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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
When and why do liberals and conservatives think alike? An investigation into need for cognitive closure, the binding moral foundations, and political perception
No full textMotivated Prejudice: The Effect of Need for Closure on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in the United States and Italy and the Mediating Role of Binding Moral Foundations
No full text“Closing” on Group-Centrism: A systematic meta-analysis on the relationship between the need for cognitive closure with the binding and individualizing moral foundations
No full textAppropriate 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 Impact of the Need for Cognitive Closure on Attitudes Toward Women as Managers and the Mediating Role of Sexism
No full textIn this research, we hypothesized that individuals with a desire for stable and certain knowledge (i.e., a need for cognitive closure) would be more likely to hold sexist views towards non-traditional women, as it are these women that disrupt cultural gender expectations (e.g., a form of knowledge perceived to be relatively stable and certain). Consequently, individuals with this need were more likely to have negative attitudes towards women managers (e.g., a type of non-traditional woman)
Natives with a need for cognitive closure can approve of immigrants’ economic effect when they trust pro-immigrant epistemic authorities
No full textIn two studies, attitudes of U.S. citizen participants towards immigrants' economic impact depended on their level of need for cognitive closure, their randomly assigned experiment condition (i.e., positive vs. negative information about immigrants' economic impact), and their trust in the information provided in the experimental condition
Political Threat and Desire for Strong Leadership
No full textIn this secondary data analysis from Project Implicit 2.0, I assessed if viewing the US political parties as a threat would predict a desire for strong leadership, controlling for political orientation and a desire that US society be radically change
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