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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
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
Deficient IT strategy as a cause for the burnout syndrome in the IT
No full textGibt es einen kausalen Zusammenhang zwischen mangelhaften IT-Strategien und ineffektivem IT-Management und dem in der jüngeren Vergangenheit verstärkt aufkommenden Burnout-Syndrom bei IT-Mitarbeitern? Dieser Frage widmet sich diese Arbeit unter Einbeziehung verfügbarer Erkenntnisse und eigenen Erfahrungen des Autors, der seit vielen Jahren als IT-Manager in Unternehmen tätig war und ist.Im ersten Kapitel werden Überlegungen zu einer erfolgreichen Strategieentwicklung in Bezug auf IT behandelt. Dabei stehen nicht die Inhalte der Strategie allein im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Rolle der IT in Unternehmen und ihr konkreter Wertbeitrag.Eine erarbeitete Strategie ist jedoch kein alleiniger Erfolgsgarant.Fehler in der Umsetzung relativieren die erwarteten Ergebnisse. Im zweiten Kapitel werden daher, gestützt auf zahlreiche Erfahrungen, mögliche Fehlentwicklungen und negative Rahmenbedingungen von IT-Strategien aufgezeigt, die in Unternehmen ein schlechtes Image der IT bewirken und sich auf Mitarbeiter negativ auswirken.Das Burnout-Syndrom ist keine psychische Erkrankung eines Menschen, sondern ein Reaktion auf bestimmte Lebensumstände. Das dritte Kapitel befasst sich mit Ursachen, Symptomen und Phänomenen, die typisch für den Burnout sind. Es werden auch jene Persönlichkeitsmerkmale, wie beispielsweise emotionale Labilität, Verkopfung und Verlust des Kohärenzsinns, aufgezeigt, die dafür Wegbereiter darstellen können.Das vierte Kapitel fokussiert sich auf belastende Stressfaktoren in IT-Abteilungen. Dazu zählen unter anderem Ziel- und Hierarchiekonflikte, fehlende Fachkompetenz bei Entscheidern und die Missachtung menschlicher Bedürfnisse.Zwei aktuelle Studien haben erstmals die IT-Branche hinsichtlich dieses Themas untersucht. Während die erste Studie aus Deutschland im Jahr 2006 die Situation in IT-Projekten behandelt hat, geht die zweite aus Österreich unter anderem auf Beschäftigte in der IT im Allgemeinen ein.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass in der IT ein nicht zu unterschätzendes Burnoutrisiko vorhanden ist Abschließend werden jene von Unternehmensleitungen verursachten Rahmenbedingungen und Paradoxien in Bezug auf die IT diskutiert, die wesentlich für die Belastungssituation der IT-Beschäftigten verantwortlich sind und Wegbereiter in ein zukünftiges Dilemma darstellen.Is there a causal relationship between deficient IT strategies, ineffective IT management and the burnout syndrome affecting IT employees to an increasing extent? This paper focuses on this question based on available knowledge and personal experiences of the author, who has been holding the position of IT manager for many years in several companies.In the first chapter considerations regarding a successful strategy development for IT are examined. In doing so, not only the contents of this strategy are central subject, but also the role of IT within companies and its concrete value proposition.However, a specifically developed IT strategy is not the sole guarantor of success. Erroneous implementation will put the expected results into perspective. Therefore, in the second chapter, based on numerous experiences, potential aberrations and negative general conditions of IT strategies are identified which cause a negative image of IT within companies and also have a negative impact on employees.The burnout syndrome is not a person's physical illness, but a reaction to specific life factors. The third chapter addresses reasons, symptoms and phenomena typically associated with burnout. Moreover, it identifies specific personality traits like emotional lability, overintellectualization and a lost sense of coherence, which can constitute key enablers for burnout. Chapter four focuses on the strain such stress factors put on IT departments. Theses are conflicts in context with objectives and hierarchies, missing professional competence in decision makers and the disregard of human needs.Two current studies have for the first time examined the IT sector in regard to the subject topic. While the first study from Germany, published in 2006, addresses the situation within IT projects, the second study from Austria primarily includes research into the situation of IT employees in general. The results show a burnout risk within the IT sector which must not be underestimated.Finally, general conditions and paradoxes caused by company management in regard to IT are discussed, which are the main contributors to the incriminating situation of IT employees and may lead into a future dilemma
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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