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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
Transforming learning using Open Educational Resources
No full textThe Centre of Achievement and Performance (CfAP) at the University of Northampton delivers a pre-enrolment module entitled “Study Skills for Academic Success”. In early 2013 the course team embarked upon an intensive 2-day workshop to re-design the course for online delivery (and create OERs). We worked closely with the University’s Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and a team of Learning Technologists to achieve this aim. The course will be piloted in April 2013 and rolled out from September 2013. This poster will disseminate our work more widely and hopefully encourage comment and suggestions from the learning development community which may help us develop our work
Learning Developer to… world domination: how collaborative working accidentally created a SOOC
No full textThis presentation will outline the process of taking a face-to-face, credit bearing module “NUR: 1023 - Study Skills for Academic Success” which has run successfully for over a decade at the University of Northampton, and transforming it through four distinct stages into an entirely online course. The presentation will also evaluate the process of collaboratively re-designing the course and offering it as a SOOC (Small Open Online Course).
The transitional stages are:
1) course delivered online plus approximately twelve hours of face-to-face contact
(pilot stage – April to July 2013);
2) course delivered online with online tutor involvement only
(developmental stage: September to December 2013);
3) course delivered online with minimal or no tutor involvement
(test phase: December 2013 to February 2014);
4) SOOC offered to all students receiving an offer from the University during 2014
(final phase: May to August 2014).
This presentation will discuss the process of working collaboratively; the course team along with Learning Technologists and colleagues from the Institute of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northampton employed the CAIeRO process (Creating Aligned Interactive educational Resource Opportunities) to re-design the module. The impact of the CAIeRO upon the learning process experienced by students will be discussed. The successes and challenges of working in a collaborative team and the subsequent impact upon the development and delivery of the SOOC will be outlined and evaluated alongside the overall impact of the project
Study Skills SOOC (Small Online Open Course)
No full textThis talk centred on the concept of "openness" in education and how the CfAP SOOC is creating opportunities for openness
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