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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Giving Birth to AESOP
Full text linkAESOP would like to express sincere gratitude to Professor Klaus R. Kunzmann for generously sharing this personal reflection with the AESOP community. By entrusting us with this valuable testimony, he has helped preserve the intellectual and historical legacy of AESOP’s foundation. His vision and commitment continue to inspire generations of planners and scholars across Europe.“Giving Birth to AESOP” is a personal retrospective written in 2017 by Professor Klaus R. Kunzmann, one of the founding members of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). The text recounts the foundational meeting held in February 1987 at Schloss Cappenberg, where the idea of creating a European network of planning schools took shape. It highlights the key individuals involved, the symbolic choice of location, and the rationale behind the name “AESOP.” The author reflects on the initial ambitions of the group—such as promoting planning as an academic discipline, fostering transnational exchange, and strengthening the identity of planning education in Europe—and provides a critical commentary on the evolution of planning and its institutional status up to 2017. This document offers both historical insight and a personal vision of planning as a discipline rooted in storytelling, critical thinking, and social responsibility
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Stereotype change following exposure to counter‐stereotypical media heroes
No full textWhat happens when our stereotypes of “good guys” and “bad guys” are disturbed by being exposed to pictures that contradict these stereotypes? In the following study, it was shown that presenting dark‐haired, dark‐eyed male actors as heroes led to more positive evaluations of this stereotype category. Dr. Klaus R. Scherer is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology of the University of Pennsylvania
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