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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
Cool/Manly? Boys Growing into Good and Gorgeous Men.
Get PDFThis paper invites counsellors to reflect on ideas about adolescent boys and their relationships with mothers and fathers. The paper responds to ideas circulating at present based on Celia Lashlie's book He'll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men (2005). The author raises cautions about general interpretations and conclusions based on what adolescent boys say and do in public contexts. In particular, the author reflects on the ways public contexts, gender categorisations and patriarchal masculinity influence adolescent boys' lives. The paper especially highlights how general interpretations and conclusions reproduce the same cultural stories that contribute to the problems in the lives of adolescent boys and those who love them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
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
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
Narrative means to research ends: Learning about therapy from clients\u27 descriptions
No full textThe author constructed a research project that was congruent with his narrative therapy world-view. His rationale for the study was based on the intersection of his personal and professional experience and knowledge. The purpose of the study was to introduce clients\u27 perspectives into professional accounts of therapy; to introduce research as an accountability practice; and to generate research results that were meaningful for practitioners and researchers.
The study documents three couples\u27 experiences of therapy with reflecting teams. To account for the couples\u27 experiences, the author combined Interpersonal Process Recall interviews and a variation of the constant comparison process within grounded theory methodology. Letters were constructed to document the couples\u27 descriptions of their therapy experiences. The therapists and team members then reviewed and reflected on the letters that described the couples\u27 experiences. The therapists and team members\u27 reflections of the letters were included in the results.
The implications of this study pointed to the positive therapy effects associated with inviting clients to be research consultants. Participation in this study also seemed to benefit the therapists who participated by offering them new and rich information about their clients that was not evident in therapy. In addition, the author introduced new and alternative therapy practices based on the findings.
The author concluded the research might be meaningful to many practitioners because the study was consistent with a therapeutic world-view. He also argued the study was valuable because it demonstrated a hermeneutic relationship between therapists, researchers, and clients. In addition, the author suggested the descriptive rather than explanatory results provide rich and generative material for ongoing therapy dialogues. These dialogues may be particularly meaning-full because they, hopefully, place clients\u27 experiences at the center of those conversations
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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