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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
Dispositional Optimism, Sport Confidence, and Golf Performance
No full textOptimism and self-confidence are two psychological constructs with an increasing presence in the peak performance literature. The current research consists of three interrelated studies investigating dispositional optimism, sport confidence, and golf performance with an applied sport psychology focus. Each of the studies builds upon the existing research in applied sport psychology and positive psychology. In addition, the results of the first two studies provide guidance for the subsequent studies in the current research.
Study 1 was a validation study addressing the overlap between psychological measures of the constructs of dispositional optimism and sport confidence. Construct validation analyses were performed using a multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) approach on the data from 160 athletes participating in a variety of sports and at a range of competition levels. Results indicated that there was significant overlap between scales on the psychological measures of Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R; Scheier & Carver, 1985), Sport Confidence Inventory (SCI; Vealey & Knight, 2003), and Carolina Sport Confidence Inventory (CSCI: Manzo, Silva, & Mink, 2001). Exploratory factor analyses of the items on the three psychological measures were conducted and there was evidence of an overarching broad factor highlighting the difficulty to empirically separate the constructs of dispositional optimism and sport confidence. Given the sample size of this study relative to those of the test authors, further investigation into the inventories is required with a larger sporting sample to clarify their use within sport.
Study 2 was an investigative study addressing the paucity of research into the psychological characteristics of touring golf professionals to enhance the understanding of expertise in golf. Data were collected on a sample of 100 male touring golf professionals to obtain their levels of dispositional optimism and sport confidence and to explore the relationship between these two constructs and golf performance. Cognitive styles were investigated to see if there were trends in preferences of style in the touring golf professionals to guide the development of PST programs that address individual differences. No preference for a specific cognitive style was found for the touring golf professionals, but the participants recorded above average scores on dispositional optimism. Further, tour membership differentiated between players’ sport confidence levels on international tours and Australian tours; players on international tours scored higher on sport confidence than those on Australian tours. Each of these results implicated sport confidence and dispositional optimism as characteristics to include in PST programs (addressing each cognitive style) for elite golfers who have ambitions of becoming touring golf professionals. Optimism and confidence training was seen to be beneficial to improve the success rates of players embarking on a career as a touring golf professional. In addition, training of these characteristics was seen to be an avenue to ensure a successful future for Australian golfers on the international professional tours.
Study 3 was an intervention study addressing the need to test the effectiveness of a multimodal Psychological Skills Training (PST) program for elite golfers. A single-subject multiple-baseline across participants design was used to examine the effects of a Golf Optimism Training Program intervention on the dispositional optimism, sport confidence, and golf performance of 12 elite golfers; nine amateurs (handicaps < 6) and three trainee golf professionals. Dispositional optimism and sport confidence measures were completed by each participant for a minimum of 4 time points: preintervention (baseline), midterm, postintervention (final), and 2-month review. Golf performance data were collected throughout the study whenever the participants played a competitive round of golf. The intervention consisted of 10 weekly sessions on an individual basis. Visual inspection and Binomial significance testing of the individual data revealed two golfers had significantly better dispositional optimism scores after the final intervention session compared to those predicted from their baseline scores, and five golfers had significantly better average weekly round scores after the 2-month review compared to those predicted from their baseline scores. The group data revealed that there were improvements in levels of sport confidence, dispositional optimism, and sport competence. The results are discussed in terms of advancing multimodal PST programs and highlighting the usefulness of single-subject designs for maximising the effectiveness of individual PST programs.
Each of the studies builds on existing applied sport psychology research and advances knowledge for applied sport psychology research and practice. The three interrelated studies provided impetus for further research into four main areas. First, the clarification of whether psychological measures are actually measuring what they purport to measure is a fundamental issue in ensuring effective information is being disseminated to athletes. Second, the increase in the quantity of studies investigating moderate to large elite athletic samples is the key to greater knowledge and understanding of expertise and the unique requirements of specific sports. Third, the promotion of researchers and practitioners gaining sport-specific knowledge in addition to single-subject analysis allows richer information, which enhances working relationships with athletes in applied research and practice settings. Fourth, the enhancement of PST program protocols with efficacy testing is imperative to ensure optimal service delivery for elite athletes in the pursuit of peak performance. In conclusion, continued emphasis on applied research that is relevant to applied practice is required for positive growth of the applied sport psychology field, which ultimately is for the benefit of developing successful internationally competitive sportsmen and sportswomen.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Education and Professional StudiesArts, Education and LawFull Tex
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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