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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
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
Understanding the influence of culture and religion on youth's attitudes and knowledge of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East
No full textThe main focus of this paper is to understand the effect of culture and religion on educating youth, which could increase the knowledge and change their attitudes and beliefs about HIV & other lethal Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), in the Middle Eastern countries. Although, the Middle East has the lowest infection rates in the world and is likely then, the lowest affected region the HIV/AIDS burden is fast increasing in the Middle East. This research project identifies how unlike other areas of world, the number of people newly infected by HIV and AIDS related death has increased rapidly since 2000. Therefore, this paper argues that it is significant for Middle Eastern countries to halt the prevalence of the HIV/AIDS and force the epidemic into decline thorough educating individuals about the epidemic. The literature suggests that culture and religion have a remarkable influence on communicating and implementing STI educational programs about sexually transmitted diseases. Still there are some effective educational methods, which could be adopted by Islamic culture and implemented in the schools for increasing the youth's knowledge about HIV/AIDS and its prevention
Factors at work: why constructing knowledge didn't occur in a CMC environment for community college co-op students
Get PDFThis thesis examines the use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for a community college co-operative education seminar. Transcripts of the computer conferences were analyzed by quantitative and qualitative methods. Interviews with participants were also qualitatively analyzed. The lack of participation did not allow for the opportunity for the construction of knowledge; this is explained using the idea of a Hierarchy of Computer Conferencing needs; community college students may be at a disadvantage because their needs for Technological Access, Knowledge and Comfort are not often met. It is suggested that this provides a useful theory on which to base training for, and orientation to, on-line courses. More research needs to be conducted on the affects of English as a second language, low SES and culture on the successes and failures of CMC. Finally, studies which examine the use of CMC with university co-op students would also be beneficial
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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