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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
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
“You just keep walking into the pen to get your next sheep...” An exploration of sheep shearer’s experiences and responses to heat in the sheep shearing industry.
No full textHeat in workplaces is a hot topic due to the projected increase in global temperatures from anthropogenic climate change with workers being recently recognised as a vulnerable group due to excess heat exposure. New Zealand provides a unique environment to study the impacts of heat in the workplace due to our dependence on physically active industries such as agriculture, forestry and the construction industry. These occupations are exposed to heat through different sources including the environment (outdoor workers), the physical nature (metabolic heat generation) of the work and are often paid by output. One seasonal, physical occupation, paid per output is the sheep shearing industry. This thesis is the first qualitative study of the industry internationally, it aims to explore sheep shearer’s experiences of heat and how they respond to it.
Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to gain a maximum variation sample (age, sex, geographical location and experience) of knowledgeable participants. Sixteen current and ex-shearers were interviewed face to face or over the phone, using an in-depth study guide about the experiences of heat in the workplace. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using a constructivist thematic analysis of the manifest and latent content.
The overall results suggest that sheep shearers will continue to work, and tolerate symptoms when exposed to excess heat, due to how they are remunerated for their work. All participants could give an example of tolerating symptoms of heat stress at work including; sweating, cramps and of the more extreme, fainting and heat exhaustion. Five themes were identified from the interviews as influencing workers experience of heat; ‘shearing culture’, ‘lack of control’, ‘we’ll be right’, ‘self regulation’ and a ‘want for change’. The identified themes influence how shearer’s currently respond to heat exposure at work, with their self regulation of behaviours and ‘we’ll be right’ attitude being at the centre of the tolerance of symptoms. However the results also suggest that current responses to heat are insufficient as there is a want for change from the younger generation of shearers. This want for change focused on a standardisation of wool sheds and their facilities, which implies a call for a more proactive response to heat. This proactive response to heat in the face of the projected increases in temperature due to climate change would be a way for the industry to sustain its current productivity and reduce health related consequence of heat. A standardisation of woolsheds would modify the variables that expose shearers to heat and reduce the need for a tolerance of heat within the industry. In conclusion, shearers will continue to work when exposed to heat due to how they are paid for their work. If there is no change in the industry to modify the working environment the projected future increases in temperature would pose potential health risks which in turn lead to a decrease in productivity
“You just keep walking into the pen to get your next sheep...” An exploration of sheep shearer’s experiences and responses to heat in the sheep shearing industry.
Get PDFHeat in workplaces is a hot topic due to the projected increase in global temperatures from anthropogenic climate change with workers being recently recognised as a vulnerable group due to excess heat exposure. New Zealand provides a unique environment to study the impacts of heat in the workplace due to our dependence on physically active industries such as agriculture, forestry and the construction industry. These occupations are exposed to heat through different sources including the environment (outdoor workers), the physical nature (metabolic heat generation) of the work and are often paid by output. One seasonal, physical occupation, paid per output is the sheep shearing industry. This thesis is the first qualitative study of the industry internationally, it aims to explore sheep shearer’s experiences of heat and how they respond to it.
Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to gain a maximum variation sample (age, sex, geographical location and experience) of knowledgeable participants. Sixteen current and ex-shearers were interviewed face to face or over the phone, using an in-depth study guide about the experiences of heat in the workplace. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using a constructivist thematic analysis of the manifest and latent content.
The overall results suggest that sheep shearers will continue to work, and tolerate symptoms when exposed to excess heat, due to how they are remunerated for their work. All participants could give an example of tolerating symptoms of heat stress at work including; sweating, cramps and of the more extreme, fainting and heat exhaustion. Five themes were identified from the interviews as influencing workers experience of heat; ‘shearing culture’, ‘lack of control’, ‘we’ll be right’, ‘self regulation’ and a ‘want for change’. The identified themes influence how shearer’s currently respond to heat exposure at work, with their self regulation of behaviours and ‘we’ll be right’ attitude being at the centre of the tolerance of symptoms. However the results also suggest that current responses to heat are insufficient as there is a want for change from the younger generation of shearers. This want for change focused on a standardisation of wool sheds and their facilities, which implies a call for a more proactive response to heat. This proactive response to heat in the face of the projected increases in temperature due to climate change would be a way for the industry to sustain its current productivity and reduce health related consequence of heat. A standardisation of woolsheds would modify the variables that expose shearers to heat and reduce the need for a tolerance of heat within the industry. In conclusion, shearers will continue to work when exposed to heat due to how they are paid for their work. If there is no change in the industry to modify the working environment the projected future increases in temperature would pose potential health risks which in turn lead to a decrease in productivity
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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