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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
Soybean Supply Response Model In Sub-Optimal Land In Tanjab Timur District: Application Of The Meta Response Function
Full text linkSoybean production in the Tanjab Timur region has been on a downward trend for nearly a decade. This requires attention and assessment to find solutions to existing problems. The objective of study is to (1)evaluate the use of inputs and their effect on production, as well as investigate the capacity of production factors, such as landand other factors to analyze supply responses; and (2) analyze soybeansupply response variable to the components of input costs, gross revenue, and other variables, to produce a soybean supply response model in sub-optimal land types: Application of Meta-Response Functions. This research was conducted in 2021 on peatland types (sub-optimal). Stratified random sampling is used for the land area.Appropriate qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods are used, called the Meta Response Function, which in their application is distinguished from the research objectives, namely in the first objective using the Production Function Empirical Model, and in the second using the Meta-Response Model. The results showed that soybean farmers on peatland in the research area respond to changes in input use efficiently. In terms of output supply, it responds to soybean production. In terms of input demand, many variables aresensitive to the use of labor, maintenance, and harvesting labor. Production elasticity completes the policy section of the database foranalysis of the policy impact of applying alternative inputs on soybeansupply and input demand
Gugurnya Kebijakan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional: Investasi Pendidikan Vs Komersialisasi Pendidikan
Full text linkTulisan ini mendiskusikan tentang kebijakan pendidikan yang berfokus pada sekolah internasional (RSBI). Ini merupakan salah satu inovasi dalam kebijakan pendidikan yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan agar dapat berkompetisi di tingkat internasional. Dalam Permendagri 78/2009 tentang Penyelenggaraan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional pada Jenjang Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah, SBI/RSBI telah dikonstruksi dengan satu rangkaian standar untuk menyelenggarakan pendidikan internasional. Standar itu memiliki target kualitas pendidikan yang harus dicapai. Akan tetapi, sejak tahun 2003, UU Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 tentang Pendidikan Nasional telah menjadi polemik publik. Pada faktanya, pengejawantahan semangat “pendidikan berkualitas untuk semua” sangat ditentukan oleh luasnya masalah akses masyarakat terhadap pendidikan
Meritokrasi VS Politisasi Jabatan Karir dalam Birokrasi Lokal: Sebuah Paradoks Netralitas Birokrasi
No full textThis paper attempts to assess various initiatives tailored toward strengthening bureaucratic reform at the local level. Some of the problems which characterize local bureaucracies include low professionalism, domineering influence of local government beads and politicians on key positions in the local bureaucracy. Though not new, the issue is still not accorded the attention it deserves. With respect to relations of the local government heads bureaucracy, there has emerged a tendency of diluting the bureaucratic culture, which has a become more common in the wake of the implementation of government policy in Act No. 32/ 2004 on local government, which allows direct election of local government heads.
Professional bureaucracy emphasizes the importance of legal-rational system of meritocracy. Consistency of merit system should promote fair competition for all. However, the intervention of the local government executives in appointing career members of the local bureaucracy who assume structural position, has hampered efforts at improving the professionalism ideal. Worse still, incumbent local government heads have undermined the neutrality of the local bureaucracy by filling important positions with handpicked political supporters. To that end, bureaucracy in many regions is increasingly being filled with bureaucrats who share affiliations with local government heads. Inevitably, cleavages in the bureaucracy have emerged as fractions are formed that support and appose the incumbent local government head. Consequently, discrimination in treatment occurs within the bureaucracy, which culminates into the promotion and demotion of personnel on the basic of affiliation rather than merit and capability. Enhancing professionalism in the bureaucracy calls for effort to ensure that high ranking officials in the bureaucracy be free from intervention from political pressure groups or politicians officials
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
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