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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
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
Supporting pre-service mathematics teachers to notice and understand the practice of positioning students competently
No full textPositioning students as competent learners has been shown to be a crucial approach in fostering student learning in mathematics, and has been especially effective in supporting students who express mathematically incorrect understandings (Gresalfi, Martin, Hand, & Greeno, 2009; Kazemi & Hintz, 2014; Lampert, 2003). Few studies have aimed to support pre-service teachers (PSTs) in learning to notice interactions that can deepen their understanding of positioning students competently (PSC). During this qualitative design-based research study, four pre-service teachers from an eastern Canadian university participated in three one-on-one video analysis sessions where they were asked to watch videos and use a framework to support them in attending to and interpreting moments that relate to positioning students competently. Three research questions guided this study: 1) How do pre-service mathematics teachers' conceptualizations of PSC change through their engagement in video viewing sessions? 2) How do pre-service mathematics teachers' noticing of moments of positioning change through their engagement in video viewing sessions? 3) How do the design supports help to contribute to the development of PSTs' understanding and noticing? To answer these questions, audio- and video-footage were collected from pre- and post-interviews, while audio-footage, video-footage, written artifacts, and researcher observations were collected from video analysis sessions. Results showed that: 1) three of the four participants emerged from the study with a deeper understanding of PSC; 2) two participants emerged from the study more consistently attending to the teacher and students, whereas the majority of participants showed improvements in interpreting PSC; 3) most supports were beneficial in supporting PSTs' noticing and understanding of PSC. In addition, a fine-grained analysis of two contrasting episodes from one session showed how the facilitator's role in providing alternative teaching examples and the PST's interactions with the framework (e.g., the definition of PSC) supported one participant in expanding her understanding of PSC. These results have implications for possible resources that can help PSTs cultivate deeper understandings and more focused noticing of interactions of PSC.Positionner des étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents a été démontré comme étant une approche essentielle favorisant l'apprentissage des étudiants en mathématique, et a été particulièrement efficace comme support pour des étudiants qui expriment une compréhension incorrecte des mathématiques (Gresalfi, Martin, Hand, & Greeno, 2009; Kazemi & Hintz, 2014; Lampert, 2003). Peu d'études ont eu pour but d'appuyer les enseignants en formation à apprendre comment remarquer des interactions qui peuvent approfondir leur compréhension sur comment positionner les étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents. Au long de cette étude qualitative, quatre enseignants en formation d'une université est-canadienne ont participé à trois sessions tête-à-tête d'analyse vidéo où on leur a demandé de regarder des vidéos et d'utiliser un cadre de référence comme appui pour se concentrer sur et pour interpréter les moments concernant le positionnement des étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents. Trois questions de recherche ont guidé cette étude : 1) Comment est-ce que la conceptualisation des enseignants en formation sur ce qui est du positionnement des étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents change par leur engagement dans les sessions d'analyse vidéo ? 2) Comment est-ce que l'habilité des étudiants en formation à se concentrer sur les moments relatifs au positionnement change par leur engagement dans les sessions d'analyse vidéo ? 3) Comment est-ce que les supports d'étude ont contribué au développement de la capacité des enseignants en formation à comprendre et à remarquer ? Pour répondre à ces questions, des enregistrements audio-visuels ont été recueillis lors des séances pré-entrevue et post-entrevue et des enregistrements audio-visuels ainsi que des écrits et observations du chercheur lors des sessions d'analyse vidéo. Les résultats ont démontré que : 1) trois des quatre participants sont ressortis de l'étude avec une meilleure compréhension du positionnement des étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents; 2) deux participants sont ressortis de l'étude avec une meilleure capacité de concentration sur l'enseignant et sur les étudiants, et la majorité des participants ont aussi démontré des améliorations quant à l'interprétation du positionnement; 3) la majorité des supports d'étude ont été bénéfiques au développement de la capacité des enseignants en formation à comprendre et remarquer. De plus, une analyse approfondie de deux épisodes contrastants pendant l'une des sessions a démontré comment le rôle du facilitateur en fournissant des exemples d'apprentissage alternatif, ainsi que les interactions du participant avec le cadre d'étude (p. ex. : définition du positionnement) l'ont aidé à cultiver une compréhension plus étendue du positionnement des étudiants en tant qu'apprenants compétents. Ces résultats ont des implications pour des possibles ressources qui peuvent aider les enseignants en formation à cultiver une compréhension approfondie et une meilleure capacité à remarquer des interactions de positionnement d'élèves en tant qu'apprenants compétents
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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