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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
The Bible and the African Experience: The Biblical Period
Full text linkIn my opinion, the subject that has been announced for me to discuss, “The Bible and African Experience” is sufficiently broad to permit of, indeed to require, a division into several subtopics, each one of which merits serious consideration. It could well treat of relationships between the Bible, viewed as a collection of writings that came into existence over a period of some twelve hundred years, and the continent of Africa from the time that the earliest of those writings were produced down to the present moment. For indeed Africa has a place in the biblical writings from the very beginning, however far back in history one may set those beginnings
The Black Man in the Biblical World
Full text linkDuring the course of centuries, upon the basis of the Bible the black man has been viewed in several and various ways. He has been regarded as the veritable father of Near Eastern civilizations; as cursed of God, or by a prophetic man of God, forever destined to serve “his more favored brethren,” incapable of any civilization. At the same time, but still upon the basis of the Bible, he has been excluded from the family of man, and declared to be a beast. Moreover, he has been declared a non-inhabitant of the biblical world, yet at the same time the cause behind the disintegration and decay of ancient civilizations
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
The Bible and the African Experience: The Biblical Period, 2014
Full text linkDr. Charles Copher is one of the black pioneer scholars of Old Testament. His distinction lies in his scholarly and analytical study of the black experience in the entire Bible. He notices that “numerous references to Africa and Africans are located in several types of the biblical literature: in the Pentateuch or five books of the Law; in the so-called historical books; in the books of prophecy; in poetical-wisdom books - all in the Old Testament; and in the New Testament Gospels, the one historical book, letters, and the apocalypse.
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
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