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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
Managing and mobilising talent in Malaysia: issues, challenges and policy implications for Malaysian universities
Get PDFThe future of Malaysia as a high-income and competitive nation largely depends on its pool of highly skilled human capital. Hence, the issue of human capital development has taken centre stage in numerous reform agendas of Malaysia. This paper seeks to provide examples of policy initiatives aimed at facilitating the management of highly educated talent in Malaysia. It subsequently considers the role of higher education institutions, particularly the universities, as attractors, educators and retainers of intellectuals, in shaping talent. In conclusion, we argue that more significant underlying shortcomings of talent development are derived from the still transitional nature of the reforms and incomplete structural changes occurring in the national system, and that a change in mindset is the first necessary step towards nurturing and developing a human resource talent pool
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
A critical analysis of Malaysian higher education institutions’ response towards COVID-19: Sustaining academic program delivery
No full textThe COVID-19 global pandemic has caused massive disruptions in many sectors of society including higher education. Although the mainstream news outlets and social media have discussed how Malaysia’s higher education system coped with the disruptions caused by COVID-19, a fuller narrative needs to be properly documented. This qualitative narrative review involved an analysis of various types of publications including scholarly articles, world organizations’ reports, university documents as well as commentaries and reports from mainstream news outlets and social media that directly focus on the topic. It is evident from the review that Malaysian HEIs’ priority was in safeguarding student and staff welfare in terms of their health and safety. While providing emergency aid to students and support for institutions, the Ministry of Higher Education together with HEIs developed administrative measures to safeguard the delivery of programmes through remote online learning. The analysis confirmed that while online learning is considered appropriate during an emergency period, the digital divide clearly still exists, posing the greatest challenge to Malaysia’s recovery post COVID-19. The critical review on the immediate impacts of the pandemic on teaching and learning point to key recommendations for leadership, student welfare, and the importance of flexible education and evidence-based policymaking
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
Kesihatan Mental dan Motivasi Pelajar Semasa Pembelajaran Dalam Talian Sepanjang Pandemik Covid-19
Get PDFKajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara tahap kesihatan mental dan tahap motivasi dalam kalangan pelajar sarjana Fakulti Pendidikan, di sebuah universiti penyelidikan di Lembah Klang semasa pembelajaran dalam talian dijalankan sepanjang pandemik Covid-19. Kajian berbentuk kuantitatif ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan deskriptif melalui soal selidik. Kaedah persampelan rawak bersistematik telah digunakan untuk mendapatkan 242 orang pelajar sarjana dari Fakulti Pendidikan, UKM sebagai sampel kajian. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) digunakan bagi mengukur tahap kesihatan mental pelajar sementara Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) digunakan untuk mengukur tahap motivasi pelajar. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensi. Dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa pelajar sarjana mempunyai tahap kesihatan mental yang rendah (baik) dan tahap motivasi yang tinggi semasa mengikuti pembelajaran dalam talian sepanjang pandemik Covid-19. Hasil kajian turut menunjukkan hubungan yang signifikan dan positif antara kesihatan mental dan motivasi dalam kalangan pelajar sarjana semasa pembelajaran dalam talian sepanjang pandemik Covid-19. Kajian yang dijalankan ini diharap dapat memberi sumbangan kepada pelajar, pensyarah dan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) dalam memahami kepentingan menjaga kesihatan mental yang baik semasa pandemik. Dapatan kajian ini memberi implikasi bahawa komunikasi yang lebih luas dan berkesan diperlukan untuk mengurangkan masalah kesihatan mental dan meningkatkan motivasi dalam kalangan pelajar
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