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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
Let the Children Come Forward – Positive Legal Inducements for Family Growth in Romania
No full textHistorically, Romanian law provides few incentives to family growth. The most significant statutory intervention in the demographic issues of the previous century was an abortion ban, which was in effect from 1966 to 1990; however, this punitive approach had short-lived positive demographic effects.The demographic crisis that has affected Romania since the 1990s has caused the successive political leaderships of the previous decade to use all the normative tools at their disposal to promote family growth and child-rearing. Accordingly, today, even some types of non-traditional families, such as single-parent and nonmarried heterosexual couples, which do not have any clearly defined status in Romanian private law, can avail of all the social protection benefits for their children. However, private law and tax law are much less accommodating to the situations faced by new family types. Furthermore, although medically assisted reproduction is endowed with a family law framework, it is plagued by a lack of detailed follow-up legislation. This paper presents an overview of all the positive law inducements to family growth in Romania by using a ‘black letter law’ approach. Further, it clarifies some considerations about the future changes in law, particularly those regarding the discrepancies between the very conservative vision of family law and more progressive family approach of social law. Finally, the study presents some recent family law–related European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice decisions pertaining to Romania, together with their statute-altering consequences
Romania: Positive Law and Top-Down Social Engineering of Families Through Legal Means
No full textLike most of Central Europe, Romania has observed a steady demographic decline since the 1990s due to extensive emigration and a decrease in the total fertility rate. Attempts have been made, particularly since 2010, to reverse this decline and increase the total birth rate. A very generous child-rearing leave and corresponding child-rearing allowance contributed to a slight increase in the number of live births per woman, which became one of the highest in the European Union (EU) in the late 2010s. Although the improved economic outlook since joining the EU was also a factor, this chapter aims to identify all the domestic legal norms that promote family growth. The chapter looks at the broad picture of governmental family policy in Romania, taking into account the differences between its relatively conservative family law and its more progressive social law, the latter of which offers a wide array of benefits and maintains a broad definition of families. Non-traditional methods of increasing childbirths, such as surrogacy and fertility treatments, are also considered, and the normative deficiencies in this regard are exposed. The chapter focuses on the positive law, with very brief incursions into prior legal norms insofar as they are relevant to show the durable trends in public policy
The Creative Use of Non-Specific Legal Provisions Regarding Assisted Reproduction in Romania
Full text linkRomania, like any other contemporary high-income society, has its share of fertility and demographic problems. The last several decades have seen a resurgence in both medically assisted reproduction techniques and the societal demand for solutions to fertility issues. The statutes currently in force have not kept pace with technical evolutions and, due to both political and technical reasons, there is currently no comprehensive and targeted statute concerning medically assisted reproduction. However, society at large and the fertility services market have not been kept back by this lack of specific statutory provisions. General, non-specific or tangentially relevant normative provisions have been brought to the fore to construct a patchwork statutory environment for the needs of medically assisted reproduction providers and beneficiaries.
This patchwork approach is not without its drawbacks, and we will try to identify the gaps and unanswered legal questions that arise at each step using a black-letter approach to applicable Romanian law up to October 2024. A future statute on assisted reproduction should cover at least the areas of parental eligibility, informed consent, allowed and banned techniques, liability, parental filiation and confidentiality.Romania, like any other contemporary high-income society, has its share of fertility and demographic problems. The last several decades have seen a resurgence in both medically assisted reproduction techniques and the societal demand for solutions to fertility issues. The statutes currently in force have not kept pace with technical evolutions and, due to both political and technical reasons, there is currently no comprehensive and targeted statute concerning medically assisted reproduction. However, society at large and the fertility services market have not been kept back by this lack of specific statutory provisions. General, non-specific or tangentially relevant normative provisions have been brought to the fore to construct a patchwork statutory environment for the needs of medically assisted reproduction providers and beneficiaries.
This patchwork approach is not without its drawbacks, and we will try to identify the gaps and unanswered legal questions that arise at each step using a black-letter approach to applicable Romanian law up to October 2024. A future statute on assisted reproduction should cover at least the areas of parental eligibility, informed consent, allowed and banned techniques, liability, parental filiation and confidentiality.Romania, like any other contemporary high-income society, has its share of fertility and demographic problems. The last several decades have seen a resurgence in both medically assisted reproduction techniques and the societal demand for solutions to fertility issues. The statutes currently in force have not kept pace with technical evolutions and, due to both political and technical reasons, there is currently no comprehensive and targeted statute concerning medically assisted reproduction. However, society at large and the fertility services market have not been kept back by this lack of specific statutory provisions. General, non-specific or tangentially relevant normative provisions have been brought to the fore to construct a patchwork statutory environment for the needs of medically assisted reproduction providers and beneficiaries.
This patchwork approach is not without its drawbacks, and we will try to identify the gaps and unanswered legal questions that arise at each step using a black-letter approach to applicable Romanian law up to October 2024. A future statute on assisted reproduction should cover at least the areas of parental eligibility, informed consent, allowed and banned techniques, liability, parental filiation and confidentiality
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
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