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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
The Effect of Amusement and Task-Framing on Convergent and Divergent Thinking
No full textThis study investigated the effect of amusement and task-framing on measures of divergent (fluency, average creativity and creativity x usefulness) and convergent thinking (insight). To expand existing literature on the mood-creativity paradigm, the effect of a discrete positive emotion (amusement) on the remote associates (RAT) and alternative uses tasks (AUT) was investigated in comparison to a neutral control group. The effect of task-framing on creative performance was also examined. Amusement was induced with the use of comedy film clips and a cartoon judgement task and participants were presented with the AUT and RAT. Participants experienced either a positive or neutral task-framing condition in which they were encouraged to enjoy a ‘fun task’ (positive task-framing) or were given neutrally toned instructions. There was a main effect of positive amusement emotion condition on overall creativity and a main effect of task-framing on both divergent and convergent measures of creativity (Fluency, Overall creativity, Creativity x Usefulness and Insight). A significant interaction between amusement and task-framing was evident for fluency and overall creativity. Correlations between personality and creativity measures revealed that intellect (openness to experience) was significantly correlated with fluency, overall creativity and insight. Fluency scores also showed a marginally significant correlation with extraversion and a negative relationship with emotional stability (low Neuroticism). These results suggest that amusement facilitates overall creativity and task-framing enhances both divergent and convergent thinking. These findings have possible implications for organizational and educational settings
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
Enhancing creative performance : the effect of amusement and task-framing.
No full textThis study explored the effects of a specific positive emotion, namely amusement, and task framing on two aspects of creativity : divergent thinking and insight. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions : 1/ Neutral emotion-Neutral Task-framing, 2/Neutral emotion - Positive Task-framing, 3/ Amusement - Neutral Task-framing. 4/ Amusement- Positive Task-framing. Film clips were used to elicit amusement and task-framing instructions were inspired by Friedman, Forster and Denzler (2007). Participants performed both the Alternative Uses Task (Guilford, 1967) and the Remote Associates Task (Mednick, 1962). Amusement was found to facilitate creative performance on overall creativity. The literature consistently focuses on the facilitative effect of general positive moods on creative performance but this study shows that a specific positive mood can also facilitate performance on divergent thinking tasks. Positive task framing was found to facilitate creative performance on all measures of divergent thinking (fluency, overall creativity and creativity usefulness) and creative insight (RAT). Interactions were also found between emotion condition and task framing for fluency and overall creativity scores. The relationship between personality and creativity was also examined. Intellect (openness to experience) was found to positively correlate with all forms of creativity. Implications for educational and organizational settings are discussed
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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