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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Matthew Corcoran, Tenor
No full textAllerseelen; Traum Durch die Dämmerung; Befreit / Richard Strauss; Corazon porque pasais?; Con Amores la mi Madre; Del Cabello mas Sutil; Chiquitata la Novia / Fernando Obradors; E la Solita Storia del Pastore, from L\u27Arlesiana / Francesco Cilea; Oh! Quand je dors; Enfant si j\u27etais roi / Franz Liszt; Another Reason Why I Don\u27t Keep a Gun in the House / Tom Cipull
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
Ontologies of inclusion and teacher education
No full textIn the complex of marginalizing theories, policies, and practices, bot h in the academy and education more broadly, the design of inclusive e ducation scholarship is intentionally relational. The purpose of this chapter is to examine how theories affecting inclusion direct the remi t of teacher educators. In particular, attention is directed at interd isciplinary scholarly practice arising from individual and institution al values that can and do go by uncritically questioned. The chapter d escribes the development of a program of inclusive education scholarsh ip within teacher education that emphasizes ontological scrutiny. Lear ning outcomes are made explicit promoting advanced understandings abou t the application of theory, policy, curriculum design, resources, and pedagogy to differentiate teaching programs in ways that are accessib le to learners with diverse interests, needs, and backgrounds. Graduat es are anticipated to meet challenging conditions of resistance to inc lusion and be able to work in and against these with conviction
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