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Introduction: the interplay among inequalities, wellbeing and space
No full textInequalities have been a long-standing issue and a terrain of theoretical and
empirical discussions and debates in many disciplines (e.g. economics, social
sciences, political sciences, geography and even philosophy), each proposing
alternative perspectives, notions and interpretations. Yet, inequalities are still too often conceptualised with predefined and
bounded spatial imaginaries, which often hinder their interrelated, interdependent
and multiscalar nature (Brenner and Schmid, 2015; Lang et al.,
2015). What is more and more clear, however, is that a multiscalar, multidimensional,
multitemporal and multidisciplinary perspective is especially relevant. to understand the genesis and impacts of the newly emerging spatial inequalities
on the wellbeing of individual and places. This edited book tackles this challenge by enabling the convergence into
a single volume of different disciplinary perspectives, ranging from regional
economics to urban studies, from economic and urban geography to planning.
The book moves from the idea that this multidisciplinary perspective, at first
sight, may look quite consolidated and agreed among scholars: several recent
books in fact try to contribute to developing a thoroughly integrated approach
to define, explore and even deal with the challenges related to spatial inequalities
and wellbeing. Nevertheless, our premise is the perception that there is an
urgent need, now more than ever, of opening and collecting a critical discussion
between seminal contributions that too often remain embedded and siloed
in their study fields (McCall, 2017; Segal, 2022)
Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing A Multidisciplinary Approach Multidisciplinary Movements in Research
No full textSpatial Inequalities and Wellbeing represents a timely and seminal contribution to the literature tackling one of the most crucial concerns of modern times: the rise of inequalities and its far-reaching implications for individual wellbeing. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, the book highlights the different types and sources of inequalities and identifies opportunities for policy action to tackle various inequalities at once
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
Cities as catalysts of wage inequalities from digitalisation
Full text linkThis paper studies the redistributive consequences of digitalisation, highlighting urbanisation economies as catalysts of wage inequalities. Digitalisation generates productivity and reinstatement effects, whose balance can vary across occupations and settlement type, increasing wage inequalities among occupational groups within regions. Occupation-specific ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions using cross-sectional data on Italian cities (NUTS3 regions) in the period 2012-2019 show low-skilled workers facing displacement and negative productivity effects, particularly in non-urban contexts. High-skilled workers in urban environments enjoy increased labour demand and wages. Consequently, urban areas experience sharper wage inequalities as digital technologies spread, concentrating wealth and amplifying disparities among occupational groups
Uneven Growth Opportunities from Digital Service Economy and Industry 4.0 across European Regions
No full textDispelling 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
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