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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
Den tunna blå linjen: Informella relationer som skyddsnät i polisyrket : En kvalitativ studie om betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst
No full textA functional physical and social work environment is something everyone should be able to expect in the Swedish labor market. However, one professional group that cannot take this for granted is police officers working in operational service. This study aims to examine the significance of informal relationships in the workplace among police officers in operational service. The research questions addressing this purpose focus on how meaning is created and expressed around informal relationships, how these relationships are used to manage unsafe working conditions, and how hierarchical structures affect informal relationships. Previous research on the subject highlights the importance of effective socialization processes and the way a strong work culture fosters a sense of belonging and community. It also shows that collegial relationships perceived as unfulfilling by individuals can have negative consequences for the organization. Furthermore, research indicates that power and hierarchies can influence informal relationships in the workplace. This study, based on qualitative interviews with six police officers, reveals that informal relationships play a crucial role for police officers in operational service. Officers hold strong expectations for themselves and their colleagues to create, express, and maintain solidarity and trust. There are also strong norms regarding how informal workplace relationships should function. Additionally, informal relationships act as a safety net in challenging situations, something the formal organization relies on. Finally, both formal and informal power, as well as hierarchical positions, significantly influence the strength of informal relationships and perceptions of workplace conflicts.En fungerande fysisk och social arbetsmiljö är något som alla borde kunna förvänta sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. En av de yrkesgrupper som däremot inte kan ta detta för givet är poliser som arbetar i yttre tjänst. Följande studie syftar därför till att undersöka betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst. Frågeställningarna som ska besvara syftet handlar om hur mening kring informella relationer skapas och uttrycks, hur informella relationer används för att hantera osäkra arbetsförhållanden och hur makt och hierarkiska strukturer påverkar informella relationer. Tidigare forskning kring ämnet belyser vikten av fungerande socialiseringsprocesser och att en stark arbetskultur stärker känslor av tillhörighet och gemenskap, men också att kollegiala relationer som inte upplevs givande av individer istället får negativa konsekvenser för organisationen. Vidare visar forskning att makt och hierarkier kan påverka informella relationer på arbetsplatsen. Denna studie, som baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex poliser, visar att informella relationer spelar en avgörande roll för poliser i yttre tjänst. Poliser har starka förväntningar på sig själva och sina kollegor om att skapa, uttrycka och upprätthålla samhörighet och tillit. Det finns även starka normer kring hur informella relationer i arbetet ska se ut. Dessutom fungerar informella relationer som ett skyddsnät vid svåra situationer, något som den formella organisationen förlitar sig på. Slutligen så har både formell och informell makt samt hierarkisk position betydelse för styrkan av de informella relationerna och synen på konflikter i arbetet
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
Den tunna blå linjen: Informella relationer som skyddsnät i polisyrket : En kvalitativ studie om betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst
No full textA functional physical and social work environment is something everyone should be able to expect in the Swedish labor market. However, one professional group that cannot take this for granted is police officers working in operational service. This study aims to examine the significance of informal relationships in the workplace among police officers in operational service. The research questions addressing this purpose focus on how meaning is created and expressed around informal relationships, how these relationships are used to manage unsafe working conditions, and how hierarchical structures affect informal relationships. Previous research on the subject highlights the importance of effective socialization processes and the way a strong work culture fosters a sense of belonging and community. It also shows that collegial relationships perceived as unfulfilling by individuals can have negative consequences for the organization. Furthermore, research indicates that power and hierarchies can influence informal relationships in the workplace. This study, based on qualitative interviews with six police officers, reveals that informal relationships play a crucial role for police officers in operational service. Officers hold strong expectations for themselves and their colleagues to create, express, and maintain solidarity and trust. There are also strong norms regarding how informal workplace relationships should function. Additionally, informal relationships act as a safety net in challenging situations, something the formal organization relies on. Finally, both formal and informal power, as well as hierarchical positions, significantly influence the strength of informal relationships and perceptions of workplace conflicts.En fungerande fysisk och social arbetsmiljö är något som alla borde kunna förvänta sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. En av de yrkesgrupper som däremot inte kan ta detta för givet är poliser som arbetar i yttre tjänst. Följande studie syftar därför till att undersöka betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst. Frågeställningarna som ska besvara syftet handlar om hur mening kring informella relationer skapas och uttrycks, hur informella relationer används för att hantera osäkra arbetsförhållanden och hur makt och hierarkiska strukturer påverkar informella relationer. Tidigare forskning kring ämnet belyser vikten av fungerande socialiseringsprocesser och att en stark arbetskultur stärker känslor av tillhörighet och gemenskap, men också att kollegiala relationer som inte upplevs givande av individer istället får negativa konsekvenser för organisationen. Vidare visar forskning att makt och hierarkier kan påverka informella relationer på arbetsplatsen. Denna studie, som baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex poliser, visar att informella relationer spelar en avgörande roll för poliser i yttre tjänst. Poliser har starka förväntningar på sig själva och sina kollegor om att skapa, uttrycka och upprätthålla samhörighet och tillit. Det finns även starka normer kring hur informella relationer i arbetet ska se ut. Dessutom fungerar informella relationer som ett skyddsnät vid svåra situationer, något som den formella organisationen förlitar sig på. Slutligen så har både formell och informell makt samt hierarkisk position betydelse för styrkan av de informella relationerna och synen på konflikter i arbetet
Den tunna blå linjen: Informella relationer som skyddsnät i polisyrket : En kvalitativ studie om betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst
No full textA functional physical and social work environment is something everyone should be able to expect in the Swedish labor market. However, one professional group that cannot take this for granted is police officers working in operational service. This study aims to examine the significance of informal relationships in the workplace among police officers in operational service. The research questions addressing this purpose focus on how meaning is created and expressed around informal relationships, how these relationships are used to manage unsafe working conditions, and how hierarchical structures affect informal relationships. Previous research on the subject highlights the importance of effective socialization processes and the way a strong work culture fosters a sense of belonging and community. It also shows that collegial relationships perceived as unfulfilling by individuals can have negative consequences for the organization. Furthermore, research indicates that power and hierarchies can influence informal relationships in the workplace. This study, based on qualitative interviews with six police officers, reveals that informal relationships play a crucial role for police officers in operational service. Officers hold strong expectations for themselves and their colleagues to create, express, and maintain solidarity and trust. There are also strong norms regarding how informal workplace relationships should function. Additionally, informal relationships act as a safety net in challenging situations, something the formal organization relies on. Finally, both formal and informal power, as well as hierarchical positions, significantly influence the strength of informal relationships and perceptions of workplace conflicts.En fungerande fysisk och social arbetsmiljö är något som alla borde kunna förvänta sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. En av de yrkesgrupper som däremot inte kan ta detta för givet är poliser som arbetar i yttre tjänst. Följande studie syftar därför till att undersöka betydelsen av informella relationer på arbetsplatsen bland poliser i yttre tjänst. Frågeställningarna som ska besvara syftet handlar om hur mening kring informella relationer skapas och uttrycks, hur informella relationer används för att hantera osäkra arbetsförhållanden och hur makt och hierarkiska strukturer påverkar informella relationer. Tidigare forskning kring ämnet belyser vikten av fungerande socialiseringsprocesser och att en stark arbetskultur stärker känslor av tillhörighet och gemenskap, men också att kollegiala relationer som inte upplevs givande av individer istället får negativa konsekvenser för organisationen. Vidare visar forskning att makt och hierarkier kan påverka informella relationer på arbetsplatsen. Denna studie, som baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex poliser, visar att informella relationer spelar en avgörande roll för poliser i yttre tjänst. Poliser har starka förväntningar på sig själva och sina kollegor om att skapa, uttrycka och upprätthålla samhörighet och tillit. Det finns även starka normer kring hur informella relationer i arbetet ska se ut. Dessutom fungerar informella relationer som ett skyddsnät vid svåra situationer, något som den formella organisationen förlitar sig på. Slutligen så har både formell och informell makt samt hierarkisk position betydelse för styrkan av de informella relationerna och synen på konflikter i arbetet
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
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