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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
Preface
Full text linkDear Readers,
We are pleased to present the latest issue of the Research Papers in Economics and Finance published by the Poznań University of Economics and Business Press. We have invested a lot of work to ensure that the papers we present to you add significant value to the scientific discussion. We hope that the studies presented together with their results will meet your expectations.
The issue opens with an empirical paper entitled Reforms to the Israeli income tax, written by Beny Tzarfati, on assessing income tax changes in Israel over the last decade. The author shows that the major directions of the reforms include the transfer from a territorial basis for taxation of income derived or accrued in Israel only to a personal basis for taxation of the income of residents of Israel, regardless of the place of producing income, expansion of the tax base and reduction of income tax exemptions. Despite the success of the tax reforms, there are still topics for public discussion such as tax evasion, Israel’s competitiveness and consistent income tax policy. Besides, the Israel tax authority must take into account the impact on the socio-economic system and act reasonably and transparently, so that citizens understand that the tax burden is fair.
The second paper entitled Environmental, Social and Governance Responsibility, financial performance and assets: A study of Exchange Traded Funds was written by Gerasimos G. Rompotis. The author carried out research based on the sample of 168 passive Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), demonstrating that a high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating does not induce investors to invest more capital in ETFs. The author has not confirmed the relationship that the higher the ESG rating of an Exchange Traded Fund, the higher its return should be. According to the author, the performance of Exchange Traded Funds is largely determined by the return of indices. To a lesser extent, the performance of ETFs is negatively affected by the expense ratio.
The third paper entitled Economic openness, institutional quality and per capita income: Evidence from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was written by Innocent Chile Nzeh, Hycenth Oguejiofoalu Richard Ogwuru, David Ogomegbunam Okolie and Jonathan Ibekwe Okolie. The authors address a very important issue of the impact of institutional quality and economic openness on growth in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Based on an ARDL test, the authors demonstrate that in the short term, regulatory quality and outflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) negatively affect the economic performance of ECOWAS countries. In the long run, trade openness, political stability and outflows of Foreign Direct Investment negatively affect the economy of ECOWAS countries, while the quality of regulation affects it positively. The authors believe that ECOWAS countries should introduce an effective regulatory framework in the short and medium term to attract FDI inflows, while in the long term they should build a strong and stable policy environment.
The fourth paper entitled Application of the vector-autoregression VAR mod- el in the analysis of unemployment hysteresis in the context of Okun’s Law was written by Patryk Kołbyko. The author verifies the occurring phenomenon of hys- teresis in the labour market in Poland and the relationship resulting from the macroeconomic Okun’s Law. The study confirmed the usefulness of the trend-adjust- ed VAR model in forecasting the unemployment rate for the Polish economy. The analysis provides important guidance for other researchers conducting studies of economic fluctuations or for policy mix practitioners, to use time series models as much as possible on the methodology of the field of positive economics characteristic of empiricism and economic operationalism, instead of long-run macroeconometric models based on estimation under the assumption of stationary Walrasian equilibrium.
The fifth paper entitled Third time lucky: An analysis of Paris’ bids for the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2024 was written by Julia Jastrząbek. In a very original way, the author has analysed Paris’ three bids to host the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2024. Only the last bid was successful. The author analyses the trajectory of changes in the bids made by Paris to host this global sporting event. The author argues that there are some fixed elements of the bid, such as heritage and sustainability. There is a consistent effort by the Paris authorities to use the Olympic Games as a tool for urban regeneration and sports development.
The final paper entitled Limiting meat consumption in the view of students of the Poznań University of Economics and Business was written by Marceli Hązła and Kamila Michowska. The authors used a questionnaire survey to explore students’ attitudes towards reducing meat consumption, in the context of global trends related to sustainability. The authors identified two main areas of analysis, i.e. the impact of excessive meat production and consumption on human health and on the environment. The survey included 296 respondents. According to the results, more than half of the respondents—predominantly women—limit their meat consumption. The key determinants of limiting meat consumption are environmental concerns and the desire to improve one’s health and well-being. One in three respondents will not change their eating habits regardless of the arguments.
Piotr Lis
Editor-in-Chie
Preface
Full text linkDear Readers,
We are pleased to present the latest issue of the Research Papers in Economics and Finance published by the Poznan University of Economics and Business. We have selected a few scientific papers that we consider important for the academic discussion, inspiring and providing substantial added value.
This issue opens with a great paper written by Hanna Mielniczuk from Brickendon Consulting Poland, entitled Norwegian Organizational Culture. A case study from a Norwegian organization. The author has identified the organisational culture profile of the selected Norwegian organisation culture and checked the compliance of the cultural profile of the organisation under study with the determinants of Norwegian organisational culture. The preferred type of culture in organisation showed the dominance of the clan culture. Employees of the organisation identified with their internal system of values, which increased the effectiveness of their work and social relations. It is worth emphasising that the author\u27s research is based on several important variables: knowledge of the Norwegian language, experiencing Norwegian culture through living in Norway and numerous interpersonal contacts of the author of the paper.
The second paper entitled The influence of effective human resource management on the success of SMEs in Gaziantep and its environment in 2018 has been written by Selim Corekcioglu, Deniz Horuz, Muhammed Paksoy from the Szent Istvan University in Hungary and Gaziantep University in Turkey. The authors examined Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Gaziantep. The survey was conducted on 136 companies, 89 of which stated that there are no organised human resources units and management systems in their enterprises. According to the authors, SMEs which perform human resources management effectively have been economically successful in terms of competitiveness, employee counts, employee performance, market growth and economic development.
The third paper written by Israel Michael Nachzac from Israel is entitled The use of the risk management procedure in Hi-Tech project management. Following the author’s survey based on 21 completed questionnaires received from project managers who managed about 550 projects, there is a gap between the acting managers’ understanding of how to manage the actual project risk during a life cycle of the hi-tech and understanding the importanceof management in controlling the variety of risks. The author concluded that the implemented project risk management does not meet the PMs’ expectations and risk management is still at infancy. According to the author, the managers should pay more attention to inherent risks and those emerging in their projects through their management organisation as part of the overall traditional management, as well as emphasise the awareness of using the risk management procedure by all levels of management.
The fourth paper entitled Analysis of music festival customers in Poland in 2018-2019 has been written by Agata Truszczyńska from the Academy of Music Managers in Warsaw, Poland. In the study, the author uses Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s concept of customer and non-customer analysis in the music festival industry in Poland. The conclusions of the paper are based on a questionnaire survey conducted by the author. Three layers of non-customers have been distinguished. The main issue for non-customers is a very poor catering offer in terms of food for vegans and vegetarians. A number of people feel fear and danger when they are in a crowd. Some non-customers like spending their free time at home instead of spending time at music festivals.
The fifth paper entitled Innovative development of countries in the context of global economic imbalances has been written by M. Shkurat and A. Temerbek from Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University in Ukraine. According to the authors, the level of innovative development of the countries and technological equipment of industries create opportunities to improve the living standards of people and determine the level of economic development of countries. The authors explain that these processes deepen technological and economic gaps between the regions of the world. Furthermore, developed countries have more opportunities for active development of the innovative component in the national economy, but their indicators in innovation and high-tech industries have declined in contrast to developing countries.
Yours faithfully,
dr hab. Piotr Lis, prof. UEP, Editor in Chie
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
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