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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
Whom Among the Wordle Gang Reigns Supreme
No full textWordle is a daily word game that involves guessing an unknown five-letter word. This game was popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, very few studies have investigated individual-level characteristics that influence a person's Wordle abilities. By recruiting six members from a local Wordle Gang, I examined any potential differences in Wordle scores based on key demographic information, such as gender and whether participants were seeking higher education. Results showed that one particular participant did statistically better than all others. Additionally, those who were not seeking higher education performed better than those who were, and no gender differences were found. Implications for these striking results are discussed
Whom Among the Wordle Gang Reigns Supreme
No full textWhat makes someone a better or worse wordle player?
Investigating the Role of Meta-Emotional Processes in Affective Distress
No full textPeople vary greatly in the way they experience and manage their emotions. As a result, they tend to develop different and distinct relationships with their own emotions throughout their lives, something the current proposal refers to as meta-emotional processes. Several of these processes are known to influence emotional functioning. For instance, emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and the beliefs people hold about emotions are all known to influence levels of affective distress. However, each of these constructs have been studied in relative isolation, despite the intuitive connection they all have with each other. Guided by the theory of constructed emotion (Barrett, 2017), the current study will use structural equation modeling to investigate how emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and emotion beliefs all influence affective distress in two models. Specifically, in one model, sequential mediation analyses are proposed where the association between emotional awareness and affective distress is mediated by emotion beliefs and emotion regulation in one model. In the second model, emotion regulation is expected to mediate the link between emotional awareness and affective distress, and then the link between emotion regulation and emotion beliefs are expected to be mediated by affective distress
Whom Among the Wordle Gang Reigns Supreme
No full textWhat makes someone a better or worse wordle player?
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
Whom Among the Wordle Gang Reigns Supreme
No full textWordle is a daily word game that involves guessing an unknown five-letter word. This game was popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, very few studies have investigated individual-level characteristics that influence a person's Wordle abilities. By recruiting six members from a local Wordle Gang, I examined any potential differences in Wordle scores based on key demographic information, such as gender and whether participants were seeking higher education. Results showed that one particular participant did statistically better than all others. Additionally, those who were not seeking higher education performed better than those who were, and no gender differences were found. Implications for these striking results are discusse
Investigating the Role of Meta-Emotional Processes in Affective Distress
No full textPeople vary greatly in the way they experience and manage their emotions. As a result, they tend to develop different and distinct relationships with their own emotions throughout their lives, something the current proposal refers to as meta-emotional processes. Several of these processes are known to influence emotional functioning. For instance, emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and the beliefs people hold about emotions are all known to influence levels of affective distress. However, each of these constructs have been studied in relative isolation, despite the intuitive connection they all have with each other. Guided by the theory of constructed emotion (Barrett, 2017), the current study will use structural equation modeling to investigate how emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and emotion beliefs all influence affective distress in two models. Specifically, in one model, sequential mediation analyses are proposed where the association between emotional awareness and affective distress is mediated by emotion beliefs and emotion regulation in one model. In the second model, emotion regulation is expected to mediate the link between emotional awareness and affective distress, and then the link between emotion regulation and emotion beliefs are expected to be mediated by affective distress
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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