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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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
La relation entre les éléments intangibles de l’institution, de la culture et de la structure organisationnelle et le comportement décisionnel des décideurs stratégiques (hauts fonctionnaires) des organisations publiques : recherche qualitative.
No full textLes administrations publiques sont confrontées aux enjeux complexes. De multiples transformations organisationnelles sont entreprises afin de trouver un équilibre entre l’intérêt public et les capacités organisationnelles. Cependant, de nombreuses recherches démontrent que le changement dans le secteur public est souvent incrémental, nonobstant l’envergure des efforts déployés. La thèse propose une nouvelle explication à ce paradoxe. Le cadre théorique s’appuie sur l’évolution des théories décisionnelles, culturelles, structurelles, institutionnelles, ainsi que sur les apprentissages empiriques. Il suggère que le comportement décisionnel dans une organisation est influencé par un construit social. Quelle est la nature exacte de ce construit : vient-il de la culture, de la structure ou de l’institution ? Afin de répondre à cette question, la thèse propose un nouveau concept intégrateur de la force de nivellement systémique. Le volet empirique a permis de tester l’application du concept sur les décisions stratégiques, non routinières, prises dans un contexte de transformation par des décideurs de la haute fonction publique (sous-ministres et sous-ministres adjoints ou associés). L’analyse du discours sous l’angle du nouveau concept a permis de saisir la nature, les mécanismes et les effets de l’action de la force de nivellement systémique. La recherche conclut que la force de nivellement systémique se crée avec le temps afin d’assurer la pérennité du système d’organisations. Elle est composée d’éléments identitaires et des mécanismes par lesquels elle influence le comportement décisionnel. Par ces mécanismes du développement de la conscience systémique, de la routinisation et de l’anticipation des sanctions dans un environnement de pressions, la force fournit les critères décisionnels et contraint le décideur à recourir aux patterns. Conséquemment, le non-recours aux patterns systémiques génère l’action du « nivellement ». Les décisions se prennent ainsi sous l’influence de la force de nivellement systémique, teintée de la couleur paradigmatique dominante dans ce système d’organisations. Ces décisions sont le produit de la rationalité analytique propre à ce système, sont collectives et patternisées (elles ne sont ni aléatoires, ni individuelles, ni sans précédent). L’application du concept de la force de nivellement systémique démontre qu’une approche intégratrice est possible et même souhaitable dans l’étude des phénomènes sociaux complexes. En ce qui concerne les difficultés méthodologiques mentionnées par la littérature, le choix d’une méthodologie qualitative apporte une profondeur à l’analyse. L’avenir des travaux dans cette lignée touche l’identification des moyens permettant aux organisations d’échapper à l’incrémentalisme décisionnel. Ces recherches contribueraient à mieux outiller les gestionnaires stratégiques à faire face à la force de nivellement systémique et à améliorer ainsi la gestion des organisations publiques.Public administrations face complex challenges. Multiple organizational transformations are undertaken to find a balance between public interest and organizational capacities. However, numerous researches show that change in the public sector is often incremental notwithstanding the effort. The dissertation offers a new explanation to this paradox. The theoretical framework is built on decisional, cultural, structural, institutional theories evolution and empirical learnings. It suggests that decision-making behavior in an organization is influenced by a social construct. What could be the exact nature of this construct: does it come from culture, structure, or institution? To answer the question, the dissertation proposes a new integrative concept of the systemic leveling force. The empirical part discussesthe results brought by the application of the concept on strategic, non-routine decisions taken in the context of transformation by senior decision-makers (Deputy Ministers and Assistant or Associate Deputy Ministers). Analysis of discourse from the angle of the new concept has made it possible to understand nature, the mechanisms, and the effects of the action of the systemic leveling force. The research concludes that the systemic leveling force is created over time to ensure the sustainability of the system of organizations. It is made up of identity elements and the mechanisms by which it influences decision-making behavior. By mechanisms of the development of systemic consciousness, of the routinization and the anticipation of sanctions in an environment of pressures, the force provides the decision criteria and constraint the decision-maker to use the patterns. Consequently, the non-use of systemic patterns generates the action of "leveling". Decisions are thus taken under the influence of the systemic leveling force, tinged with the dominant paradigmatic color in this system of organizations. They are the product of the analytical rationality proper to this system, are collective and patterned (they are neither arbitrary, individual, nor unprecedented). The application of the concept of the systemic leveling force demonstrates that an integrative approach is possible and even necessary in the study of complex social phenomena. Regarding the methodological difficulties mentioned in the literature, the choice of a qualitative methodology brings depth to the analysis. The future work in this line could focus on the identification of the means enabling organizations to escape decisional incrementalism. These researches could help senior decision-makers to better deal with the effects of the systemic leveling force and further improve the management of public organizations
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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