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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
Y a-t-il UNE bonne façon d'enseigner ? Mise en questions de la thèse de C. Gauthier
No full textThis contribution calls into question C. Gauthier’s thesis which states the superiority of pedagogical practices related to direct instruction : the author intends to ask, once more, the question of whether there is one best way to teach. There is cause to admit some advantages to “ explicit” teaching, with regards to school achievement. However, these advantages only concern some populations of students : under no circumstances do they confirm the universal superiority of this form of teaching. It is more important to try to answer the question : “ Which teaching practices are particularly effective so as students master significant skills ?” and avoid simplificative positions and “ manichean” theses. Indeed, there are many determinants of effectiveness and processes are complex.Cette contribution nous propose, en questionnant la thèse de la supériorité des pratiques pédagogiques référées à l’enseignement direct qu’avance C. Gauthier, de poser, une fois encore la question de savoir s’il existe une bonne façon d’enseigner. S’il y a lieu de reconnaître certains avantages, en termes de résultats scolaires, aux pratiques d’enseignement «explicites » , ces avantages ne concernent que certaines populations d’élèves et ne sauraient donc fonder la supériorité universelle de cette forme d’enseignement. Il importe davantage de tenter de répondre à la question de savoir : «Quelles pratiques enseignantes sont particulièrement efficaces en vue d’amener les élèves à la maîtrise de compétences significatives ? » en évitant les positions simplificatrices et les thèses «manichéennes » car les déterminants de l’efficacité sont nombreux et les processus sont complexes.
(OPEN).Paquay Léopold. Y a-t-il UNE bonne façon d’enseigner ? Mise en questions de la thèse de C. Gauthier. In: Les dossiers des sciences de l'éducation, N°19, 2008. Les pratiques d’enseignement-apprentissage : état des lieux. pp. 157-169
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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