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Nationals/non-nationals: immigration, citizenship and politics in the Republic of Ireland
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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
I am because we are - the contribution of the Ubuntu philosophy to intercultural management thinking
Get PDFIntercultural management calls for a global mindset among managers and employees alike and thus people who are open, ready to learn and willing to step outside their own base culture. This type of mindset can provide a fertile backdrop upon which international actors can enlarge their repertoire of management tools and thus their ability to act appropriately in an increasingly globally interconnected business environment.In this paper, we argue that Ubuntu, a philosophy generally perceived as Sub-Saharan African, has much to offer in this context. Therefore, if intercultural management thinking is to consider 'Western' as well as 'non-Western' approaches to management, then we propose that Ubuntu should be integrated into current theories. Ubuntu is particularly relevant since it provides a counterbalance to individualistic and utilitarian philosophies that tend to dominate in the 'West'.The purpose of this paper is thus to expand the understanding of Ubuntu and discuss how the values related to this philosophy can be applied in management practices well beyond Sub-Saharan Africa.Interkulturelles Management erfordert globale Denk- und Handlungsweisen. Voraussetzung dafür sind die Fähigkeit und die Bereitschaft, sich für interkulturelle Lernprozesse zu öffnen und auch vom Anderen zu lernen. Ein solches globales Mindset eröffnet Möglichkeiten, das eigene Handlungsrepertoire zu erweitern und so in einem zunehmend globalisierten und weltweit vernetzten Geschäftsumfeld angemessen und erfolgreich zu handeln. Ubuntu, eine Philosophie, deren Ursprünge im südlichen Afrika zu finden sind, kann in diesem Zusammenhang einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten. Ubuntu sollte daher Teil des Repertoires eines interkulturellen Managements werden, das sowohl 'westliche' als auch 'nicht-westliche' Ansätze berücksichtigt. Dies gilt insbesondere, da es eine Alternative zu den dominant individualistisch und utilitär geprägten Philosophien der 'westlichen Welt' aufzeigt. Das Anliegen dieses Aufsatzes ist es daher, das Verständnis von Ubuntu zu erweitern und zu diskutieren, wie die damit verbundenen Werte in einer Managementpraxis umgesetzt werden können, die weit über das südliche Afrika hinausgeht
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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