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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
Su’esu’e manogi: Conceptualising the fragrances of equity in higher education. A case study from Oceania
Full text linkEquity policies in higher education are focused on dismantling barriers and redressing inequalities that restrict the participation and success of students from historically excluded groups. In some Universities across Oceania, ‘underrepresented’ includes students of Pacific heritage alongside students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, rural areas, students with disabilities and LGBTIQA+ students. Despite good intentions, equity policies can often contribute to the problems they seek to address with an overt focus on equity groups and identities. Little attention is directed towards reviewing the education ecosystems that create barriers to higher education. My research adopts an Indigenous Pacific (Sāmoan) framework, ‘Su’esu’e manogi, in search of fragrances’ as a conceptual tool to critically analyse and understand historical and contemporary manogi (fragrances) that frame and inform current equity policies and discourses in Oceania. Manogi is used as a metaphor to represent the worldviews, theories and ideologies that underpin equity policies and discourses. Using a case study, I present the findings of research that reviewed equity policies and discourses at the University of Auckland and their implications for Pacific learners. I found a series of tensions and disharmonies in manogi based on the interpretation of equity subscribed to by the institution. Equity policy discourses that are disparaging produce disharmony and unpleasant pungent manogi when they are based on deficit framing and are relegated to the periphery of higher education priorities. Equity policy discourses that are harmonious and produce sweet aromatic manogi for Pacific students are framed by commitments to social justice and sustainable development, recognise the principle of difference and the impact of structural factors on achievement. Drawing on the inspiration of the Rethinking Pacific Education Initiative for Pacific Peoples (RPEIPP) and “Revisioning education in Oceania: Walking backwards into the future together,” my research presents timely considerations for collective rethinking and revisioning of equity in Oceania
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
‘E malu le ‘anofale I le fale’ Samoan migrants' experiences with homeownership in Aotearoa
No full textResearch in New Zealand indicates significant disparities in homeownership between the various ethnic communities. This is of concern as it confirms that some ethnic groups face more challenges than others regarding housing tenure and security. One such disadvantaged group discussed in the New Zealand studies is Pasifika people, where, according to Tanielu (2019), “Pasifika are over-represented in homelessness, emergency housing and renting, and massively under-represented in home ownership”. Data from (Stats NZ, 2020) reveals that “Pacific peoples and Māori were less likely to own their home or hold it in a family trust than other ethnic groups, and that these groups, “in particular, experience poorer housing outcomes”. The result of previous research raises concerns for the Pasifika community in terms of their future security and welfare in New Zealand. In previous studies by Grimes and Young (2009), data showed that in 2006, there was a 56.8 per cent overall homeownership rate, with only 28.8 per cent of these properties owned by the Pasifika ethnicity group. Looking forward from this point, the data from (Stats NZ, 2016) showed that although there was an increase in New Zealand home ownership, the percentage had declined in previous years for Pasifika people in New Zealand (and Māori). The net result was that “the proportion of their populations living in an owner-occupied dwelling fell faster than for the total population”, with Pasifika home ownership dropping to a mere 20 per cent (Stats NZ, 2020). According to the Pacific Aotearoa Status Report (Ministry of Pacific Peoples, 2021b) 8 per cent of New Zealand comprises the Pasifika community. Within this group, almost half is comprised of people of Samoan descent. This means that the percentage of Samoan homeowners, relative to overall ownership, is extremely low in New Zealand, and raises the question of why this is the case. My research stems from the distinct lack of available scholarship into Samoan homeownership and a desire to ascertain the enablers, challenges, and factors that a group of Samoan migrants have needed to adopt to achieve this. The findings are of significant benefit as they may assist with future development into solutions to help Samoan people in New Zealand own homes
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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