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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
PERANAN SASTRA DAN BAHASA MELAYU DALAM MEMBANGUN KARAKTER BANGSA
No full textLiterature and language play important role in forming the character of a country. Language that is delicate, neatly arranged, and expressed with good manner in various occasions creates lovely, beautiful, well-mannered, civilized impressions either for the speaker or the listener. Therefore in a long time, whether when it is in the position as lingua franca for the Nusantara people or when it is in the position as regional language, Malay, and Malay literature, has played important role in forming Malay country’s character. Speaking and doing literature using Malay that is based on the ethical and aesthetic values not only colour the life of the noblemen in the kingdom palace, but also among the people. The delivery of certain messages orally through pantun or literary texts such as poem and gurindam that contain a lot of moral values, really contributes to the forming of Nusantara people’s personality and character. The problem is that country’s character is not the destiny or fate, not something that has been available on its own; it is a “course” or “duty”. It must be planted, internalized, built, formed, and kept ground inside the country’s children selves. In this context, language plays important role. Language is the symbolic system that with it men can form, raise, and develop their culture. In relation to it, the position and function of Indonesian and regional (Malay) languages must be reinforced: “schools oblige to develop Indonesian and regional languages to become the part of country’s character building.”
Abstrak
Sastra dan bahasa memainkan peranan penting dalam membentuk karakter suatu bangsa. Bahasa yang halus, tertata rapi, dan disampaikan dengan tatakrama yang baik dalam berbagai kesempatan menimbulkan kesan elok, indah, santun, terhormat, beradab, baik bagi pembicara maupun pendengarnya. Demikianlah dalam waktu yang lama, baik tatkala berkedudukan sebagai lingua franca bagi masyarakat Nusantara maupun ketika berkedudukan sebagai bahasa daerah, bahasa Melayu, pun sastra Melayu, telah memainkan peran penting dalam membentuk karakter bangsa Melayu. Berbahasa dan bersastra dengan bahasa Melayu yang berlandaskan pada nilai-nilai etika dan estetika itu tidak hanya mewarnai kehidupan para bangsawan di istana kerajaan, melainkan juga di tengah rakyat jelata. Penyampaian pesan-pesan tertentu secara lisan melalui pantun atau melalui teks sastra seperti syair dan gurindam yang banyak mengandung nilai-nilai moral, sangat kontributif bagi pembentukan kepribadian dan karakter masyarakat Nusantara. Masalahnya adalah karakter bangsa itu bukanlah nasib bukan pula takdir, bukan sesuatu yang telah tersedia dengan sendirinya; ia adalah “ikhtiar” atau “tugas”. Ia harus ditanamkan, diinternalisasikan, dibangun, dibentuk, dan terus diasah di dalam diri anak-anak bangsa. Dalam konteks ini bahasa memainkan peranan penting. Bahasa adalah sistem simbol yang dengannya manusia dapat membentuk, memelihara, dan mengembangkan kebudayaannya. Berkaitan dengan hal tersebut, kedudukan dan fungsi bahasa Indonesia dan daerah (Melayu) harus diperkuat: “sekolah-sekolah wajib mengembangkan bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa daerah menjadi bagian dari pembangunan karakter bangsa.
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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