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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 principles of conversation in the internet forum : tradition versus innovation
No full textThe subject discussed in the article is the conversation in the Internet forum, understood
as free exchange among many participants serving no practical purpose. The corpus of
conversations comes from gazeta.pl Internet forum. After briefly discussing terminological
issues, the author presents specific features of the Internet communication, focusing on these
characteristics which lead to the modification of standard conversational principles. Then,
individual elements of the comunication process featuring in the corpus are analyzed and
evaluated in terms of the degree of their resemblance to offline exchanges and their potential
to introduce a new dimension to communication, absent from face to face interaction
Reguły konwersacji na forum internetowym – tradycja a innowacja
No full textThe subject discussed in the article is the conversation in the Internet forum, understood as free exchange among many participants serving no practical purpose. The corpus of conversations comes from gazeta.pl Internet forum. After briefly discussing terminological issues, the author presents specific features of the Internet communication, focusing on these characteristics which lead to the modification of standard conversational principles. Then, individual elements of the comunication process featuring in the corpus are analyzed and evaluated in terms of the degree of their resemblance to offline exchanges and their potential to introduce a new dimension to communication, absent from face to face interaction
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 attractiveness of the Internet magic : mythical and magical thinking in the contemporary world
No full textCelem artykułu jest opis mechanizmów i funkcji zachowań semiotyczno‐komunikacyjnych pojawiających się w mediach społecznościowych, a będących przejawem myślenia mityczno‐magicznego. Kluczowy dla rozumienia magii w niniejszym tekście jest jej wymiar poznawczo‐semiotyczny, tj. specyficzna wizja świata i znaczeń budujących go elementów. Autorka omawia klasyczne naukowe rozumienie magii i mitu, poznawcze mechanizmy kształtowania się magiczno‐mitycznego sposobu myślenia oraz współczesne tryby jego przejawiania się - od prostych form semiotycznych (pareidolia, komunikaty wieloznaczne, przekazy podprogowe) po rozbudowane formy narracyjne (etymologie ludowe, mity współczesne, teorie spiskowe) i zachowaniowe (łańcuszki internetowe, wróżby i in.). Autorka próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie o źródła atrakcyjności myślenia magiczno‐mitycznego i opartych na nim zachowań komunikacyjnych.This aim of this article is to describe the mechanisms and functions of semiotic and communication
behaviors appearing in social media which are manifestations of mythical and magical thinking. The
key to understanding magic in this text is its cognitive and semiotic dimension, i.e. a particular vision
of the world and the meanings of the elements that construct it. The author discusses the classic scientific understanding of magic and myth, cognitive mechanisms of forming magical and mythical thinking and its manifestations in contemporary communication - from simple semiotic forms (pareidolia, ambiguous statements, subliminal messages) to expanded narrative forms (folk etymologies, modern myths, conspiracy theories) and behaviors (internet chain letters, fortune‐telling, etc.) In addition, the analysis indicates those features of the examined forms of communication which bring them close to ludic behaviors and largely determine their popularity. The author attempts to discover the sources of the attractiveness of magical and mythical thinking and communication behaviors which are based on it
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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