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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
Recovery for the whole person : A qualitative study of the experiences of treatment staff
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to investigate treatment staff’s views on how the overall treatment effort contributes to clients’ recovery within substance abuse care in Sweden. Specifically, the study examines the discrepancy between what clients, according to previous research, consider necessary to regard themselves as recovered and what treatment staff emphasize in their work. The study is based on a qualitative approach and includes six semi-structured interviews with treatment staff from two different treatment centers. The data are analyzed using thematic analysis and interpreted through the theoretical framework of recovery capital. The results indicate that recovery from substance use is best understood as a holistic process. Treatment staff emphasize a holistic view of recovery that encompasses three interconnected dimensions: physical, mental, and spiritual recovery. The findings show that staff view structure as a fundamental prerequisite. Within this structure, compassion is practiced in ways that promote a supportive family-like atmosphere and the therapeutic alliance. These are further reinforced through spiritual exercises. The results of this paper further show that this structure creates conditions for addressing central areas that might otherwise constitute obstacles in the recovery process, such as the client’s family and social networks. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of clinical practice affirming recovery-related areas that previous research has shown clients to value, such as structure and specific life domains. Furthermore, the results indicate that spiritual aspects and treatment duration are key mechanisms supporting the client’s recovery process.Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka behandlingspersonals syn på hur den totala behandlingsinsatsen bidrar till en klients återhämtning, inom den privata missbruksvården i Sverige. Mer specifikt undersöker uppsatsen den diskrepans som, enligt tidigare forskning, finns mellan vad klienter efterfrågar i behandling för att anse sig återhämtad och vad behandlingspersonal framhåller som centralt för återhämtning. Uppsatsen har en kvalitativ ansats och baseras på sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med behandlingspersonal vid två olika behandlingshem. Datamaterialet analyseras genom tematisk analys med utgångspunkt i teorin om återhämtningskapital. Uppsatsens resultat visar att återhämtning från substansbrukssyndrom med fördel kan förstås som en holistisk process. Behandlingspersonal framhåller en helhetssyn på återhämtning som omfattar tre dimensioner: kroppslig, själslig och andlig återhämtning. Behandlingspersonal betonar strukturen som en grundläggande förutsättning till återhämtning. Inom strukturen praktiseras ett medlevandeskap som främjar den familjära atmosfären och den terapeutiska alliansen. Den familjära atmosfären och den terapeutiska alliansen främjas ytterligare av andliga övningar. Uppsatsens resultat visar vidare att denna struktur skapar förutsättningar för arbete med centrala områden som annars riskerar att utgöra hinder i återhämtningsprocessen, exempelvis klientens familj och sociala nätverk. Sammantaget belyser resultatet vikten av att det praktiska fältet bejakar de återhämtningsområden som tidigare forskning visar att klienter efterfrågar, så som struktur och specifika livsområden. Vidare visar resultatet att andliga aspekter och behandlingslängden är mekanismer att bejaka för en klients återhämtningsprocess
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
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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