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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
The idea of global sociology in the international sociological agenda : unity and diversity of interpretations
No full textThis dissertation focuses on the idea of global sociology and the history of the debate on this issue. It is believed that sociology is a discipline, which exists in leading research centers in North America and Europe. Among the names of both sociological classics and contemporary authors, the overwhelming majority of researchers either come from these regions, or at least have a relation to them. Nevertheless, recently the voices of sociologists of the so-called global South have been heard more and more often, calling for their ideas to be accepted into the sociological family. Sociological practices are reproduced not only in the global North, but also in other countries around the world. It gave rise to a debate on the nature of sociological science, the implementation of its practices in local-national contexts.
Discussions on this issue arise at that time when sociologists of the global South claim their right to indigenous sociologies as well as to an alternative non-Western (Eurocentric) history of sociology. The monopoly of the global North on the production of sociological knowledge is considered as an unfair state of affairs. This situation is perceived by them as a sufficient basis for the decolonization of the discipline and for taking into account alternative southern theories. The latter notion is a label that we put on ideas that were born in opposition to the approaches of northern universalism in sociology. Such approaches cannot in any way get rid of the birth trauma – opposition to the North. They initially proceed from the opposite premise, which means that they oppose an already existing sociological order. The big question is whether such theories are capable of offering their own positive agenda without the presence of a northern ideological opponent.
The dissertation offers for consideration issues related to the formation of the sociological canon in the cradle of Western culture and its transformation. Special attention is paid to the global North and South, their emergence as well as the question of how this division affects sociology. In addition, the main ideas in the stated field from different parts of the world are considered, which are traditionally not taught in classical university courses and offer an alternative view of both the history of sociology and methods of sociological theorizing.
The first chapter is devoted to the context of the discussion, which is necessary for understanding what is happening in global sociology today. The second chapter deals with the universalism / particularism opposition and the substantive arguments of the authors. The third chapter is an analysis of the understanding of global sociology as a struggle "for a better world" and aspirations to establish the egalitarian coexistence of national / indigenous sociologies in the world.
It is necessary to present a brief history of the debate on this issue, together with a reconstruction of the intellectual history of the idea of global sociology. In addition, due to the fact that sociologists, while arguing on this issue, use different strategies for understanding the declared idea, there is a need to present a map of ideas, which means to systematize the debates associated with global sociology. These are the main tasks, which have been solved within the framework of the dissertation
Debates on global sociology : 'unity and diversity' of interpretations
No full textThis paper critically looks at the ways in which 'global sociology' has been debated and conceived in the past decades. It provides an historical overview of various proposals and ideas and the institutional contexts within which they are put forward and criticized. Two different periods are distinguished. Until the early twenty-first century, on the one hand, criticism of the 'ethnocentrism of the West' was often supported by ideas and pleas for an 'indigenization' of sociological knowledge. A commitment to the unity of science and to its universalist aspirations remained strong, however. In the course of the twenty-first century, on the other hand, criticism of the 'northern dominance' in sociology has become much stronger. Instead of a 'multicultural' understanding of global sociology, a 'critical' sociology that contributes to 'global justice' is now often advocated. Based on this historical overview, it is suggested that global sociology might contribute to more self-reflexivity within the discipline. It helps us to see how different contexts reverberate into the ways in which sociology itself is imagined in this world and provides an analysis of the debates for a better understanding of the challenges which sociology currently faces
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
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