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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
Lighting candles: Amnesty Internationals work in Brazil during the dictatorship (1961-1981)
No full textDurante a ditadura (1964-85), a Anistia Internacional ofereceu assistência a presos políticos brasileiros e ajudou a divulgar no exterior as denúncias de tortura perpetradas por agentes da repressão do regime militar brasileiro. Este trabalho se detém sobre a atuação da Anistia Internacional em relação ao Brasil durante o período da ditadura. A fim de entender como se deu essa atuação, buscou-se analisar o processo de formação da Anistia, seu modus operandi na investigação de denúncias de violações de direitos humanos, e identificar os seus princípios e diretrizes. No exame sobre a assistência a presos políticos brasileiros, foi possível observar uma flexibilização dos princípios de foco no indivíduo e não-violência, que eram considerados pela organização como constitutivos da sua atuação no plano internacional. Além disso, reuniu-se documentação que indica que a decisão da Anistia de intensificar a defesa de presos políticos brasileiros, verificada a partir de 1969, não foi motivada somente pelo agravamento de sua situação. Deveu-se também à reformulação estratégica posta em prática pela organização após a grave crise interna que a AI atravessou em 1967. A nova estratégia pressupunha avanços na profissionalização que previam a expansão das atividades da Anistia para além da Europa, o que permitiu uma reformulação de seu trabalho em relação à América Latina e ao Brasil, onde sua atuação havia permanecido tímida até 1969.During the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-85), Amnesty International assisted political prisoners and helped to publicize charges of torture against agents of the military regimes repressive apparatus. This work focuses on the activities of Amnesty during the period of Brazil\'s dictatorship; analyzing its modus operandi, core principles and objectives. Through a specific examination of Amnesty\'s work on Brazilian political prisoners, it is possible to observe how Amnesty adapted its organizational principles such as non-violence and the focus on individual cases during this time. In 1967, Amnesty experienced a severe internal crisis, which prompted the organization to set a new strategy of professionalization. These changes enabled Amnesty to expand its activities beyond Europe to Latin America, including Brazil, where before 1969 its presence had been minimal. The research shows how Amnestys decision to increase its focus on Brazilian political prisoners from 1969 onwards was not only due to the worsening plight of these prisoners but also motivated by a new agenda in the organisation itself
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
The Birth of a Discipline: the Ford-Iuperj grant agreement and the modernization of political science in Brazil (1967-1973)
No full textA partir da segunda metade dos anos sessenta, as ciências sociais brasileiras passaram por um amplo processo de modernização que conferiu, em termos acadêmicos, institucionais e temáticos, o formato ao qual estamos habituados hoje. Expoente deste percurso foi a institucionalização da ciência política como uma disciplina acadêmica autônoma no Brasil. Entre seus novos traços, estariam: a virada teórico-metodológica em direção ao objetivismo e ao cientificismo; a profissionalização do campo, com a criação de novos centros e a construção de redes intelectuais transnacionais; e a predileção por temas não só engajados com o debate público, mas que tinham o intuito de nele interferir. Um dos palcos principais desse processo de modernização foi o Iuperj (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro), fundado em 1967 pelo jurista ex-isebiano Candido Mendes de Almeida. Com o aporte providencial de verba filantrópica da Fundação Ford, o Instituto, nas décadas seguintes, se estabeleceria como um dos principais polos da disciplina, pioneiro tanto no campo da pesquisa quanto no da formação pós-graduada. A partir de fontes arquivísticas -- entre as quais se destacam a documentação do convênio Ford-Iuperj (1967-89) e os papéis pessoais de dois de seus principais interlocutores, os cientistas sociais Samuel Huntington e Alex Inkeles --, procuraremos descrever o papel do Instituto na construção dessa nova disciplina modernizada. Quais as premissas, objetivos e escolhas institucionais e teóricas que o Iuperj arrogou para si; em quais redes intelectuais circulou; quais diálogos estabeleceu dentro e fora do Brasil; de que forma se deu a relação com a ditadura vigente no país e em meio ao contexto de Guerra Fria; e quais alternativas vislumbrou.In the late 1960s, Brazilian political science underwent a process of academic modernization that transformed the discipline\'s theoretical assumptions, institutional arrangements, foreign dialogues, and thematic approach. The field isolated the previously dominating sociopolitical thought explanations and turned to a scientifically-guided, objective approach, with new methodological tools. With robust financial aid provided by U.S. philanthropic foundations, several newly-created research institutions and graduate programs helped accommodate young political scientists returning to Brazil after earning their PhDs abroad. This fields\' new direction included a major investment in academic internationalization, which brought forth the development of a cross-national intellectual network. Thematically, these new academic trends envisioned the discipline as an applied and policy-oriented science with a say in non-academic public debate and a closer relationship to governmental issues. One of the protagonists of this modernization process was Iuperj (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro), founded in 1967 by the legal scholar and social thinker Candido Mendes de Almeida. With the philanthropic support from the Ford Foundation, the institute would establish itself in the coming decades as a leading political science center in the country both in training and research. Drawing on primary sources -- especially the Ford-Iuperj grant agreement documentation (1967-89) and the personal papers of U.S. intellectuals Alex Inkeles and Samuel Huntington -- this research accounts for the role Iuperj played in the building of a new, modernized academic discipline in Brazil
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