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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
Facteurs d'influence de la fatigue de compassion chez les intervenants psycho-socio-judiciaires du Réseau des Centres d'aide aux victimes d'actes criminels : portrait québécois
Get PDFRÉSUMÉ : Alors que 500 000 Canadiens s'absentent du travail toutes les semaines pour des raisons de nature psychologique (Commission de la santé mentale du Canada, 2016), cette recherche a pour principal objectif de documenter les facteurs d'influence de la fatigue de compassion (FC) chez les intervenants du Réseau québécois des CAVAC. Ceci est fait dans le but de diriger les organisations vers des interventions adaptées pour diminuer le risque d'apparition de symptômes propres à cette problématique, qui est considérée comme étant « un état de dysfonctionnement et d'épuisement biologique, psychologique et social résultant de l'exposition prolongée au stress de compassion » (Figley, 1998). La première hypothèse de recherche vise à valider que des relations interpersonnelles positives avec les collègues au sein du milieu professionnel représentent un facteur de protection quant à la FC. Pour la deuxième, elle affirme que des relations interpersonnelles de qualité avec les supérieurs hiérarchiques ont le même effet. La troisième met l'emphase sur l'influence négative d'une charge de travail au sein du milieu professionnel tandis que la quatrième veut décrire la latitude décisionnelle au sein du milieu comme étant un facteur de protection. Des questionnaires électroniques ont été envoyés par les chercheuses aux organisations des CAVAC du Québec, par l'entremise d'un web sécurisé hébergé par l'UQAR. Les données ont été transférées et analysées sur le programme Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) afin d'effectuer des corrélations de Pearson ainsi que des analyses de régression de type pas à pas. La première hypothèse a été confirmée, puisqu'il existe un lien positif et significatif entre les relations avec les collègues et la FC. La deuxième hypothèse a cependant été infirmée alors qu'aucun lien significatif n'a pu être conclu entre les relations avec les supérieurs hiérarchiques et le niveau de FC. La troisième hypothèse a pu être confirmée alors qu'il est démontré que la demande de travail a un lien significatif positif sur la FC, tandis qu'il y a infirmation de la dernière hypothèse, puisque l'existence d'une relation entre la latitude décisionnelle et cette même problématique n'a pas pu être démontrée. Il est donc possible d'arriver à la conclusion que des relations de qualité avec les collègues protégeront le travailleur quant à la FC, tandis qu'une demande de travail inadaptée le mettra à risque. -- Mot(s) clé(s) en français : prévention, traumatisme vicariant, usure de compassion, fatigue de compassion, santé psychologique, intervenants psycho-socio-judiciaires, intervenants, CAVAC, Centre d'aide aux victimes d'actes criminels, victimologie. --
ABSTRACT : While 500,000 Canadians are absent from work every week for psychological reasons (Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2016), the main objective of this research is to document the influencing factors of compassion fatigue (CF) among workers in the Quebec CAVAC network. This is done with the aim of directing organizations towards adapted interventions to decrease the risk of the appearance of symptoms specific to this problem, which is " a state of exhaustion and dysfunction biologically, psychologically, and socially as a result of prolonged exposure to compassion stress and all it involves" (Figley, 1995). The first research hypothesis seeks to validate that positive interpersonal relationships with co-workers in the workplace are a protective factor against CF. The second hypothesis asserts that quality interpersonal relationships with supervisors have the same effect. The third emphasizes the negative influence of workload in the workplace, while the fourth describes decision latitude in the workplace as a protective factor. Electronic questionnaires were sent by the researchers to the CAVAC organizations in Quebec via a secure web site hosted by UQAR. The data were transferred and analyzed on the Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) program to perform Pearson correlations and stepwise regression analyses. The first hypothesis was confirmed, as there was a positive and significant relationship between relationships with colleagues and CF. The second hypothesis, however, was invalidated as no significant relationship could be concluded between relationships with supervisors and the level of CF. The third hypothesis was confirmed when it was demonstrated that work demand had a positive significant relationship with CF, while the last hypothesis was invalidated, since the existence of a relationship between decision latitude and this same problem could not be demonstrated. It is therefore possible to conclude that quality relationships with colleagues will protect the worker from CF, whereas an inappropriate work demand will put him at risk. -- Mot(s) clé(s) en anglais : prevention, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, psychological health, psycho-socio-legal workers, workers, CAVAC, Crime Victims Assistance Centre, victimology
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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