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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
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
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
Pupil welfare in Swedish schools : Resources, organization and practice
No full textThe aim of the thesis is to describe and analyse the organization, resources and practice of pupil welfare work in municipal compulsory schools. In one study, telephone interviews with head masters from a random sample of 100 municipal compulsory schools have been carried out. A second study is based on material from two case studies, where the work of the pupil welfare team members and the everyday organizing of pupil welfare, are scrutinized. The distribution of special pupil welfare resources varied considerably. Almost one-third of the variation could be explained by organizational and structural variables included in a regression analysis. Practically all schools in the sample had a school nurse, while school social workers and in particular school psychologists, were available to a lesser extent. Regarding the latter two professions, the results indicate that these resources are allocated to pupils of different age groups. The involvement of different kinds of municipal service in pupil welfare work is becoming a common form of organization. The case studies show that these service units can become influential actors in the organizing of local pupil welfare work. School nurses appear to be an institutionalized resource, with regard to their presence in schools and the content of their work. The school social worker lacks a specific technology of her own that distinguishes her work from other professions. School social work is performed by several professions and for some tasks domain conflicts can arouse. These conflicts can to a certain degree be rooted in the enhanced consultative role of the pupil welfare specialists, which affects the division of labour between the actors. The pupil welfare meetings studied in the case studies where characterized by asymmetrical relationships, where little space were given for pupils and their parents to be actively involved in the decision-making process
"De är som en handbok i kommunikation" : Utvärdering av Skol- och Familjeteamet i Sollentuna
No full textDet övergripande syftet med utvärderingen har varit att undersöka effekterna av Skol- och Familjeteamets arbete utifrån de idéer och långsiktiga målsättningar som var bakgrunden till att verksamheten startade för sju år sedan. Utvärderingen har därmed syftat till att undersöka huruvida Skol- och Familjeteamet (SFT) har bidragit till att elever med psykosocial problematik i högre utsträckning kan ges adekvat stöd inom ordinarie skola och klass, om de har bidragit till ett minskat tryck på socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning, samt om de samverkar med skolan utan att ta över elevvårdens ansvar. För att besvara utvärderingens frågor har en kombination av kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder använts. Utvärderingens resultat tyder på att SFT bidrar till att elever med psykosociala och/eller beteenderelaterade problem i större utsträckning kan ges ett bättre stöd inom ramen för ordinarie skola och klass. Föräldrar och skolpersonal som har intervjuats om sina erfarenheter av insatser från SFT anser att insatserna minskat barnets problem i skolan och att de lett till ett bättre samarbete mellan hem och skola. Resultat tyder dock inte på att SFT hittills har haft någon betydelse för i vilken omfattning skolor anmäler oro för barn till socialtjänsten eller för hur stor andel elever som beviljas placering i särskilda resursskolor. Då vi inte kan veta hur det skulle ha sett ut om inte SFT funnits, kan vi dock inte med säkerhet uttala oss om effekterna i detta avseende. SFT tycks däremot i olika avseenden ha bidragit till att ’smörja’ samarbetet mellan skola och socialtjänst och avlasta dessa parter på andra sätt. SFT utgör ett mellanled där en anmälan till socialtjänsten inte anses befogad men det ändå finns en oro kring en elev/familj. Genom sin position och inriktning blir SFT ett alternativt och ”ofarligt” stöd att erbjuda föräldrar, samtidigt som skolan får del av insatsen. Det framkommer dock behov av mer tydlighet och kontakt beträffande relationen och kommunikationen mellan SFT och socialtjänstens Barn- och ungdomsenhet. Utvärderingen tyder överlag på att det råder en relativ konsensus mellan skola och SFT kring deras överlappande verksamhetsdomäner och att detta kan förstås som resultatet av ett lyckat integrationsarbete mellan skola och socialtjänst. SFT uppfattas som en neutral part i samarbetet mellan skola och hem och bistår även med en slags teknologi för detta samarbete
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