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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
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Undergraduate Research and Students with Learning Disabilities: Tensions Between the Exclusivity And Promise Of The Experience
No full textUndergraduate Research (UR) is a high-impact practice that results in positive outcomes for participants, such as improved academic skills and intellectual development as well as higher graduation rates and graduate school attendance. This research project compares the UR participation patterns of students with learning disabilities (LD) and their experiences engaging in UR settings to the signals displayed on UR websites. The project utilizes a mixed-methods design comprising four data sources and several analytical methods: content analysis of UR websites, quantitative analysis of institutional UR course data, and quantitative and qualitative analysis of survey data from 50 LD students and interview data from 4 LD students. UR websites feature text and imagery associated with prestige (achievement and competition), personal investment (commitment and unique benefits), and STEM fields. Students’ perceptions of UR participants and their course taking patterns mirrored those signals in some ways but not others. Students viewed UR as an activity for smart students who are involved and good at school, and the majority of actual participants were high achieving. Survey and interview respondents corroborated the benefits listed on UR websites. While participants with LD were underrepresented as UR participants, they reported positive experiences in UR settings, Their LD impacted their work to some extent, yet none disclosed their disability status or requested accommodations to avoid the stigma associated with learning disabilities. Non-participants with LD reported a lack of awareness, time, and confidence as the main reasons for not participating. These findings indicate the need to revise and expand the signals about UR to define it as an active learning process for students in all fields of study, not just STEM. Website content and outreach should specifically include representation of students who do not fit the traditional, high achieving norm. Additionally, faculty and staff should receive training on bias related to disability, Universal Design for Learning to create a more inclusive experience for LD students. Lastly, other university personnel and peer ambassadors should be trained to promote UR experience to a wider range of students
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
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Liberation for Sale? Examining STEM, Non-STEM, and Market-Driven Pressures on HBCU Graduate Education
No full textThis dissertation uses a multi-state content analysis to examine how public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) navigate the layered demands of market-driven higher education policy while remaining rooted in their historic missions of racial uplift and educational justice. Analyzing strategic plans, graduate catalogs, and state-level policy documents from Florida, Texas, and North Carolina, the study explores how graduate education is deployed not just as academic expansion, but as institutional strategy—used to resist erasure, secure visibility, and assert value in systems never built for Black educational spaces. Grounded in frameworks of Racial Academic Capitalism (RAC)—a synthesis of racial capitalism (Robinson, 1983) and academic capitalism (Slaughter & Rhoades, 2004)—alongside servingness (Garcia et al., 2019; Garcia, 2020; DeTurk & Briscoe, 2020) and mission drift (Jaquette, 2013; Jones, 2007), this research introduces the concept of institutional code-switching: a discursive maneuver through which HBCUs perform policy alignment while preserving core commitments to community, culture, and care. Findings reveal that graduate programs function as both protective spaces and political tools—allowing institutions to survive without conceding the totality of their mission. Rather than chasing external legitimacy, these institutions are reframing what counts as success, on their own terms. This study calls for policy conversations that stop demanding proximity to whiteness as a condition for support, and instead center the lived realities, historical labor, and liberatory visions that HBCUs have always embodied. Chapter 1 grounds the study in contemporary political and policy conditions and introduces the research questions. Chapter 2 reviews literature on HBCU graduate education, performance funding, and institutional identity, and outlines the conceptual framework of RAC, servingness, and mission drift. Chapter 3 details the methodological design, including case selection, coding strategies, and the rationale for using across-case content analysis. Chapter 4 presents institutional findings by state, followed by an across-case thematic synthesis that highlights how HBCUs enact adaptation, resistance, and rhetorical negotiation. Chapter 5 concludes with a synthesis of insights, original contributions—including institutional code-switching—as well as implications for theory, future research, and policy reform
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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