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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
From rehabilitation to recovery: A self-help experience to regain quality of life after violence
Get PDFНасилството врз интимниот партнер е сериозен здравствен проблем и прекршување на човековите права и има влијание врз животите на многу жени насекаде во светот. Жртвите на злоупотреба укажуваат на големиот број негативни последици во физичката, психолошката и социјалната сфера на нивниот живот. И покрај големиот број на истражувања за ефективноста на групите за поддршка, самопомошта е метод кој е ретко истражуван во однос на неговите можни ефекти во случаите на насилство помеѓу интимните партнери. Во овој труд се анализирани искуствата од самопомош кои се развиени во рамките на услугите кои се насочени против насилство во Општина Рим. Беше спроведено и колаборативно истражување со цел да се процени влијанието кое самопомошта го има врз квалитетот на живот на учесниците. Ние го присвоивме концептот за квалитетот на живот создаден од Нусбаум, понатаму дефиниран со помош на нејзината листа на 10 способности на човекот.
Раскажувањата од учесниците беа анализирани преку тематски анализи. Резултатите покжаа значајно влијание на групата во однос на квалитетот на животот кај жените. Афилацијата беше нагласена како централна способност, преку која се создаваат и развиваат и другите способности, особено практичното размислување и емоциите. Политичката контрола над околината на една личност е една од круцијалните способности, манифестирана во желбата да им се помогне на другите жртви и ангажираноста во активности за одбрана. Групата за самопомош изгледа дека имаше функција на катализатор за развивање на индивидуалните способности кои постојат на минимално ниво, во ситуации во кои надворешните услови го овозможуваат тоа. Се дискутира и за импликациите во однос на насоките за имплементација на програмите против насилството и политиките против насилство.Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem and a human rights violation that affects the lives of many women around the world. Victims of abuse report a multitude of adverse outcomes, in the biological, psychological and social domains of their life. Despite extensive research on the effectiveness of support groups, self-help is a methodology little explored in its potential effects in IPV cases. This paper analyzes a self-help experience developed within an anti-violence service of the Municipality of Rome. A collaborative study was carried out to assess the impacts of self-help in terms of participants' quality of life. We adopted the notion of quality of life as formulated by Nussbaum, further defined through her list of ten human capabilities. Participants' narratives were analyzed through thematic analysis. Results showed a significant impact of the group in terms of women's quality of life. Affiliation was highlighted as a central capability, through which the development of the others passes, especially practical reason and emotions. Political control over ones' environment was another crucial capability, manifested in the desire to help other survivors and to engage in activities of advocacy. The self-help group appeared to work as a catalyst for the development of individual capabilities at least minimally existing, where external conditions allowed it. Implications in terms of directions for the implementation of antiviolence programs and policies are discussed
Sexual Prejudice in Portugal: Results from the First Wave European Study on Heterosexual's Attitudes Toward Same-Gender Marriage and Parenting
No full textThe objective of this study was to document the prevalence and evolution of sexual prejudice toward gay men and lesbian, same-gender marriage, and same-gender parenting among a large sample of Portuguese young adults. The sample consisted of 704 self-identified heterosexual individuals (24% men and 76% women), aged between 18 and 30 years (M = 22; SD = 3), who participated in an online survey. ANOVA results revealed that women were less sexually prejudiced, were less likely to endorse social etiological beliefs of homosexuality, and were more supportive of same-gender marriage and same-gender parenting than were men. Further mediation analysis revealed that the effects of gender, religiosity, importance of religious beliefs, and political leaning on the support for same-gender marriage and same-gender parenting were partially mediated by etiological beliefs and attitudes toward gay men and lesbians. The complexity of attitudes toward same-gender marriage and same-gender parenting was highlighted, indicating how attitudes toward gay men and lesbians and the belief that homosexuality is controllable impact on the support for same-gender parented families. These results are important to inform affirmative polities designed to correct inequalities and recognize same-gender families
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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