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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
Political marketing : an Irish investigation
Get PDFThe following document provides an investigation on political marketing. To\ud
facilitate this, a number o f areas in the parent domain o f marketing are first looked to,\ud
as they build the foundations for understanding the origins and evolution o f political\ud
marketing.\ud
In this particular study there is a concentration on the Irish political domain and while\ud
the secondary desk research incorporated a global experience o f the marketing\ud
typology the primary research is specific to Ireland.\ud
Marketing has received criticism for its validity in the political domain but it was\ud
clear in the study its strategic potential is continually being recognised. The internet\ud
was a major focus in the research as it was deemed to be pivotal in the marketplace by\ud
the researcher.\ud
The primary research took the form o f in depth interviews with key personnel o f the\ud
Irish political parties chosen for the study, namely the Green Party, Fianna Fail and\ud
Fine Gael. These interviews were recorded and analysed for the purpose o f the\ud
research. A number o f issues were highlighted through the interviews. While\ud
countries like America are moving toward a world o f political marketing consultants\ud
Irelands political scene is still predominantly made up o f volunteers and activists and\ud
many o f the parties are reliant on the expertise o f its members. While all parties made\ud
claim to having a marketing philosophy and mindset in place, others such as the\ud
Fianna Fail respondent were dismissive o f voters being involved at every level, which\ud
he believed a complete marketing philosophy to entail. The internet featured more in\ud
parties such as the Greens while Fine Gael were experimenting with what the internet\ud
had to offer, but Fianna Fail were critical o f the opportunities in this technology.\ud
The second part o f the primary research involved looking to the consumer side of\ud
politics. Within this a questionnaire was administered among three samples o f voters;\ud
one questionnaire was self administered on O Connell street Sligo, another was\ud
administered via email to an average internet user group and the third sample\ud
involved in the research were respondents to a link to the questionnaire which was\ud
placed on an Irish politics site. The three samples were strategically selected so there\ud
would be a holistic collection o f voter’s perceptions. Interestingly while not many\ud
respondents agreed they had already used the internet to contact a pojitician many\ud
agreed they would consider it in the future. While the secondary research had\ud
identified online news channels as the main source o f political information for internet\ud
3\ud
users, the research specific to Ireland highlighted that Irish users first choice were\ud
party political sites, then You Tube and finally news channels. As manipulation o f the\ud
media and how candidates are portrayed via this external media was a key feature in\ud
the marketplace, an opportunity was identified for Irish political party’s to reach their\ud
target market directly via their websites. As a result o f this the author composed the\ud
political marketing sphere (adopted from the political marketing triangle Kotler 1994)\ud
which illustrates the main marketing uses in Irish politics. The internet can be seen at\ud
the middle o f the diagram as an interactive, inter connective medium that creates an\ud
opportunity for Irish politics
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
Political marketing : an Irish investigation
Get PDFThe following document provides an investigation on political marketing. To
facilitate this, a number o f areas in the parent domain o f marketing are first looked to,
as they build the foundations for understanding the origins and evolution o f political
marketing.
In this particular study there is a concentration on the Irish political domain and while
the secondary desk research incorporated a global experience o f the marketing
typology the primary research is specific to Ireland.
Marketing has received criticism for its validity in the political domain but it was
clear in the study its strategic potential is continually being recognised. The internet
was a major focus in the research as it was deemed to be pivotal in the marketplace by
the researcher.
The primary research took the form o f in depth interviews with key personnel o f the
Irish political parties chosen for the study, namely the Green Party, Fianna Fail and
Fine Gael. These interviews were recorded and analysed for the purpose o f the
research. A number o f issues were highlighted through the interviews. While
countries like America are moving toward a world o f political marketing consultants
Irelands political scene is still predominantly made up o f volunteers and activists and
many o f the parties are reliant on the expertise o f its members. While all parties made
claim to having a marketing philosophy and mindset in place, others such as the
Fianna Fail respondent were dismissive o f voters being involved at every level, which
he believed a complete marketing philosophy to entail. The internet featured more in
parties such as the Greens while Fine Gael were experimenting with what the internet
had to offer, but Fianna Fail were critical o f the opportunities in this technology.
The second part o f the primary research involved looking to the consumer side of
politics. Within this a questionnaire was administered among three samples o f voters;
one questionnaire was self administered on O Connell street Sligo, another was
administered via email to an average internet user group and the third sample
involved in the research were respondents to a link to the questionnaire which was
placed on an Irish politics site. The three samples were strategically selected so there
would be a holistic collection o f voter’s perceptions. Interestingly while not many
respondents agreed they had already used the internet to contact a pojitician many
agreed they would consider it in the future. While the secondary research had
identified online news channels as the main source o f political information for internet
3
users, the research specific to Ireland highlighted that Irish users first choice were
party political sites, then You Tube and finally news channels. As manipulation o f the
media and how candidates are portrayed via this external media was a key feature in
the marketplace, an opportunity was identified for Irish political party’s to reach their
target market directly via their websites. As a result o f this the author composed the
political marketing sphere (adopted from the political marketing triangle Kotler 1994)
which illustrates the main marketing uses in Irish politics. The internet can be seen at
the middle o f the diagram as an interactive, inter connective medium that creates an
opportunity for Irish politics
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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