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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
The Key to Triumphant Practices of Technology in Elections: It’s Time to Reboot Electoral Process in Pakistan
Get PDFFree and fair elections guarantee the continuation of successful democratic process. Electoral process conducted on period basis is acknowledged as locus of democracy. For a sustainable democracy, free and election should be conducted on a periodic basis. This is one of the important pillars for democracy to prosper and by and large acknowledged as the locus of democracy. If the element of fairness is not present in the election, the outcome is not democracy but dictatorship and the legitimacy of the elected government will be questionable. As a result, many countries of the world have forced to use modern electoral technologies for the purpose replacing traditional paper balloting. The main issue is that these advanced ways of casting votes are not uncontroversial. For a developing country like Pakistan, it is just a beginning. The lack of political stability has made it even more difficult. The article basically suggests a roadmap for these technologies to be implemented in Pakistan, keeping in view the identical political and geographical conditions of the surrounding countries. The experiments of these countries during their implementation phase have also been considered for the purpose. The paper also concludes that despite using every possible technology, the public trust towards Election Management Body is the key. It also recommends some solutions for this challenge as well
Modelling Cost of Quality for Defect Reduction
No full textPurpose: This paper aims to develop the system dynamics model of managing quality costs using the perception maps prepared on the basis of the actual data of the organization. The model depicts the cost of quality and the associated defect percentage to represent the real-world data of the company under study. Model is validated using the different tests to build the confidence on the model. Underlying feedback structures and interactions among various variables make the model more robust and realistic.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The simulation software STELLA is used for programming the model. Using the generic structures of the cost of quality, stock and flow diagram is developed to map the real-life business scenario.
Findings: Cost of Quality is a forgotten dimension in many companies. Most of the companies are not measuring the cost of quality as a powerful indicator for quality measurement and for process improvement. Defect level is the function of prevention, appraisal and failures (PAF) costs associated with the PAF model. System Dynamics is computer-based simulation methodology that gains the insight of the social, economic, and business problems and acts as a powerful tool for policy design for better decision making.
Implications/Originality/Value: Policy analysis clearly indicate that dynamics of cost of quality is quite complex and to identify the prioritized parameter for investment cannot be intuitively appreciated. System dynamics is a simulation-based methodology which can solve the complex interactions and different policy runs lead to the best appropriate mix of cost elements in order to reduce the failure costs (internal and external)
Dynamic capabilities and performance: A supply chain perspective
No full textEver changing market environment in terms of technology and competitive situation requires firms to continuously reconfigure their resource configurations. Based on the dynamic capabilities view of the firm, we propose the dynamic capabilities relevant in the context of supply chains. We conceptualize dynamic capabilities of a firm as consisting of multiple levels. Capabilities at the highest level affect the formation of first order dynamic supply chain capabilities. Furthermore, first order capabilities modify the operational capabilities. We propose constructs for second and first order dynamic supply chain capabilities. Performance implications of dynamic supply chain capabilities have also been empirically tested based on data from 275 managers from Pakistani manufacturing industry. The results show a support for the assertions by dynamic capability theorists
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
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