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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
Shifting Societal Perceptions of Criminalized Women: From Frameworks of Risks and Deficits Towards Narratives of Strength and Wellness
Full text linkUnbroken: Stories of Strength, Solidarity, and Resistance from Canadian Federal Prisons Designated for Women
No full textHistorically, criminology has taken a deficit-focused or risk and needs-based approach to examining criminological issues (Kewley, 2017). Additionally, criminology has done little to explore how engaging in positive experiences can support criminalized people and prevent further conflict with the law (Ronel & Eisha, 2011). “Correctional” programming and policies employ a psychological lens, portraying women as having disordered thinking, irrational behaviours, personality disorders, along with many risk factors and needs that require “fixing” (Pollack, 2004). In response, there has been a proliferation of critical literature documenting incarcerated women’s harmful coping strategies in reaction to structural oppression and interpersonal harms, such as self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and substance abuse (e.g., Chamberlen, 2018; Kilty, 2011, 2012, 2014; Moore & Scraton, 2014; Zinger, 2019). Less is known about incarcerated women’s strengths, skills, solidarity, resistance, and resilience. This project provides a more wholistic understanding of incarcerated women and gender-diverse people’s identities by challenging the prevalence of deficit-focused narratives and demonstrating the characteristics of resilient prisoners. A strength-based conceptual framework of prisoner resilience, linked to central features of healing and transformative justice, was developed to guide data collection and analysis. Mobilizing feminist, qualitative, and autoethnographic research methods within the critical paradigm, interviews were conducted with 13 key informants and 20 people who were incarcerated in federal prisons designated for women. Data were interpreted via thematic narrative analysis. This study’s findings reveal that promoting criminalized people’s strengths and fostering prisoner resilience can buffer the impact of the harmful conditions of confinement, support community re-entry, and contribute to transformative social change. The harms of the carceral state are severe and extensive, leading to further exclusion of some of the most marginalized people in society. Rather than interventions targeting the perceived deficits and needs of criminalized people, a strengths-based approach that promotes healing, resilience, and relational connections is needed to build safe, inclusive, caring communities
The Transformative Potential of Walls to Bridges: My Journey into Becoming a Whole Self
Full text linkSocial Justice Praxis within the Walls to Bridges Program: Pedagogy of Oppressed Federally Sentenced Women
Full text linkDispelling 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
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