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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
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Representation of People with Intellectual Disabilities as Students in Higher Education
Full text linkThroughout this chapter I argue that universities in the U.S are not doing their part in creating programs that include people with intellectual disabilities. This chapter aims to uncover why there is such low representation of people with intellectual disabilities attending. higher education in the U.S through exploration of the historical exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. I begin by give context behind why this issue is important and how access to higher education impacts the life outcomes of people with intellectual disabilities. I then share the historical treatment of people with intellectual disabilities in the U.S which has pushed this population to the margins of society. I then share the activism towards inclusion of this population in public primary and secondary education and how it was fueled by activism against segregation by race. I go on to explore the impacts of activism which have resulted in policies which promote inclusion. Next, I assess the current representation of people with intellectual disabilities in U.S higher education. Lastly, I share how we can improve higher education policies in ways that will serve to improve representation of people with intellectual disabilities. As Peterkin (2010) claims, colleges and universities are organisms like humans that are living and breathing, constantly evolving, and changing overtime. We have plenty of room to change our policies
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Closing communication gaps: Exploring challenges to facilitating undergraduate research programs and promoting administrator collaboration
Full text linkStudents who engage in undergraduate research benefit from a wide rage of personal and professional gains, including an increased ability to think analytically (Ishiyama, 2002), defining/refining research, and career interests, and enhanced confidence (Ishiyama, 2002). Promoting undergraduate participation in research also benefits faculty members (i.e. by enhancing research productivity; Hall et al. 2018) and the institution (i.e. by promoting student retention (Ishimyama, 2002).
At Oregon State University, we have many formal programs that encourage participation in undergraduate research. However, there are few opportunities for the administrators of these programs to collaborate and share best practices (e.g. recruitment and marketing strategies, timelines, and compensation). I studied each undergraduate research program at OSU to examine the challenges that program administrators face and to help increase communication between programs. I created and distributed a survey to administrators from each undergraduate research program to get feedback on challenges and assess what sort of event would help improve undergraduate research programming at OSU.
Survey results indicated that program administrators recognized general challenges, including lack of time/money, challenges related to equity/inclusion, institutional communication, and recruitment. We found a common perception that communication/collaboration between those who facilitate undergraduate research programs across OSU could be improved. Results provided insight on the event types program administrators would like to participate in. The next step is to design our event, called “Undergraduate Research Liaisons Gathering,” for May 12th, 2020.
References
Hall, E. E., Walkington, H., Shanahan, J. O., Ackley, E., & Stewart, K. A. (2018). Mentor perspectives on the place of undergraduate research mentoring in academic identity and career development: An analysis of award winning mentors. International Journal for Academic Development, 23(1), 15-27.
Ishiyama J. (2002). Does early participation in undergraduate students benefit social science and humanities students? Journal of College Students, 36(3): 380-386
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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