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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
Effects of Supply Side Institutional Roles on Housing Affordability among the Low Income Earners in Kenya
No full textKenya has recognized the right to housing in the new constitution, stating that every person has the right to “accessible and adequate housing and reasonable standard of sanitation”. However, the country has an annual deficit of 156,000 housing units of which a deficit of 124,800 housing units is on the low income housing market segment. The country has a total deficit of 2,000,000 housing units of which a large proportion of the deficit is in the low income housing market segment. Due to this shortage of housing, Kenya is facing an increasing growth of informal settlements in her urban centers. Of the country’s total population that lives in urban areas, a large proportion is confined in informal settlements. The country’s annual informal settlements growth rate is one of the highest in the world and it is likely to double in the next 30 years if positive intervention measures are not put in place. The housing problem in Kenya for the low income earner is twofold. First, the houses built are too expensive for their affordability and two, the mortgage payment rates are too high for their affordability. The high mortgage rates are negatively affecting both the home buyers and rental property buyers. High mortgage rates cause the land lords to increase the rents so as to offset the high mortgage repayments. This causes the ones who cannot afford the high rents to turn to informal settlements for their housing needs. This research was intended to assist the stakeholders of the housing industry in Kenya to identify ways of increasing housing affordability among low income earners. Various studies have been done focusing on demand factors which influence housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya. This study therefore sought to analyze the effects of supply side institutional roles on housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya. The study therefore pursued the following specific objectives; To analyze the effects of the role of the National Government housing policy on housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya; To assess the effects of the role of the county government housing policy on housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya; To evaluate the effects of the role of the mortgage distribution channels on housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya and to assess the effects of the role of the property developers on housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya. Analytical research design was used in the study. The target population was 300.The sample size was 168.Stratified random sampling method was used. Primary data was used and questionnaires were used to collect the data. The questionnaires were pretested before launching the main study. Drop and pick method was used. The data was processed using various processes which included; validation, sorting, summarization and aggregation. The data collected was analyzed using inferential statistics and descriptive statistics using the IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0.1(March, 2012).The descriptive statistics that were used was the frequencies and mean. The inferential statistics involved the use of Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis. The study established that there exists a significant positive relationship between the independent variables namely; effects of the role of the National Government housing policy, effects of the role of the mortgage distribution channels, effects of the role of the property developers and the dependent variable, housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya. The study established that the effects of the role of the County Governments housing policy was not significant in influencing housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya. The study established that the independent variable with the highest predictive power over housing affordability among the low income earners in Kenya was the effects of the role of the National Government. The study recommends participation of all stakeholders in the formulation, review, repeal and amendment of the existing legal framework governing operations of the housing sector and tax rebates as well as incentives to motivate developers leading to increased investment in low income housing. The results indicated that the activities put in place by the County Governments in the implementation of housing policy do not influence housing affordability among low income earners in Kenya. It is also recommended that the property developers should increase their capacity to deliver housing units in larger quantities as this would enable them enjoy economies of scale. They should use technology that is available locally to drive supply of housing stocks in a sustainable way. They should eliminate the use of deposits as their major source of fund
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
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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