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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
Methodological guidelines for qualitative analysis of economic, innovation and scientific potential in the EU enlargement and neighbourhood
Full text linkIn the last seven years, following the success of Smart Specialisation implementation among the EU Member States and their regions, a growing number of economies from the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood region have expressed their commitment to pursue innovation policy development based on the Smart Specialisation approach. To facilitate the process in methodological terms, the JRC proposed a framework describing the specificities of each phase and providing guidance for their implementation, now known as the S3 Framework for the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region (S3 Framework). As the qualitative mapping exercise represents one of the most important stages of Smart Specialisation, this report aims at supporting the S3 Framework in order to maximise the benefits and avoid potential issues in the qualitative mapping process. The focus is on providing instructions and advice on how to prepare each step of the qualitative analysis, taking into account the characteristics of the regional context. As the appropriate setup of the qualitative mapping sets the conditions for an efficient stakeholder dialogue in the entrepreneurial discovery process, which represents a Smart Specialisation cornerstone, this report underlines the necessity of systematic involvement of stakeholders in a transparent and fully participatory manner during the qualitative mapping phase.JRC.A.3 - Member States Partnerships and International Relation
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
Guidelines for the stakeholder dialogue in the process of designing and implementing Smart Specialisation strategies in the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region
Full text linkThe stakeholder dialogue within the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process has been often cited as the most critical stage in designing the Smart Specialisation strategy. It represents a very important milestone in the process, as it brings together key representatives of a society, coming from business, academic, civil and government spheres, to thoroughly discuss and agree on the number of priority areas followed by an appropriate policy mix. The findings from this stage are the key ingredients for the policymakers that are drafting a Smart Specialisation strategy. However, the engagement of such stakeholders needs to be maintained in the implementation stage as well, when policy instruments are tested in the real environment and the implementation results come into the light. Hence, the motivation for being involved in the continuous stakeholder dialogue in both Smart Specialisation design and implementation stages is of crucial importance. In the context of the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region, where the Smart Specialisation advancement is followed against the dedicated frameworks for strategy design and implementation, this importance is even more demonstrated. This report provides a guidance on how to conduct the efficient and continuous Entrepreneurial Discovery Process in such settingJRC.B.3 - Territorial Developmen
Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans and Türkiye – Lessons learned
Full text linkThe Western Balkan region and Türkiye demonstrated a strong progress in the Smart Specialisation process in the last several years. In this process, the economies were following the Smart Specialisation design and implementation frameworks for the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region. The nominated working groups for managing Smart Specialisation in the region accumulated significant experience in the utilisation of the mentioned frameworks that is very important for the upcoming efforts in implementing not only innovation policies based on Smart Specialisation but also other related policies that are facing common modern-day challenges. The experiences presented in this report can contribute to the elaboration of future directions of developing innovation policy approaches and methodologies in the entire European continent.JRC.B.3 - Territorial Developmen
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