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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
The future of auditing research
No full textAuditing is a professional, economic and regulated activity executed by individuals with the help of audit technology. All these aspects of auditing are interrelated and jointly affect what will be the eventual quality of an audit. An audit is conducted by professionals who have acquired the specific skills and knowledge necessary to perform the audit, and who possess the appropriate licence to hold themselves up as professional. In the course of an audit, specialized technology is used to augment the professional expertise of individuals. Further, audits are economic goods in the sense that a market exists to match those who will supply an audit with those who would demand an audit. In that market, auditors compete with each other to obtain new clients. However, audits and the audit market are also very heavily regulated. Who needs an audit, who can supply an audit, and the conditions under which the two parties can contract for audit services are all subject to various forms of regulation. There is also a risk of litigation against the auditor in case of malpractice. In the past decade we have seen a large increase, globally, in regulation of auditing and auditors. Nevertheless, because the audit is a human activity conducted by individual auditors, the quality of a specific audit is conditional on individual auditor characteristics and the incentives that auditors face. Given all these aspects, auditing is a complex phenomenon to study and understand. Over the past 30 years, audit research has grown exponentially and we have learned a tremendous amount about auditing, auditors and audit markets. This book was designed to present key research findings to a broad audience interested in the auditing profession. The various chapters report and summarize a number of significant audit research areas. In this closing chapter we will not repeat what we learn from the chapters. Instead we will reflect on what we believe are some key issues for future research.</p
Measurement of the Increase in Delay Distortion for ADSL Splitters
No full textA method for measuring the increase in delay distortion caused by asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) splitters is presented in this paper. The procedure employs standard laboratory equipment rather than dedicated instrumentation, which may not be readily available in a test lab. The technique exploits a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based phase estimation algorithm to evaluate the group delay of the device under test. Measurements are performed in accordance to the relevant standards of the ADSL technology. Experimental results are reported to validate the method and confirm the theoretical analysis
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
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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