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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
Guns, politics, and fear: The National Rifle Association and the battle to keep and bear arms in Texas, 1930-1970
No full textThis thesis concentrates on the evolving rhetoric of the National Rifle Association to understand what language, specifically, in the organization’s national message resonated with its members in Texas. From the patriot-frontiersman-populist messages of the 1930s to the anti-communist, pro-law and order message of the 1960s, the NRA relied on language to maintain cohesiveness in its member ranks. By bonding its members into a noble assemblage of gun wielding “Riflemen,” the organization built a strong relationship with its membership. This relationship allowed the group to bring considerable constituent power to bear as the federal government sought to legislate restrictions on firearms in the 1930s and most notably in the 1960s.
As the organization’s message crossed lines with the political and social necessity for “law and order” in the late 1960s, the individual members of the NRA moved the political language beyond that of anti-communism. They synthesized the organization’s national message with that of their local experience and pushed the boundaries of the NRA’s rhetoric by bringing their personal beliefs and values into the political arena. Far from leaving behind the older style of frontiersman-populism, the new language extolled the virtues of traditional social values, hard work, and self-reliance. It also picked up the general anxiety in 1960s American society and called for unrestricted access to firearms for self-protection and to assure local control over law and order.
By the end of the 1960s, the NRA had become increasingly politically active at the national level. Holding membership in the organization also increased activism on the part of individual gun owners who were committed to keeping their firearms. This activism against liberal social policies – the 1968 Gun Control Act was but one example – brought many conservative gun owners into the political arena where their personal values and commitment to “sound Americanism” (shared traditions, independence, patriotism, the rights of the people, etc.) contributed to the rise of the Right and the ultimate fracturing of the Democratic Party in the South.Embargo status: Restricted from online display. To request an access exception, click on the PDF link to the left
Texas treasures: sea turtle conservation and padre island national seashore
No full textThis thesis examines the history of sea turtle conservation along Padre Island, specifically within Padre Island National Seashore. I trace the ecological and anthropogenic construction of the island and how sea turtles rose to become the icon of Padre Island National Seashore. The rise in sea turtle conservation on Padre Island occurred because of a major shift away from preserving landscapes for recreation toward scientific research for the protection and conservation of endangered species and their habitats. I argue that although federal and state officials fought for the preservation of Texas’ coast in the political arena, it was the naturalists, conservationists, and biologists who fought for the conservation of its wildlife. The advocacy of conservationists for better education about sea turtles along Padre Island resulted in their escalated status as a conservation icon and renewed attention among Texans for their natural heritage. This thesis shows the importance of Padre Island as a living landscape that adds to Texas’ identity.
In this thesis I utilize the Ralph Yarborough, Anella Dexter, John Beasley, and Bob Eckhardt Collections at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History in Austin, Texas. These paper collections consisted of several newspaper clippings, magazines, correspondence, and speeches related to the political and public debates surrounding the creation of Padre Island National Seashore between 1958 and 1975. This thesis also relies heavily on scientific literature, particularly focusing on the ecology of the island and the biology, conservation, and natural history of sea turtles in Texas waters. These sources have shaped this project into a comprehensive analysis of how and why sea turtles became a part of Texas’ coastal identity
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
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
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
Criminalizing mental health: Mental health care and the war on drugs in Texas
Full text linkThis thesis traces the structures of mental health care in Texas from the 1960s to the 1990s and the shift to punitive action towards people with mental illness. The initial phases of mental health care in Texas were asylums and institutional care. This form of care was intended to of a rehabilitative nature and to provide meaningful care to people with varying degrees of mental health struggles. There was an aspect of confinement in these facilities, but it was intended to be therapeutic. Asylums began to decline so seriously that they were no longer therapeutic. The Kennedy Administration saw to a massive transition in the mode of mental health care in the United States with the Community Mental Health Care Act of 1963. The intent with this legislation was to provide people with the medical care needed through community mental health centers so that they could live their lives in a positive environment with loved ones. This transition in care occurred simultaneously with the early stages of the punitive turn in Texas and a national level acknowledgement that addiction was a mental illness, not a negligent act. Governor Preston Smith and his office saw to the punishment of people with addiction rather than their medical treatment. His office focused their addiction prevention on young people, which posed an additional threat to young people already under new surveillance. The Governor’s office moved addiction care into jails and prisons in Texas. This transition was supported by federal funds cementing the plan already in play. The results of this last transition were an epidemic of jailhouse suicides and federal court case, Ruiz v. Estelle. Officials working in jails knew that there was a problem and requested aid, but it was never granted. Ruiz attempted to reshape the Texas prison system for the betterment of people in prison. The court ordered the end of police beatings of people in prison and new screenings upon entrance to aid people with mental health struggles. However, the new systems put in place made obtaining all forms of health care more difficult and did not end solitary confinement.
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