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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
Master of Science
Get PDFthesisSexologists continue to lack understanding about a fundamental aspect of pedophilia: do men with pedophilia represent a unique group distinguished by their sexual interests, or are they high-scorers on a continuum of sexual interest in children? No existing evidence points conclusively to pedophilia having either a categorical or continuous latent structure, but each possibility has different implications for our understanding of the etiology of the disorder, which populations are appropriate for pedophilia research, and treatment development. This central question about the construct of pedophilia may be aided by taxometrics, the statistical procedures that provide evidence for whether particular disorders are categorical or continuous. The present research utilized three taxometric procedures to analyze the latent structure of pedophilia in a sample of 371 convicted child sex offenders who completed the Multiphasic Sex Inventory (MSI), a self-report measure designed specifically to assess sex offenders. Results across the three procedures converged to indicate that pedophilia (as measured by the MSI) is dimensional. Theoretical and clinical implications of such findings are discussed
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
Doctor of Philosophy
Get PDFdissertationHow to best treat individuals who commit child sex offenses is a perennial concern. Many of these perpetrators are adolescents. In order for mental health professionals to adequately address this group\u27s unique treatment needs, further research is necessary. The present research addressed the assessment of sexual interest (which may play an integral role in potential for sexual reoffending) in a sample of adolescents at high risk for sexual reoffending. The project compared results from an unobtrusive method of assessing sexual interest (a viewing time measure) to both a physiologically-based method (a penile plethysmography [PPG] measure), and an actuarially-based assessment of pedophilic interest. Results provided evidence for some overlap between PPG and viewing time assessments, although other evidence suggested that whether or not PPG data are ipsatized may impact the relationship of the data with other assessment modalities. Of particular relevance for clinical assessment, results also suggested that the actuarially-based assessment may have limited utility with adolescents. There has also been a dramatic increase in treatment programs for adolescents who have committed sex offenses. Despite this increase, treatment dropout rates are often quite high, and more treatment outcome research is needed. To that end, the present study also explored treatment trajectories and outcome, by examining the relationship between pretreatment variables, psychological distress during treatment, and treatment completion, as well as posttreatment outcomes including sexual reoffending. In a second sample of adolescents in residential treatment for sexual offending, there was no evidence that adolescents who failed to complete treatment, or who had sexual or nonsexual behavior problems following treatment, differed from other adolescents in their trajectories of self-reported distress during treatment. Two trends emerged, however: adolescents who first sexually offended at older ages were slightly less likely to have negative treatment outcomes, whereas adolescents with diagnosed anxiety disorders were more likely to have negative treatment outcomes. Additionally, adolescents with previous academic problems or histories of committing nonsexual crimes experienced different trajectories of self-reported distress than other adolescents, although these trajectories were unrelated to posttreatment outcomes. Implications for research and treatment are discussed
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