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Digital monitoring, algorithmic management and the platformisation of work in the EU
Full text linkThis policy brief describes the main results from the AIM-WORK survey regarding digital monitoring, algorithmic management and the platformisation of work across Member States.JRC.B.6 - Industrial strategy, skills and technology transfe
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
Job quality and the platformisation of regular work: A cross-country analysis of digital monitoring and algorithmic management in the EU
No full textDigitalisation and the increasing use of digital platforms for the coordination of work processes in an algorithmic way can have deep implications for the world of work. While digital monitoring and algorithmic management have been a paradigmatic feature of work in the gig economy, they are increasingly permeating the regular economy across sectors and occupations, a phenomenon that can be termed the 'platformisation' of regular work. Besides potential efficiency gains, these new data-driven managerial and control structures can have implications for workers' well-being. The AIM-WORK survey, conducted by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in 2024-2025 in all EU Member States, is currently the most comprehensive representative survey on the issue. This paper uses this novel evidence to examine the implications of the platformisation of work for job quality across EU countries. Our findings show that some forms of platformisation are associated with reduced worker autonomy and work intensification. In contrast to intellectual jobs, platformised workers performing manual routine tasks are more commonly routinised and monitored. These negative associations are almost exclusively concentrated in Central-Eastern Member States, with Western EU countries generally showing neutral job quality outcomes. We argue that this stark contrast suggests that labour market institutions are key in preventing detrimental effects of platformisation of regular work on European labour markets.JRC.B.6 - Industrial strategy, skills and technology transfe
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
Surveying the Twin Transition at the workplace: From concepts to measures
Full text linkThe Twin Transition is a cornerstone of EU policy, driving structural changes in European labour markets. However, a critical gap exists between policy and empirical evidence due to the lack of measurement instruments. This study addresses this gap by developing and testing the Twin Transition Survey, designed to measure synergies between digitalisation and sustainability at the workplace. Our results, based on experts' review, cognitive testing and a pilot survey, yield clear insights. First, the aim of capturing synergies should not be conflated with operational measurement. Workers are likely to perceive the green and digital transitions as two distinct phenomena because of their differential tangible impacts. Therefore, survey instruments should treat them as operationally separate to reduce cognitive burden and improve response validity. Second, some indicators used in the literature, e.g., those targeting company-level practices or perceived environmental impacts, can increase nonresponse rates and are prone to acquiescence bias, especially among frontline workers, potentially leading to overestimation. Data reliability is higher when based on factual, individual-level indicators grounded in workers’ direct experience with their daily tasks. These should be complemented with more generalizable measures of “soft greening”, whose reliability can be checked by segmenting responses by supervisory role. Finally, the study presents the questionnaire of the survey as a validated tool to measure the impact of the Twin Transition at the workplace.JRC.B.6 - Industrial strategy, skills and technology transfe
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