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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
The Loneliness and Isolation of the Parentified Child in the Family
Full text linkParentification is a phenomenon that occurs in family life, consisting of a reversal of the roles of the child and their parent or parents (Böszörményi-Nagy & Spark, 1973). It is understood as a functional and/or emotional change of roles in which the child subordinates their own needs in order to adapt to and take care of the instrumental or psychological needs of the parent. The presented research is embedded in the interpretive paradigm. The research material allows the author to distinguish specific stages of parentified childhood (proper childhood, transition phase, adult childhood), within which appear categories such as responsibility, involuntary heroism, self-containment and loneliness. With regard to the last two categories, the author wishes to construct the image of a lonely child experiencing the reversal of family roles. There is a peculiar paradox at work: the loneliness of the child within the family environment. There is a lonely struggle for the survival and proper functioning of the family, while keeping up the appearance of a normally functioning family, maintaining family homeostasis, and meeting their own needs and those of their loved ones.Samotność i izolacja dziecka parentyfikowanego w rodzinieParentyfikacja to zjawisko występujące w życiu rodzinnym, które polega na odwróceniu ról między dzieckiem a rodzicem/rodzicami (Böszörményi-Nagy i Spark, 1973). W realizowanych przez autorkę badaniach, osadzonych w paradygmacie interpretatywnym, parentyfikacja staje się głównym przedmiotem zainteresowania. Na podstawie zgromadzonego materiału badawczego autorka wyróżnia etapy dzieciństwa parentyfikowanego, a w ich ramach takie kategorie jak: odpowiedzialność, niedobrowolny heroizm, samoradzenie sobie i osamotnienie. W odniesieniu do dwóch ostatnich kategorii autorka konstruuje obraz osamotnionego dziecka doświadczającego odwrócenia ról w rodzinie. Na uwagę zasługuje fakt, że dochodzi tu do swoistego paradoksu – osamotnienia dziecka w rodzinie, środowisku mu najbliższym. Toczy ono samotną walkę o przetrwanie i właściwe funkcjonowanie rodziny, zachowanie pozorów normalności, utrzymywanie rodzinnej homeostazy, zaspokojenie potrzeb swoich i bliskich
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
The ‘road’ of volunteering and volunteering in the context of reflections on generations Y and Z – a methodological proposal
No full textCzym jest wolontariat? Czym jest on dla wolontariusza i jakie miejsce zajmuje w jego życiu? Jaka jest lub była jej/jego droga do wolontariatu, w wolontariacie czy w wyniku wolontariatu? W artykule autorka poszukuje odpowiedzi na te pytania, prezentując perspektywę badawczą wykorzystującą metaforę drogi, techniki projekcyjne i narracyjne. Osadzając je w kontekście pokolenia Y i Z, a więc współczesnych studentów – wolontariuszy. Okazuje się, że wolontariat to doświadczenie bardzo intymne, subiektywne, w konkretny sposób wyznaczające pojedynczego człowieka – wolontariusza. Przedstawione ujęcie metodologiczne jest propozycją realizacji badań pozwalających na poznanie ukrytych sensów i znaczeń wolontariatu w życiu młodego człowieka.What is volunteering? What is it for a volunteer and what is its place in their life? What is or was her/his ‘road’ to volunteering, in voluntary work or as a result of volunteering? In the article, the author looks for answers to these questions, presenting a research perspective using the metaphor of the road, projection and narrative techniques. Placing them in the context of the Y and Z generations, i.e. contemporary students – volunteers. It turns out that volunteering is a very intimate, subjective experience that specifically identifies a single person – a volunteer. The presented methodological approach is a proposal for the implementation of research that allows to discover the hidden meanings of volunteering in the life of a young person
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
Parentification: identification and analysis of educational environments. Biographical perspective
No full textParentyfikacja jest zjawiskiem polegającym na odwróceniu ról wewnątrzrodzinnych - między dziećmi a rodzicami (Minuchin, 1968). Dzieci stają się osobami odpowiadającymi za system rodzinny, przejmując role osób dorosłych – rodziców, te instrumentalne i te emocjonalne. Dostępna literatura przedmiotu badań pozwala na wyodrębnienie konkretnych sytuacji rodzinnych jako okoliczności sprzyjających występowaniu tego procesu. Każda rodzina jako grupa o specyficznych więziach funkcjonuje w rozmaitych kontekstach, które w pedagogice społecznej można określić mianem „środowisk”. W niniejszym artykule dokonana zostaje transmisja kategorii środowisk wychowawczych na grunt biograficznych doświadczeń osób parentyfikowanych. Autorka je identyfikuje, analizuje oraz opisuje wykorzystując fragmenty (auto)biograficznych wywiadów narracyjnych. Retrospektywne ujęcie doświadczeń rodzinnych pozwala przez narratorów określać wyodrębnione środowiska jako potencjał oraz biograficzny punkt odniesienia pomagający stosować indywidualne strategie radzenia sobie z trudnymi, niekiedy traumatycznymi doświadczeniami związanymi z odwróceniem ról w rodzinie.Parentification is a phenomenon of reversal of intrafamily roles between children and parents (Minuchin, 1968). Children become persons responsible for the family system, assuming the roles, instrumental and emotional, of adults – parents. The available literature on the subject of research allows for the identification of specific family situations as circumstances favourable for the occurrence of this process. Each family as a group with specific bonds functions in various contexts, which in social pedagogy can be called "environments". This article transmits the category of educational environments to the biographical experiences of parentified people. The author identifies, analyses and describes them using fragments of (auto)biographical narrative interviews. Retrospective approach to family experiences allows, by narrators, to define the distinguished environments as a potential and a biographical reference point that helps to apply individual strategies of coping with difficult, sometimes traumatic experiences, related to the reversal of roles in the family
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