the future, has come under serious challenges in an environment of uncertainty. While academic literature suggests that in periods of fundamental uncertainty, there is a decline of mergers and acquisitions, this paper analyses an emerging body of research that suggests that merger and acquisition deals in a vague era actually deliver more value compared to those made in normal economic conditions, which most empirical studies do not deliver much value for the acquirer. This paper therefore suggests that firms in emerging markets can use mergers and acquisitions during a downturn to deliver superior value to shareholders. It also argues that mergers and acquisitions are a corporate governance issue, because it is at the board level that the overall strategy of the firm is implemented, including the various growth options of the firm. However, further research on merger and acquisitions during a vague era need to be conducted in various regions of emerging markets.Las fusiones y adquisiciones son los modos más populares de crecimiento empresarial externo. La sostenibilidad de las empresas, que busca la rentabilidad presente sin comprometer la capacidad de obtener beneficios en el futuro, se ha visto sometida a serios desafíos en un entorno de incertidumbre. Mientras que la literatura académica sugiere que en periodos de incertidumbre fundamental se produce un declive de las fusiones y adquisiciones, este documento analiza un cuerpo de investigación emergente que sugiere que las operaciones de fusión y adquisición en una era de incertidumbre realmente aportan más valor en comparación con las realizadas en condiciones económicas normales, que en la mayoría de los estudios empíricos no aportan mucho valor para el adquirente. Por lo tanto, este documento sugiere que las empresas de los mercados emergentes pueden utilizar las fusiones y adquisiciones en una época de recesión para ofrecer un valor superior a los accionistas. También sostiene que las fusiones y adquisiciones son una cuestión de gobierno corporativo, porque es en el consejo de administración donde se aplica la estrategia global de la empresa, incluidas las diversas opciones de crecimiento de la misma. Sin embargo, es necesario seguir investigando sobre las fusiones y adquisiciones en una época de indefinición en varias regiones de los mercados emergentes
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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