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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
De Relatie tussen Taakinterafhankelijkheid en Werkgerelateerde Verveling en de Mediërende Rol van Verbondenheid
No full textIn dit onderzoek is de relatie tussen taakinterafhankelijkheid en werkgerelateerde verveling onderzocht
en het mediërende effect van verbondenheid daarop. Hierbij is gecontroleerd voor leeftijd. Middels dit
onderzoek wordt geacht aanknopingspunten te vinden om werkgerelateerde verveling te verminderen.
De verwachting luidt dat er een mediërend effect van verbondenheid gevonden wordt op de relatie
tussen taakinterafhankelijkheid en werkgerelateerde verveling. Ook wordt verwacht dat
taakinterafhankelijkheid een significante relatie heeft met verbondenheid evenals verbondenheid een
significante relatie heeft met werkgerelateerde verveling. In totaal hebben 84 volwassenen
deelgenomen aan het dagboekonderzoek, waarvan 44 vrouwen en 40 mannen. Aan de hand van een
algemene vragenlijst zijn demografische gegevens verzameld. Vervolgens is er gedurende vijf
werkdagen tweemaal daags een vragenlijst verstuurd om de variabelen te meten. Verbondenheid blijkt
een mediërend effect te hebben op de relatie tussen taakinterafhankelijkheid en werkgerelateerd
vervelen. Tevens tonen de resultaten aan dat de relatie tussen taakinterafhankelijkheid en
verbondenheid evenals de relatie tussen verbondenheid en werkgerelateerde verveling significant is.
Hiermee worden alle verwachtingen bevestigd. De resultaten laten ook zien dat naar mate men ouder
wordt, de werkgerelateerde verveling afneemt. Het zou daarom interessant zijn om in
vervolgonderzoek specifieke leeftijdscategorieën nader te onderzoeken
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
The Role of Meaning Perception for Informal Caregivers’ Happiness
No full textProviding informal care for a close other is related to decreased well-being. However, it potentially also elicits meaningful experiences that may increase happiness directly or buffer against the negative impact of a caregiver’s burden. This study is the first to test the causal link between perceived meaning in informal caregiving and happiness of informal caregivers in a self-administered, 2-week online intervention. Adult informal caregivers (N = 375, 78.9% female) were randomly assigned to a meaning intervention, where they remembered a daily meaningful caregiving experience, a placebo group that objectively described caregiving tasks, or a control group without intervention. Happiness was measured before, directly after, and 1 and 3 months later. Meaning in informal caregiving correlated positively with happiness but the intervention did not significantly enhance the perception of meaning in caregiving or happiness. Over time, meaning in caregiving positively predicted meaning in life, which in turn positively predicted happiness. The findings imply that even in situations that are also experienced as burdensome, people can perceive meaning and the association between meaning and happiness persists. Features of the intervention or sample, or partly negative affective responses may explain why the intervention did not show the expected effects.
Keywords: Happiness; informal caregiving; randomized clinical trial (RCT); positive psychology; meaning in lif
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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