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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
The development of a generic program theory for strengthening feedback cultures
No full textFeedback culture is increasingly a buzzword in organizations as a means to improve organizational efficiency, employee well-being and overall to strengthen the organizations ability to compete in fast-evolving markets. Feedback culture is however a complex social phenomenon that makes it difficult to approach the task of strengthening an organization’s feedback culture. This thesis aims to develop a generic program theory for strengthening an organization’s feedback culture; the mechanisms, context and outcomes, as a first step in providing a thorough overview and guide that can assist in the pursuit of answering the question: “When one wants to strengthen an organization’s feedback culture; where does he or she begin?” The thesis is structured around program theory and has a two-part approach; a theoretical and an empirical. The theorical part is a synthesis of existing literature on feedback culture in organizations, primarily based on the work of London & Smither (2002) and Baker, Perreault, Reid & Blanchard (2013). In the empirical, qualitative approach I interview a group of six ambulance instructors who themselves have undertaken a project in their organization to improve their feedback culture to understand their mental models. The focus group interview is used as a basis for discussing the initial generic program theory. Four main mechanisms are identified: A desire to grow, role modelling, social proof and reminders, and six context categories are identified that moderate the mechanisms. The empirical study supports especially role modelling and reminders as important mechanisms and provide a novel example of a physical notepad that serves as both a structure that guides and an organizational artefact that reminds employees of feedback in a busy day. The thesis adds to the existing literature with the first version of a generic program theory for strengthening feedback culture in organizations but requires further validation and testing. The thesis does not provide an answer to the initial question of “where to start”, but the generic program theory can hopefully provide a useful overview as a starting point
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
When Capacity-Building Fails: the Case of the North Sea Region Programme
No full textDette projekt undersøgte et tilfælde af mislykket kapacitetsopbygning i et Interreg-program. Sagen blev undersøgt gennem et kritisk realistisk perspektiv med en retroduktiv metode. Data blev indsamlet gennem interviews og gennemgang af dokumenter. Startende med to arbejdshypoteser blev årsagsmekanismer afsløret, og der blev fremsat nogle anbefalinger til organisationen for at sikre, at fremtidige kapacitetsopbyggende aktiviteter ville give bedre resultater.This project examined a case of failed capacity-building occuring at an Interreg programme. The case was examined through a critical realist perspective, with a retroductive method. Data was gathered through interviews and document review. Starting with two working hypotheses, causal mechanisms were uncovered and some recommendations were made to the organisation in order to ensure that future capacity-building activities would yield better results
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