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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
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
Heuristics Impact on Investment Decision Making of Individual Investors in Pakistan Stock Exchange
No full textPurpose: The Pakistan Stock Exchange is a medium for investment in Pakistan financial markets as well as in an international market and give an opportunity to investors in Pakistan to trade shares and contracts through brokers. This research investigates the behavioral factors that influence decision making of investors in PSX that contribute towards the success of PSX and as well as sometimes due to these factors make investment decision making of investors irrational.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The data analysis of the research is from use of the quantitative method using Smart PLS 4 using Partial Least Square by utilizing non probability convenience sampling through PSX brokers.
Findings: Findings of the research shows that Availability Heuristic, Representative Heuristic, Price Anchoring and Overconfidence heuristic have their influence on individual investor’s decision making at PSX.
Implications/Originality/Value: The study discovered that these psychological factors AH, RH, PAH and OCH influence the decision making of Pakistani investor. In the future, investors will need to recognize and understand how these psychological factors may affect their decision-making. By increasing awareness, investors may be able to strengthen the rationality of their investment decisions and, consequently, the efficiency of the market. It's also critical to comprehend how investors make decisions in different geographic and demographic contexts
Behavioral Finance Factors Influence on Investment Decision Making of Individual Investors in PSX and PMEX
No full textPurpose: This paper explored how investors in PSX and PMEX make investment decisions that either contribute to the success of PSX and PMEX or seem irrational to them because of the same behavioral factors.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This qualitative study is aiming at the examination of new features in behavioral finance by shedding light on the representative bias, availability bias, and anchoring bias as they relate to decision making among individual investors in Pakistan. This research will select Stock Broker's Individual Investors in PSX and PMEX to be the unit of analysis for the research of heuristic components.
Findings: The analysis of this qualitative research explored that investor in this study use behavioral factors to make their investment decision making, but not have negative experiences using these heuristics. However, their experiences suggest that investors tend to rely on past information from companies which shows that representative heuristic effect investors decision making as well as availability heuristic in investment decision making make investors to take decision irrationally by listening to rumors and tips from broker, friends and family.
Implications/Originality/Value: This qualitative study is aiming at the examination of new features in behavioral finance by shedding light on the representative bias, availability bias, and anchoring bias as they relate to decision making among individual investors in Pakista
Impact of Green HRM Practices on Financial Performance: The Mediating Roles of Environmental Performance and Green Innovation and the Moderating Role of Green Transformational Leadership
No full textPurpose: This paper will look at both direct and indirect impacts of the Green Human resource Management (GHRM) practices on the organizational financial performance with a specific focus on the mediating variables, the Environmental Performance, Green Innovation and Green Transformational Leadership. Based on the Resource-Based View (RBV) and the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity (AMO) framework, the research is an empirical study on the role of green-oriented HR practices.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Quantitative Analysis method was used in this study through SPSS for demographic characteristics of 300 respondents practicing Green HRM policies in their companies and for model testing SMART PLS is utilized.
Findings: The findings demonstrate that there is a strong and positive direct correlation between GHRM and financial performance and this means that organizations that implement green HR performance realize better financial performances. Moreover, the research findings indicate that Environmental Performance and Green Innovation plays a critical role as the mediator of this relationship implying that waste management, energy savings, and regulatory compliance improvements are significant processes through which GHRM improves financial performance.
Implications/Originality/Value: All in all, this research is credible as it has strong evidence to show that GHRM practices directly and indirectly affect financial performance via the most essential organizational and leadership-based processes, which highlights the strategic significance of considering green HR practices and leadership in pursuing long-term financial and environmental sustainability, especially in a developing economy setting.  
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