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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
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
Research on the relationship between the quality of international broadcasting and the listeners' listening behavior
No full textMost of the international broadcast stations in the world have their historic background and tasks. International broadcasting prevails in the period of the World War \ue2\ua1 and Capitalism against Communism. Its tasks include politics, military, religion and so on. But with time, along with the development of communication, Internet and media, global village gradually forms. The spread of international broadcasting in politics, military, culture and entertainment faces multiplication.
Therefore, to take the listeners\ue2 acceptation becomes the essential condition of the international broadcast stations\ue2 existence.
Besides tone quality and the signal\ue2s stability, broadcasting\ue2s quality should take the most consideration in the acceptation of the listeners in destination areas. The followings are three elements of broadcasting\ue2s quality: 1. Condition of psycho-acoustic quality. 2. Satisfaction among the listeners. 3. Motivation which can attract more listeners.
In the research, it describes the outline and evolution of broadcast's engineering, international broadcasting's history and the course of change and development in Central Broadcasting System(CBS) and further studies and discusses the factors to affect broadcasting quality's engineering, listeners\ue2 listening behavior and listeners\ue2 figure in midland China. To study the relevance between international broadcasting 's quality and listeners\ue2 behavior in listening. It analyzes 632 letters from China\ue2s listeners and results as follow\uef\ubc
A, The quality of international radio's broadcasting is related to the frequency of listeners who listen
to the radio. There is acoustic difference among the regions, and it affects the listeners\ue2 willing to turn on the radio.
B, The quality of international radio's broadcasting is related to " Use with satisfy " of radio listeners. " Program type " and " Host factor " show obvious otherness in listeners\ue2 sex and their living areas.
C, The quality of international radio's broadcasting is related to the listeners\ue2 motivation in listening. People who are different sex and come from different areas have different motivation in
" Takes interest in project " , " Problem discuss " , " Requirement " , " Take action\ue2
According to the result of this research, I brings up some suggestions after discussion: A, suggestions about the broadcastings quality of CBS to midland China, such as psycho-acoustic improvement, satisfaction with the listeners\ue2 usage requirement and enhancing listeners\ue2 motivation in receiving broadcasts. Two, suggestions about the development of CBS
Exploring job stress in the workplace from the perspective of the journalists
No full textAbstract
Through depth interviews and qualitative research techniques with print media and
electronic media organizations, this study will discuss about job stressors of the employees
in News organizations. This study is also to explore the personal coping strategies of facing
work stress. And to the end will further unveil how media organizations assist journalists to
deal with work stress.
The result shows that the job stressors from media organizations contain three
categories: work factors, personal factors, and environment. It emphasizes how the variable
environments cause group members\ue2 physical and mental unrest and tension continuous
process. First one is \ue2work factors\ue2 and it contents include at least three elements. They are
the nature of work (time pressure, heavy workload, the work itself, working conditions,
fairness, and nervous), organizational factors (organizations\ue2 roles and structure, role
ambiguity, role conflict, and organizational climate and culture), and social relations at work
(work place relationships, lack of social support). The second category is "personal factors".
It includes individual itself, such as incentives, occupational health, and family, but career
development, for example, the chance of professional development. The last one is
"environment". This category includes economic and technological uncertainty and other
total 18 kinds\ue2 sources from three major sorts. Furthermore, the \ue2coping strategies\ue2 of facing
job pressure has five different types. Those types are classified as problem-centered,
emotion-centered, appraisal-centered, avoidance-centered, and religion-centered. They all
emphasize that organizations\ue2 members will use both the usable resources and experiences
along with self-awareness to determine how to solve or reduce their working pressures.
Moreover, journalists usually receive several kinds of assistance from media organizations to
deal with their work stresses. Usually, the employees will gain a long vacation after a period
of consecutive working days. They also receive social or emotional support through
communications, such as verbal encouragement, or informational support such as the class of
spiritual growth and development, etc.
Also, the research found which the interviewees using religion-centered strategies to
face their job stresses is a new discovery. This strategy has never been found in the reviewed
literatures, or previous relative studies. The researcher believes this discovery will help the
scholars engaging in the job stress-related follow-up studies as the basis for further research
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and application.
In conclusion, based on the interviews, the researcher suggests that the media
organizations should extend the time of socialization procedure for freshmen. They also need
to provide appropriate equipments for their employees, and strengthen the social supports.
By this, the organizations will be able to prevent the journalists burning out, and improve
their working satisfaction in order to promote their commitment with the media
organizations
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