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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
Факторы, обусловливающие использование каналов продажи финансовых услуг в свете теории выбора медиа
No full textCelem publikacji jest próba wyjaśnienia uwarunkowań wykorzystywania określonych kanałów dystrybucji usług w kontekście teorii mediów. Podstawą prowadzonej analizy jest zestawienie teorii selekcji mediów z wynikami badań autora nad zachowaniami konsumentów na rynku usług finansowych. Badania wskazują, że teorie wykorzystania mediów w komunikacji znajdują potwierdzenie w zachowaniach klientów banków. Zasobność kanału komunikacji nie zawsze jest kluczowa w wyborach konsumentów. Poza nią istotne znaczenie mają cele korzystania z usług, postrzegane koszty oraz dostępność pożądanych usług w danym kanale. Artykuł ma charakter badawczy.An aim of the article is an attempt to explain determinants of the use of definite channels of services distribution in the context of the media theory. The grounds for the carried out analysis is confrontation of the theory of media selection with the author’s research findings in the market for financial services. The research
shows that the theories of use of media in communication are confirmed in banks’ clients’ behaviours. Abundance of the communication channel not always is key in consumers’ choices. Besides it of the substantial importance are purposes of the use
of services, the perceived costs and availability of the desired services in a given channel. The article is of the research nature.Цель публикации – попытка выяснить обусловленности использования определенных каналов распределения услуг в контексте теории медиа. Основа проводимого анализа – сопоставление теории выбора медиа с результатами
изучения автором поведения потребителей на рынке финансовых услуг. Изучение показывает, что теории использования медиа в коммуникации находят
подтверждение в поведении клиентов банков. Объем канала коммуникации не всегда самый важный в выборах потребителей. Кроме него существенное значение имеют цели пользования услугами, воспринимаемые издержки и до-
ступность желательных услуг в данном канале. Статья имеет исследовательский характер
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
Pakietyzacja usług z perspektywy konsumenta
Full text linkThe service bundling is one of the main strategies in telecommunications sector. In fact, bundling provides an opportunity for growth by introducing new products while minimizing the churn rate of a previous product. The article describes what services consumers buy in a package and what prompts them to buy. Paper also presents the results of research on the expansion of packages. Factors which have influence on consumer’s (purchaser’s service package) loyalty are also indicated in the article.Pakietyzacja usług jest jedną z głównych strategii sektora telekomunikacyjnego. W rzeczywistości sprzedaż wiązana daje okazję do rozwoju poprzez wprowadzenie nowych produktów, przy jednoczesnej minimalizacji wskaźnika utraty klientów wcześniej oferowanych produktów. Artykuł opisuje, jakie usługi konsumenci najczęściej kupują w pakiecie i co skłania ich do zakupu. Przedstawia również wyniki badań na temat możliwej ekspansji pakietów na nowe usługi. Tekst wskazuje również czynniki, które mają wpływ na lojalność konsumentów (nabywcy pakietu usług)
Communication channel and distribution channel-disappearance of differences and their consequences
No full textW ostatnim czasie rola kanałów dystrybucji oraz ich kształt podlega dynamicznym zmianom. Z jednej strony technologie informacyjne oraz rozwój firm logistycznych powodują wzrost możliwości realizacji i znaczenia sprzedaży bezpośredniej. Z drugiej strony charakterystycznym trendem jest wielokanałowość sprzedaży i w konsekwencji zmiany zachodzące w procesach zakupowych konsumentów. Wpływ na te przemiany mają także
nowe kanały komunikacji, które wprost pozwalają przenieść konsumenta z sytuacji poszukiwania informacji do procesu zakupu. W efekcie zanika stopniowo rola tradycyjnych pośredników rynkowych, których funkcje przejmowane są w szczególności przez kanały komunikacji, co w dłuższym czasie będzie powodowało dalsze konsekwencje.Recently, the role of distribution channels and its design has changed. On one hand, information technologies and logistics development cause an increase of direct sales importance. On the other hand, a distinctive trend is the multi-channel sales and,
consequently, changes in consumer buying process. The effects of these changes are also new channels of communication that expressly allow the consumer to move from a situation
of searching for information to purchase process. As a result, disappearing gradually role of traditional market intermediaries whose functions are taken over in particular by communication channels, which in the long term will cause further consequences
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