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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
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
«Egentlig er det jo to helt forskjellige ting» En kvalitativ analyse av ungdommers skriving i to kontekster
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Temaet for denne masteroppgaven er ungdommers skriving i to kontekster: på skolen der ungdommene skriver tekster i norskfaget og på fritida der de skriver blogg. Problemstillingen min er todelt. Det første spørsmålet er: Hva har formålet med skrivingen å si for skrivemotivasjonen? Problemstillingens andre spørsmål er: Hvilke positive effekter fra blogging kan skolen dra nytte av? Målet med oppgaven er å rette oppmerksomheten mot et viktig område i skriveundervisningen.
Den metoden jeg anser som den viktigste for å finne svar på problemstillingen, er det kvalitative forskningsintervjuet. Jeg intervjuer tre ungdommer på 18 år. I tillegg bruker jeg dokumentanalyse. Jeg analyserer et utvalg elevtekster og blogginnlegg fra de tre ungdommene jeg har intervjuet. Som et tillegg til denne empirien gir en gruppe Vg2-elever skriftlige uttalelser om hva de mener kjennetegner en typisk bloggtekst og hva som kjennetegner en typisk tekst skrevet i norskfaget. Jeg drøfter funnene mine opp mot sentral lese- og skriveteori.
Formålet med skrivingen i de to kontekstene er forskjellig, og informantene uttrykker at det påvirker motivasjonen. På skolen skriver ungdommene for å svare på en gitt oppgave og få en vurdering. Formålet med bloggingen, derimot, er å ytre seg og skrive om det de tror andre vil lese om. Bloggingens formål kan også være å få mange lesere. Å skrive blogg, mener informantene, er motiverende fordi de selv velger tidspunkt for bloggingen og temaet de vil blogge om. Skriving i norskfaget er forbundet med tidspress og karakterpress.
Skoletekster og bloggtekster innehar også ulike egenskaper. Skoletekstene er sterkt knyttet til sjanger, mens blogginnleggene knyttes tettere til tema. Blogginnlegg har likevel likhetstrekk med enkelte av skolens sjangre, slik som artikkel. Jeg diskuterer i oppgaven om de positive sidene ved blogging kan overføres til skoleskrivingen. Det antas å være begrenset overføringsverdi. Mitt inntrykk etter å ha analysert tekster og intervjuet de tre ungdommene, er at det er et skille mellom hverdagsblogging og skoleskriving som ikke kan eller bør viskes ut
«It’s really two completely different things» A qualitative study of teenagers’ contextual writing
Get PDFMastergradsoppgave i kultur- og språkfagenes didaktikk, Avdeling for lærerutdanning og naturvitenskap, Høgskolen i Hedmark, 2014.Norsk:
Temaet for denne masteroppgaven er ungdommers skriving i to kontekster: på skolen der ungdommene skriver tekster i norskfaget og på fritida der de skriver blogg. Problemstillingen min er todelt. Det første spørsmålet er: Hva har formålet med skrivingen å si for skrivemotivasjonen? Problemstillingens andre spørsmål er: Hvilke positive effekter fra blogging kan skolen dra nytte av? Målet med oppgaven er å rette oppmerksomheten mot et viktig område i skriveundervisningen.
Den metoden jeg anser som den viktigste for å finne svar på problemstillingen, er det kvalitative forskningsintervjuet. Jeg intervjuer tre ungdommer på 18 år. I tillegg bruker jeg dokumentanalyse. Jeg analyserer et utvalg elevtekster og blogginnlegg fra de tre ungdommene jeg har intervjuet. Som et tillegg til denne empirien gir en gruppe Vg2-elever skriftlige uttalelser om hva de mener kjennetegner en typisk bloggtekst og hva som kjennetegner en typisk tekst skrevet i norskfaget. Jeg drøfter funnene mine opp mot sentral lese- og skriveteori.
Formålet med skrivingen i de to kontekstene er forskjellig, og informantene uttrykker at det påvirker motivasjonen. På skolen skriver ungdommene for å svare på en gitt oppgave og få en vurdering. Formålet med bloggingen, derimot, er å ytre seg og skrive om det de tror andre vil lese om. Bloggingens formål kan også være å få mange lesere. Å skrive blogg, mener informantene, er motiverende fordi de selv velger tidspunkt for bloggingen og temaet de vil blogge om. Skriving i norskfaget er forbundet med tidspress og karakterpress.
Skoletekster og bloggtekster innehar også ulike egenskaper. Skoletekstene er sterkt knyttet til sjanger, mens blogginnleggene knyttes tettere til tema. Blogginnlegg har likevel likhetstrekk med enkelte av skolens sjangre, slik som artikkel. Jeg diskuterer i oppgaven om de positive sidene ved blogging kan overføres til skoleskrivingen. Det antas å være begrenset overføringsverdi. Mitt inntrykk etter å ha analysert tekster og intervjuet de tre ungdommene, er at det er et skille mellom hverdagsblogging og skoleskriving som ikke kan eller bør viskes ut.English:
This master’s thesis discusses two contexts of teenagers when writing; Writing texts at school, and writing blogs in their spare time. The research question is twofold. Firstly, is the motivation for writing influenced by the purpose of the writing? Secondly, what positive effects from blogging can be utilized by the school? The aim of the thesis is to draw attention to an important area in linguistic training in schools.
I consider the qualitative interview as the most appropriate method to answer the research question. Three persons aged 18 have been interviewed. In addition, I have used document analysis, in order to examine a number of scholastic texts and blogs written by the interviewees. Supplementing the empirical data, a group of students in their middle year of upper secondary school has defined their subjective, archetypal understanding of the structure and contents of a blog and a scholastic text respectively. All findings are discussed in the light of central theory on the subject.
The informants expresses that the motivation for writing is indeed influenced by the distinct contextual differences. At school, the informants write in order to solve a specific given task in order to be evaluated. The purpose of blogging, on the other hand, is to write about something they believe others will want to read. The purpose of blogging may also be to attract a large number of readers. According to the informants, writing a blog is motivating because they themselves define the time and the theme, whereas scholastic writing is associated with time pressure and marks.
The two types of texts also possess different characteristics, with scholastic texts being linked to genre, and blogs being linked more closely to a theme. Nevertheless, blogs do have similarities with certain scholastic texts, like articles. In the thesis I discuss whether the positive aspects of blogging can be transferred to scholastic writing. I find such a transfer to be of little value. After analyzing texts and interviews with the three teenagers, I find that the separation between blogging and scholastic writing cannot and should not be blurred
Frontline employees as participants in service innovation processes : innovation by weaving
Get PDFInnovation is today a phenomenon that is promoted in private and public organizations as a critical success factor for growth and survival. Early work on innovation primarily focused on R&D and technology as the main drivers of innovation within an organization. This has shifted towards viewing innovation as a more interactive and open process, involving different actors across different practices, organizations and sectors. This thesis is concerned with frontline employees as actors in service innovation. It aims to develop new understanding of how frontline employees are engaged, and act in service innovation processes. The overall purpose is to contribute knowledge of frontline employees as participants in service innovation processes.
This thesis argues for a balanced approach to innovation, innovation with care, as a framework to view and discuss frontline employees as actors in bottom-up, practice-based processes and in top-down, strategic-based processes. The empirical studies, presented in four appended papers, investigate employees’ innovation activities by studying the micro processes they are engaged in, in particular the interactions between employees and managers, between employees themselves, and between employees and customers. The findings place frontline employees as valuable actors in both strategic-, and practice-based innovation processes. The employees’ gain knowledge in the customer-supplier interface. This knowledge together with their knowledge of the organization,
is combined into new and useful solutions for the customers and/or the work
practice. In top-down processes frontline employees actions are based on invitation by
management, while in practice based innovation processes, employees innovate when
having access to resources and/or by collaborating with managers.
The role of the participant, as described in the thesis, is one that gives the employees influence on their innovation activities, and the option to follow up on how the activities will affect their work practice and the organization. Frontline employees are found to exercise agency through three aspects: their workplace-related knowledge and skills, their interest and motivation to continuously improve their workplace and their access to resources. Here, the aspects are emphasized as the employees’ ability, willingness and opportunity to contribute.
By understanding how frontline employees practise agency is influenced by management, this thesis contributes to the understanding of how employees become participants in service innovation.
This thesis argues that agency is exercised in practice-based innovation processes, where frontline employees initiate, develop and enact new solutions. Middle managers are identified as having significant enabling roles as gatekeepers, translators and facilitators.
Innovation by weaving is introduced as a metaphor to symbolize how new ideas emerging from different sources are thought of as threads woven into the existing structure in order to develop new patterns. The concept demonstrates accordingly how employee-based ideas and their innovation activities can become part of organizational innovation management through the roles of the middle managers
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