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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
Bridging Heaven and Earth: an investigation in the metaphysics of Martin Luther’s theory of music, in continuous dialogue with Florensky
Full text linkIn this paper I set out to explore some aspects of Luther’s thought concerning music, as well as to unpack their theological and philosophical implications. To this effect, apart from reading Luther’s work itself, I will establish a dialogue between him and the orthodox theologian Pavel Florensky.Questo testo si propone di esplorare alcuni aspetti della teoria della musica di Martin Lutero e di svilupparne le implicazioni teologiche e filosofiche. A questo fine, oltre che approciare il lavoro di Lutero stesso pongo in dialogo Lutero con il teologo ortodosso Pavel Florensky
The Wisdom of Dionysus:Metaphysics in the early and late Nietzsche, with particular respect to The Birth of Tragedy
Full text linkA study on the relationship between Nietzsche's stance on and usage of the word Metaphysics. In particular, the essay shows Nietzsche's appreciation of the concept of Metaphysics in his early writings, and how, notwithstanding the change of attitude concerning the word itself, this appreciation lasts well into his late production
The Wisdom of Dionysus:Metaphysics in the early and late Nietzsche, with particular respect to The Birth of Tragedy
Full text linkA study on the relationship between Nietzsche's stance on and usage of the word Metaphysics. In particular, the essay shows Nietzsche's appreciation of the concept of Metaphysics in his early writings, and how, notwithstanding the change of attitude concerning the word itself, this appreciation lasts well into his late production
The Way, the Truth, the Life:St. Bonaventure's Christ Our One Teacher as a faith-based theory of knowledge
No full textThis paper is an exploration of St Bonaventure's sermon Christ Our One Teacher with reference to the contemporary epistemological debate. In particular, I approach this text in the light of Lydia Schumacher's recent work on what she calls faith-based theories of knowledge. These theories, differ from the mainstream epistemic paradigm in that they are grounded in a framework according to which faith and knowledge do not stand opposed; rather, in such theories faith functions as a prerequisite to knowledge. My thesis, is that Bonaventure's positions as expressed in Christ Our One Teacher are an instantiation of such a paradigm. Accordingly, I shall outline the general aspects of the claims which Bonaventure advances in this sermon. Then, I shall move onto a presentation of Schumacher's definition of a faith-based theory of knowledge. Finally, I will analyze and interpret the specific steps of Bonaventure's argument in the light of Schumacher's ideas
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
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