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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
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
Non-violent resistance as a political strategy in Zimbabwe : a case study of the Movement for Democratic Change
Get PDFAbstracts in English, Zulu and XhosaThis study explores the dimensions of human security and developmental challenges in Zimbabwe using the concept of nonviolent resistance as an analytical framework for understanding post-colonial violence in this country. It examines the use of nonviolent resistance as a political strategy by the Movement for Democratic Change in the democratisation process in Zimbabwe, after its formation in 1999. Factors that promote violence in Zimbabwe’s polity are identified and recommendations for moving Zimbabwe towards violence-free politics are made. It is argued that the practice and discourse of non-violent resistance is neither new nor unique to Zimbabwe. The thesis briefly traces the culture of violence and nonviolent resistance in Zimbabwe since 1980, and the non-violent strategies employed up to 1999. It examines post-independent political and peace-building processes as missed opportunities in ending the culture of violence in Zimbabwe. This is a qualitative research study, which draws data from document analysis, interviews and focus group discussions. The central thesis is that violence has been a major affront to human security, thereby affecting development. Nonviolence, as a political strategy, has achieved considerable success in the democratisation process. It has helped to amplify the Zimbabwean struggle for democracy on the international scene. The study deploys the nonviolence theory to unmask political violence and democratisation processes. It leans towards the pursuit of nonviolent resistance as the panacea to human security and development, and as an approach to conflict resolution and peace building. This can help Zimbabwe to achieve its human development goals. The thesis recommends that governments and political parties must strive to achieve peace, human security and development.Lolu cwaningo lubheka ubukhulu bokuphepha kwabantu kanye nezinselelo zentuthuko eZimbabwe kusetshenziswa umqondo wokumelana nodlame njengohlaka lokuhlaziya ukuqonda udlame lwangemva kobukoloni kuleli zwe. Luhlola ukusetshenziswa kokumelana okungenabudlova njengesu lezombusazwe yiQembu Loshintsho Lwentando Yeningi (Movement for Democratic Change) ohlelweni lwentando yeningi eZimbabwe, ngemva kokubunjwa kwayo ngo-1999. Izici ezikhuthaza udlame eZimbabwe ziyavezwa njalo iziphakamiso zokuthi iZimbabwe iqhubekele kwezombusazwe ezingenadlame. Kuthiwa umkhuba kanye nenkulumo yokuphikisa abantu abangenalo udlame akuyona into entsha futhi akuyona into engavamile eZimbabwe. Umbhalo weziqu ulandelela kafushane isiko lodlame nokungalwi eZimbabwe kusukela ngo-1980, kanye namasu angenalo udlame asetshenziswa kwaze kwaba ngu-1999. Luhlola izinqubo zangemva kwenkululeko nokuthula kwezombusazwe njengamathuba alahlekile ekuqedeni isiko lodlame eZimbabwe. Lolu wucwaningo lwendlela yokuchaza, oludonsa imininingwane ekuhlaziyweni kwemibhalo, ezingxoxweni nasezingxoxweni zamaqembu okugxilwe kuwo. Umbhalo weziqu oyinhloko wukuthi udlame beluwukuhlukumeza kakhulu ukuphepha kwabantu, ngaleyo ndlela kuphazamise intuthuko. Ukungabi nodlame, njengesu lezombusazwe, kuzuze impumelelo enkulu enqubeni yentando yeningi. Kusize ukukhulisa umzabalazo weZimbabwe wentando yeningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ucwaningo lusebenzisa umbono wokungabi nodlame ukuze kudalulwe udlame lwezombusazwe nezinqubo zokubusa zentando yeningi. Luncike ekuphishekeleni ukumelana okungenadlame njengesixazululo sokuphepha nentuthuko yabantu, futhi njengendlela yokuxazulula izingxabano nokwakha ukuthula. Lokhu kungasiza iZimbabwe ukuthi ifeze izinjongo zayo zokuthuthukisa abantu. Umbhalo weziqu uphakamisa ukuthi ohulumeni namaqembu ezombusazwe kumele balwele ukuzuza ukuthula, ukuphepha kwabantu kanye nentuthuko.Olu phando luhlalutya imilinganiselo yokhuseleko loluntu kunye nemingeni yophuhliso eZimbabwe kusetyenziswa ingcamango yoqhankqalazo olungenabundlobongela njengesikhokelo sokuhlalutya ukuqonda ubundlobongela obusemva kwexesha lobukoloniyali kweli lizwe. Luphonononga ukusetyenziswa koqhankqalazo olungenabundlobongela njengesicwangciso sezopolitiko seNtshukumo yoTshintsho lweDemokhrasi (Movement for Democratic Change) kwinkqubo yedemokhrasi eZimbabwe, emva kokusekwa kwayo ngo1999. Izinto ezikhuthaza ubundlobongela kwezopolitiko eZimbabwe ziyachongwa kuze kwenziwe iingcebiso zokusa iZimbabwe kwipolitiki engenabundlobongela. Kukho ingxoxo yokuba inkqubo nentetho yoqhankqalazo olungenabundlobongela ayikho ntsha kwaye ayikhethekanga eZimbabwe. Le thisisi ilandelela ngokufutshane inkcubeko yobundlobongela kunye noqhankqalazo olungenabundlobongela eZimbabwe ukususela ngo1980, kunye neendlela ezingenabundlobongela ezazisetyenziswa ukuya kuthi ga ngo1999. Iphonononga iinkqubo zokwakha uxolo kwezopolitiko emva kokuzimela, njengamathuba aphosiweyo ekupheliseni inkcubeko yobundlobongela eZimbabwe. Olu luphandontyilazwi, lunedatha evela kuhlalutyo lwamaxwebhu, udliwanondlebe kunye neengxoxo zeqela ekugxilwe kulo. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba ubundlobongela buye babasisithuko esikhulu kukhuseleko loluntu, ngaloo ndlela buchaphazela uphuhliso. Ukungabikho kobundlobongela, njengesicwangciso sezopolitiko, kuphumelele kakhulu kwinkqubo yedemokhrasi. Kuye kwanceda ekukhuliseni umzabalazo waseZimbabwe wedemokhrasi kumazwe ngamazwe. Olu phandu luhambisa ithiyori yokungabikho kobundlobongela ukubhenca ubundlobongela bezopolitiko kunye neenkqubo zedemokhrasi. Lungqiyama ekulandeleni uqhankqalazo olungenabundlobongela njengesisombululo kukhuseleko loluntu kunye nophuhliso, nendlela yokusombulula ungquzulwano kunye nokwakha uxolo. Oku kunganceda iZimbabwe ifezekise iinjongo zayo zophuhliso loluntu. Le thisisi icebisa ukuba oorhulumente kunye namaqela ezopolitiko kufuneka bazabalazele ukufezekisa uxolo, ukhuseleko loluntu kunye nophuhliso.D. Phil. (Development Studies)Development Studie
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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