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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
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
The Formation, Processes and Impacts of Interorganisational Cliques: A Study of New Zealand Provincial Rugby
No full textA network is a group of organisations connected in ways that facilitate the achievement of a common goal (Provan, Fish & Sydow, 2007). Within this context, a clique is a distinct region in a network of firms with interconnections among the firms that are denser than in other regions of the network. Another way of describing cliques is that they are networks within networks (Rowley, Greve, Rao, Baum, & Shipilov, 2005). Professional sports leagues are structurally consistent with a federated network (Dickson, Arnold & Chalip, 2005; Provan, 1983). Within federations, the Federation Management Organisation (FMO) coordinates the collective interests of federation affiliates. Previous studies of federated networks have not explored the density of ties within a federation (Provan, 1983). The purpose of this study was to examine; 1) the determinants of clique formation; 2) how each clique is governed and how it functions; and, 3) the impact of each clique on its members, non members and the federated network in which it operates. These questions were investigated in the context of the 14 provincial rugby unions that participate in New Zealand’s premier provincial rugby competition, the Air NZ Cup. This research utilised semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a purposive sample that included all of the current premier rugby union CEOs and two former CEOs. A case study approach was also incorporated into the methodology in that each identified clique was utilised as a case to address the research question. To complement the primary data some secondary data sources were also utilised. Concepts from the literature guided both the investigation and the analysis. Because of the paucity of clique research, the conceptual framework was drawn from wider interorganisational relationship (IOR) literature. Key concepts included the determinants of IORs, network governance, member inclusion and decision making, interpartner legitimacy and cooperation. In addition to these a priori concepts, the investigation also allowed for the emergence of new themes and concepts. The findings highlighted the existence of three cliques within this federated network: 1) Five Super 14 franchise cliques that were mandated by the FMO, the New Zealand Rugby Union; 2) A base union clique that includes the five unions responsible for managing the five Super 14 franchises; and 3) the G9 clique which includes the non base unions that do not manage a Super 14 franchise. Cliques may be mandated by the FMO or they may be member initiated. Clique formation reflected commercial sustainability, organisational learning and political influence motives with the political influence motive being highly salient during the time of the research. Clique formation coincided with significant changes in the operating environment and therefore uncertainty reduction was also an underpinning factor of clique formation in this research. Governance structures ranged from very formal, with a lead participating member contracted to manage the clique on behalf of the FMO, to less formal structures with a shared participant mode of governance. Some cliques were extremely cooperative entities that embraced cooperation and member inclusion as being essential to the successful functioning of the clique. On the other hand, some cliques contained members who felt largely disengaged from the clique of which they were a member and these cliques demonstrated lower levels of cooperation. Interpartner legitimacy issues were also prevalent within some cliques. The impact of each clique on clique members, non clique members, and the federation varied. Clique membership was associated with positive impacts that included enhanced commercial return, knowledge acquisition, sharing of critical resources and collegiality. Negative impacts included management complexities, losing critical resources to clique partners and no commercial returns as a result being a member of an under performing clique. Clique impacts on non members and the wider network were demonstrated in the first instance when the formation of one clique greatly influenced the formation of another clique. Secondly one clique was able to achieve a degree of political influence as a result of a coordinated and concerted effort by the clique and its members. This political activity drew strong criticism by non members. As well as contributing to an area of interorganisational relationship research that has to date received little academic attention, the key contribution of this study lies in the way it challenges an underlying assumption that organisations in professional sports leagues interact with each other equally and that this interaction is largely coordinated by the FMO
New sport teams and the development of brand community
No full textThe professional sport market and its established teams offer consumers a service and experience that is typically high in social identification, emotional involvement (Underwood, Bond & Baer, 2001) and a sense of community or social belonging (Heere & James, in press). The strong social attachment to a sports organisation and its brand is proposed here to closely resemble the concept of a brand community (Muñiz Jr & O'Guinn, 2001). For newly-established teams without a considerable history, along with having to compete with their established competitors, there is generally a lack of consumer identification or emotional investment in the team.This study aimed to investigate newly-established teams within the New Zealand sports market with two specific research questions: 1) What issues affect the development of a new sports team brand, and 2) Do managers of new sports teams use antecedents of brand community or social identification in their branding strategies, and if so, how?A qualitative, case study approach was used; featuring both interviews with managers of three newly-established New Zealand sports teams and direct observations of their stadiums. Findings suggested that the managers believed that existing image and awareness, audience nature, win-loss record, quality of the team or competition, and a lack of history were the main issues affecting the development of their brands. Respondents largely considered the antecedents of a brand community as important, with the exception of history. Promotion of these antecedents was largely absent from each of the team's branding strategies. Along with providing a detailed review of brand community literature, this thesis provides recommendations for managers of new teams on how to develop and position branding strategy toward the long-term goal of creating a community around their team brand
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
The formation, processes and impacts of Interorganisational Cliques: a study of New Zealand Provincial Rugby
No full textA network is a group of organisations connected in ways that facilitate the achievement of a common goal (Provan, Fish & Sydow, 2007). Within this context, a clique is a distinct region in a network of firms with interconnections among the firms that are denser than in other regions of the network. Another way of describing cliques is that they are networks within networks (Rowley, Greve, Rao, Baum, & Shipilov, 2005). Professional sports leagues are structurally consistent with a federated network (Dickson, Arnold & Chalip, 2005; Provan, 1983). Within federations, the Federation Management Organisation (FMO) coordinates the collective interests of federation affiliates. Previous studies of federated networks have not explored the density of ties within a federation (Provan, 1983). The purpose of this study was to examine; 1) the determinants of clique formation; 2) how each clique is governed and how it functions; and, 3) the impact of each clique on its members, non members and the federated network in which it operates. These questions were investigated in the context of the 14 provincial rugby unions that participate in New Zealand’s premier provincial rugby competition, the Air NZ Cup. This research utilised semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a purposive sample that included all of the current premier rugby union CEOs and two former CEOs. A case study approach was also incorporated into the methodology in that each identified clique was utilised as a case to address the research question. To complement the primary data some secondary data sources were also utilised. Concepts from the literature guided both the investigation and the analysis. Because of the paucity of clique research, the conceptual framework was drawn from wider interorganisational relationship (IOR) literature. Key concepts included the determinants of IORs, network governance, member inclusion and decision making, interpartner legitimacy and cooperation. In addition to these a priori concepts, the investigation also allowed for the emergence of new themes and concepts. The findings highlighted the existence of three cliques within this federated network: 1) Five Super 14 franchise cliques that were mandated by the FMO, the New Zealand Rugby Union; 2) A base union clique that includes the five unions responsible for managing the five Super 14 franchises; and 3) the G9 clique which includes the non base unions that do not manage a Super 14 franchise. Cliques may be mandated by the FMO or they may be member initiated. Clique formation reflected commercial sustainability, organisational learning and political influence motives with the political influence motive being highly salient during the time of the research. Clique formation coincided with significant changes in the operating environment and therefore uncertainty reduction was also an underpinning factor of clique formation in this research. Governance structures ranged from very formal, with a lead participating member contracted to manage the clique on behalf of the FMO, to less formal structures with a shared participant mode of governance. Some cliques were extremely cooperative entities that embraced cooperation and member inclusion as being essential to the successful functioning of the clique. On the other hand, some cliques contained members who felt largely disengaged from the clique of which they were a member and these cliques demonstrated lower levels of cooperation. Interpartner legitimacy issues were also prevalent within some cliques. The impact of each clique on clique members, non clique members, and the federation varied. Clique membership was associated with positive impacts that included enhanced commercial return, knowledge acquisition, sharing of critical resources and collegiality. Negative impacts included management complexities, losing critical resources to clique partners and no commercial returns as a result being a member of an under performing clique. Clique impacts on non members and the wider network were demonstrated in the first instance when the formation of one clique greatly influenced the formation of another clique. Secondly one clique was able to achieve a degree of political influence as a result of a coordinated and concerted effort by the clique and its members. This political activity drew strong criticism by non members. As well as contributing to an area of interorganisational relationship research that has to date received little academic attention, the key contribution of this study lies in the way it challenges an underlying assumption that organisations in professional sports leagues interact with each other equally and that this interaction is largely coordinated by the FMO
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