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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
Exploring the relationships between working memory capacity, academic reading, and academic achievement in online distance e-learning first-year students
Get PDFIncludes summary in Zulu and AfrikaansWorking memory (WM) is a neural system that plays a role in all complex thinking processes,
including academic reading and learning. Research exploring the relationships between WM,
academic reading, and academic achievement within online higher education is, however,
limited. These relationships are particularly under-researched within the South African context.
This study thus used a non-experimental ex post facto cross-sectional design to quantitatively
investigate whether WM is associated with the academic reading and academic achievement
of online distance e-learning first-year tertiary students attending the University of South
Africa, and to evaluate the use of two open-source web-based WM tasks. One hundred and
thirty-six young adult participants completed a demographic and background information
survey, an academic reading test, the Reading Span, and the Operation Span. The latter two
tasks were developed by the researcher and served as measures of working memory capacity
(WMC). Participants’ final end-of-course grades were requested from the university, and the
results showed that WMC was significantly correlated with both academic reading and
academic achievement. Findings furthermore illustrated the acceptable performance of both
WMC tasks, providing a crucial resource in South African WM research. Findings are
interpreted in relation to existing scholarship regarding cognitive functioning, academic
reading, and academic achievement. Implications for higher education institutions and future
research are discussed.I-Working memory (i-WM) iwuhlelo lwezodluliswa kwemiyalezo eya nebuya engqondweni
olubamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izinqubo ezinzulu zokucabanga, okubandakanya ukufunda
okubhaliwe nokufunda okwenziwayo ngokwenqubo yezemfundo. Ucwaningo oluhlola
ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-WM, ukufunda okubhaliwe ngokwenqubo yezemfundo, kanye
nempumelelo kwezemfundo emfundweni esezingeni eliphakeme oluqhutshwa nge-inthanethi,
aluluningi. Aluluningi ucwaningo olwenziwe ngalobu budlelwano esimweni saseNingizimu
Afrika. Ngenxa yalokho, lolu cwaningo lumiswe ngokohlelo olucubungula imininingwane
eseyaqoqwa ebantwini abaningi ukuze kuhlolwe ngokocwaningo lwekhwantithethivu ukuthi
ingabe i-WM iyahambisana na nokufunda okubhaliwe ngokwenqubo yezemfundo kanye
nempumelelo kwezemfundo kubafundi abafundela ekhaya abafunda ngokohlelo lwe inthanethi abasonyakeni wokuqala esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme abafunda eNyuvesi
yaseNingizimu Afrika, kanye nokuhlola ukusetshenziswa kwemisebenzi ye-WM emibili
yesoftiwe yamahhala esebenza nge-inthanethi. Ababambiqhaza abayikhulu namashumi
amathathu nesithupha bagcwalisa ucwaningo lwemininingwane eqondene nabo siqu kanye
nolwazi oluyisendlalelo, isivivinyo sokufunda okubhaliwe ngokwenqubo yezemfundo,
Isikhathi Sokufunda Okubhaliwe, kanye Nesikhathi Sokusebenza. Le misebenzi emibili
yasungulwa wumcwaningi futhi yasebenza njengezindlela yokukala ubungako be-working
memory (i-WMC). Amazinga ababambiqhaza okugcina ekupheleni kohlelo acelwa enyuvesi,
bese imiphumela yaveze ukuthi i-WMC beyihambisana kakhulu nokufunda okubhaliwe
ngokwenqubo yezemfundo kanye nemiphumela yezemfundo. Imiphumela iqhubeke yaveza
ukusebenza okwamukelekayo kwemisebenzi ye-WMC yomibili, okuhlinzeke ngomthombo
obaluleke kakhulu ocwaningweni lwe-WM lwaseNingizimu Afrika. Imiphumela ifundwa
ngokuqhathaniswa nemibhalo yabacwaningi ekhona mayelana nokusebenza komqondo,
ukufunda okubhaliwe ngokwenqubo yezemfundo, kanye nemiphumela kwezemfundo.
Kudingidwa imithelela ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme kanye nocwaningo lwangomuso.Werksgeheue (working memory, WM) is ’n neurale stelsel wat ’n rol in alle komplekse
denkprosesse, insluitend akademiese lees en leer, speel. Navorsing wat die verwantskappe
tussen WM, akademiese lees en akademiese prestasie in aanlyn hoër onderwys ondersoek, is
egter beperk. Daar is veral in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks min navorsing oor hierdie
verwantskappe gedoen. Hierdie studie het gevolglik ’n nie-eksperimentele ex post facto
dwarssnitontwerp gebruik om kwantitatief te ondersoek of WM verband hou met die
akademiese lees en akademiese prestasie van die aanlyn afstands-e-leer van eerstejaar- tersiêre
studente wat by die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika ingeskryf is, en om die gebruik van twee
oopbron-, webgebaseerde WM-take te evalueer. Een honderd ses-en-dertig jong volwasse
deelnemers het ’n demografiese en agtergrondinligtingsopname, ’n akademieseleestoets, die
leesspan (reading span), en die verwerkingspan (operation span) voltooi. Laasgenoemde twee
take is deur die navorser ontwikkel en het gedien om die werksgeheuekapasiteit (working
memory capacity, WMC) te meet. Deelnemers se finale punte aan die einde van die kursus is
van die universiteit af aangevra en die resultate het getoon dat WMC ’n beduidende korrelasie
met akademiese lees sowel as akademiese prestasie toon. Bevindings het voorts die
aanvaarbare prestasie van albei WMC-take geïllustreer, en verskaf ’n noodsaaklike hulpbron
in Suid-Afrikaanse navorsing oor WM. Bevindings is met betrekking tot bestaande vakkundige
kennis oor kognitiewe funksionering, akademiese lees en akademiese prestasie vertolk.
Implikasies vir hoëronderwysinstellings en toekomstige navorsing word bespreek.D. Phil. (Psychology)Psycholog
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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