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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 European experience in the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the economy
Get PDFWith the entrance of the modern world into economic and political difficulties, the question of the financial support to population and business by the state is much more acute. A major financial source for states, taxes in turn have a strong influence on the behavior of citizens and companies, which are generally opposed to their increase. What is the historical attempt to resolve this contradiction? The history of taxes in Ancient Rome, the progenitor of modern European and Western civilization, shows us that taxes are not just a source of financing, but also a basic structural element of the state and society. Their significant growth led in antiquity not only to riots, riots and bloodshed, but also to serious changes in the construction of the Roman economy and society. At the same time, the observance of the principles of fairness of taxes and the control of their collection prove to be key for their functioning within the economy and society. The ultimate rise in taxes led to a state-regulated economy in Rome, i.e. to the prototype of real socialism, and the end of the Roman Empire. This is the end of the road for state support. Will the modern world catch up with it again
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
A Modern Reading of the History of Taxation in Ancient Rome
Get PDFWith the entrance of the modern world into economic and political difficulties, the question of the financial support to population and business by the state is much more acute. A major financial source for states, taxes in turn have a strong influence on the behavior of citizens and companies, which are generally opposed to their increase. What is the historical attempt to resolve this contradiction? The history of taxes in Ancient Rome, the progenitor of modern European and Western civilization, shows us that taxes are not just a source of financing, but also a basic structural element of the state and society. Their significant growth led in antiquity not only to riots, riots and bloodshed, but also to serious changes in the construction of the Roman economy and society. At the same time, the observance of the principles of fairness of taxes and the control of their collection prove to be key for their functioning within the economy and society. The ultimate rise in taxes led to a stateregulated economy in Rome, i.e. to the prototype of real socialism, and the end of the Roman Empire. This is the end of the road for state support. Will the modern world catch up with it again
Bulgarian Economy and Banking Sector - State and Trends
No full textAccording to flash estimates data of the National Statistical Institute, in Q2 2016, GDP growth in real terms was 3.0% yoy. Тhe employment rate in Q2 increased by 0.8pp yoy reaching 49.5%. As a result, the unemployment rate decreased by 1.9pp to 8.0%. In July 2016, the consumer price index indicates a monthly inflation of 1.0%, breaking the deflationary trend. The coverage of the monetary base with FX reserves remained high in June (179.6%), which guarantees stability of the currency board. The current account balance was again positive in the second quarter of the year. The Netherlands was the leading foreign investor in Bulgaria for H1 2016, followed by Luxemburg and Great Britain. Lending continued declining in June 2016 in year-on-year terms, while deposits continued rising. Nevertheless, a month-on-month growth lending was observed in June
Bulgarian’s GDP growth drivers – projections and real statistics
No full textThe paper analyses the dynamics of the Bulgarian GDP and its drivers in 2017, as well as the expectations made then for the economic growth and its factors in 2018. These expectations are compared to the last available data in the official national statistics for 2018, and the extent reported to which predicted trends correspond to the achieved real results of the Bulgarian economy
Recent Developments and Short-term Outlook on the Bulgarian Economy
No full textТhe real GDP growth in the second quarter of 2015 surpassed again expectations, reaching 2.4% yoy. After three months of deflation, in August, a flat inflation rate was observed. A slight positive inflation is expected in the upcoming months. The state budget accumulated a significant surplus as a result of a solid increase in revenues and a moderate rise in expenditures. In July, the current account was positive. The export accelerated by 7.3% yoy, while the import went up at a faster pace by 13.3%.
The coverage of the monetary base with FX reserves was high as of July. Thus, currency board and banking system remain stable. Lending contracted for the ninth consecutive month. However, the share of non-performing and restructured loans narrowed. Deposits continued growing against the background of gradually lowering interest rates
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
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