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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
Man not used to be : parenting challenges
No full textIn Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Civil EngineeringGay fathers are the same as heterosexual fathers in terms of their emotional and parental relationship with their children. However, gay fathers often face negative stereotypes based on their sexual orientation and disparaging beliefs about their parenting capabilities, which can create parental stresses that affect their lives. Thus, this phenomenological study aims to discover the experiences and coping of gay fathers as they respond to their family needs while living in a world where heterosexual parenting is a norm. The study was composed of 9 gay fathers as participants gathered using purposive sampling. The study's findings show that gay fathers’ parenting was challenged by discrimination, child bullying, dealing with sickness in the family, overcoming financial issues, and their problems within. Despite this, gay fathers cope with the challenges by having a source of income, possessing a positive mentality, and tapping support systems. With that, the study provided an understanding of gay fathers' capability when establishing a family, parenting difficulties, and the need for truth in the family. Based on the result, social workers will learn the difficulties, experiences, and plight of gay fathers in rearing their children. Social Workers may support gay fathers in pursuing their parental duties and responsibilities by initiating significant steps or measures that ensure the security of gay fathers and their children in society, especially in bullying and discrimination
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
Man not used to be : parenting challenges
No full textIn Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Social WorkGay fathers are the same as heterosexual fathers in terms of their emotional and parental relationship with their children. However, gay fathers often face negative stereotypes based on their sexual orientation and disparaging beliefs about their parenting capabilities, which can create parental stresses that affect their lives. Thus, this phenomenological study aims to discover the experiences and coping of gay fathers as they respond to their family needs while living in a world where heterosexual parenting is a norm. The study was composed of 9 gay fathers as participants gathered using purposive sampling. The study's findings show that gay fathers’ parenting was challenged by discrimination, child bullying, dealing with sickness in the family, overcoming financial issues, and their problems within. Despite this, gay fathers cop with the challenges by having a source of income, possessing a positive mentality, and tapping support systems. With that, the study provided an understanding of gay fathers' capability when establishing a family, parenting difficulties, and the need for truth in the family. Based on the result, social workers will learn the difficulties, experiences, and plight of gay fathers in rearing their children. Social Workers may support gay fathers in pursuing their parental duties and responsibilities by initiating significant steps or measures that ensure the security of gay fathers and their children in society, especially in bullying and discrimination
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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