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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
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
The Performance of Bankruptcy Prediction Models
Full text linkV delu diplomskega projekta obravnavamo področje modelov napovedovanja propada podjetja in njihovo uspešnost. Razvoj modelov, ki so zmožni razpoznati podjetja, pri katerih obstaja tveganje propada, je ključnega pomena za različne deležnike podjetij in za družbo nasploh. Skozi razvoj modelov strojnega učenja so znanstveniki in raziskovalci strmeli k razvijanju vedno novih in izboljšanih modelov ter k nadgradnji obstoječih.
Modeli napovedovanja propada podjetja so v današnjem okolju uporabno in nepogrešljivo orodje za računovodje, finančnike in managerje, ki si prizadevajo za hitro in učinkovito sprejemanje odločitev o upravljanju in vodenju podjetij. Pravočasna in ustrezna napoved propada podjetja lahko namreč prepreči, da bi se podjetje znašlo v hudi finančni stiski, iz katere ne bi našlo izhoda z možnostjo nadaljnjega obstoja. V delu se še posebej osredotočamo na uspešnost Altmanovega modela. Na podlagi izvedene
analize ugotavljamo, da bi z Altmanovim modelom bilo mogoče pravočasno in ustrezno napovedati propad treh izbranih slovenskih podjetij, zato model ocenjujemo kot uspešen.In the diploma project we discuss the field of bankruptcy prediction models and their success. The development of models that are able to identify companies at risk of going bankrupt is crucial for various company stakeholders, and for the society in general. Through the development of machine learning models, scientists and researchers strived to develop new and ever improved models, and to upgrade the existing ones. In today\u27s environment, bankruptcy prediction models are a useful and indispensable tool for accountants, financiers, and managers who strive to make quick and effective decisions about corporate governance. A timely and appropriate prediction of the company\u27s bankruptcy can prevent the company from finding itself in severe financial distress, from which it would not find a way out with the possibility of continued existence. The paper focuses, in particular, on the performance of Altman`s model. Based on the performed analysis, we conclude that using Altman\u27s model it would be possible to appropriately predict the bankruptcy of three selected Slovenian companies in time. Therefore, we rate the model as successful
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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Job Satisfaction of Certified Auditors: the Situation in Slovenia
Full text linkV magistrskem delu obravnavamo področje zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela. Osredotočamo se na tematiko zunanjega revidiranja, opravljanja dela pooblaščenih revizorjev v Sloveniji, zadovoljstva pri opravljanju dela in zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela. Na koncu izvedemo tudi raziskavo stopnje zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela v Sloveniji.
Obstaja veliko načinov, s katerimi lahko revizijske družbe zagotovijo, da so pooblaščeni revizorji zadovoljni pri opravljanju dela. Zadovoljnejši pooblaščeni revizorji bodo pogosteje ostali pri svojem delodajalcu, kar je v času povečane stopnje fluktuacije pooblaščenih revizorjev bistvenega pomena. Merjenje zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela je tako zaželeno in hkrati pomembno za revizijske družbe. Pomembnejši dejavniki, ki vplivajo na stopnjo zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela, so poklicna starost, odločevalna raven in spol pooblaščenih revizorjev ter velikost revizijske družbe, v kateri so pooblaščeni revizorji zaposleni. Ker za Slovenijo še ni bilo opravljeno merjenje zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela, je problem raziskave proučitev, kako zadovoljni so pooblaščeni revizorji, vpisani v register pri ANR, na svojem delovnem mestu. Z raziskavo tako dopolnjujemo obstoječe znanje o poklicnih pričakovanjih pooblaščenih revizorjev v Sloveniji.
V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 41 pooblaščenih revizorjev in revizork, kar predstavlja 23,6 % delež vseh pooblaščenih revizorjev v Sloveniji. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je 34 pooblaščenih revizorjev in revizork (83 %) zadovoljnih, 1 pooblaščeni revizor oz. revizorka (2 %) je nezadovoljen, 6 pooblaščenih revizorjev in revizork (15 %) pa ni niti zadovoljnih niti nezadovoljnih pri opravljanju dela. V splošnem kažejo rezultati raziskave na nadpovprečno visoko (75 %) stopnjo zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev. Glede zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev s posameznimi vidiki dela je bilo ugotovljeno, da je najnižje izmed vseh petih vidikov zadovoljstvo s sedanjim delom (64 %), sledita zadovoljstvo z neposredno vodjo in s plačilom (72 %). Zadovoljstvo z možnostmi za napredovanje je 77 %, najvišje pa je zadovoljstvo s sodelavci, kar 86 %. Rezultati testa normalnosti porazdelitve obravnavane odvisne spremenljivke stopnja zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela v Sloveniji so pokazali, da je test statistično značilen, kar pomeni, da se porazdelitev odvisne spremenljivke v statistični množici razlikuje od normalne porazdelitve oz., da odvisna spremenljivka ni normalno porazdeljena. Iz rezultatov testov za merjenje statistično značilnih razlik med povprečnimi vrednostmi poročanih stopenj zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev glede na izbrane dejavnike zadovoljstva, pa ugotavljamo, da se povprečne stopnje zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela v Sloveniji glede na poklicno starost, odločevalno raven in spol pooblaščenih revizorjev ter velikost revizijske družbe, v kateri so pooblaščeni revizorji zaposleni, statistično značilno ne razlikujejo. Na podlagi rezultatov raziskave je torej mogoče sklepati, da izbrani dejavniki zadovoljstva ne vplivajo statistično pomembno na povprečno stopnjo zadovoljstva pooblaščenih revizorjev pri opravljanju dela v Sloveniji.In this master`s thesis we discuss the field of job satisfaction of certified auditors. We focus on the subject of external auditing, the performance of the work of certified auditors in Slovenia, overall job satisfaction and job satisfaction of certified auditors. In the end, we also conducted a survey on the level of job satisfaction of certified auditors in Slovenia.
There are many ways in which audit firms can ensure that certified auditors are satisfied with their work. The more certified auditors are satisfied, the more likely they are to stay with their employer, which is essential at a time of increased turnover rate of certified auditors. Measuring the job satisfaction of certified auditors is thus both desirable and important for audit firms. Some of the significant factors affecting the level of job satisfaction of certified auditors are the professional age, the decision-making level and the gender of certified auditors as well as the size of the audit firm in which they are employed. Since no measurement of certified auditors` job satisfaction has been carried out for Slovenia, the problem we face in the survey is examining how satisfied the certified auditors registered with the ANR are at their workplace. With this survey we therefore add to the existing knowledge about the professional expectations of certified auditors in Slovenia.
The survey included 41 certified auditors, which represents 23.6 % of all certified auditors in Slovenia. The results show that 34 certified auditors (83 %) are satisfied, 1 certified auditor (2 %) is dissatisfied and 6 certified auditors (15 %) are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with their work. In general, the results of the survey indicate an above-average (75 %) level of certified auditors` job satisfaction. Regarding the satisfaction of certified auditors with individual aspects of their work, we found out that the lowest of all five aspects is satisfaction with present work (64 %), followed by satisfaction with direct manager and with remuneration (72 %). Satisfaction with opportunities for promotion is 77 %, and satisfaction with colleagues is the highest at 86 %. The results of the test of normality of the distribution of the dependent variable level of job satisfaction of certified auditors in Slovenia showed that the test is statistically significant, which means that the distribution of the dependent variable in the statistical population differs from the normal distribution. In other words, the dependent variable is not normally distributed. From the results of the tests for measuring statistically significant differences between the average values of the reported satisfaction levels of certified auditors according to the selected satisfaction factors, we conclude that the average levels of job satisfaction of certified auditors in Slovenia do not differ statistically significant according to the professional age, the decision-making level and the gender of certified auditors as well as the size of the audit firm in which they are employed. Based on the results of the survey, we can therefore conclude that the selected satisfaction factors do not have a statistically significant effect on the average level of job satisfaction of certified auditors in Slovenia
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