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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
Las encrucijadas del trabajo : una aproximación al escenario laboral de una tienda por departamento
No full textEl artículo busca comprender el escenario laboral de una tienda por departamento de Santiago de Chile, a través de la perspectiva de los propios trabajadores. Bajo el enfoque de la sociología del individuo, se describe el espacio de trabajo a través de un conjunto de "encrucijadas" con las que los trabajadores deben lidiar cotidianamente. Se utilizó una metodología de carácter cualitativo que consistió en el estudio de caso de una tienda particular, a partir de entrevistas y de observación participante. Los resultados consisten en siete encrucijadas relacionadas con el ingreso a la tienda; la organización del trabajo; la presentación del trabajador en la tienda, la ambivalencia en la relación con los compañeros; la pluralidad de relaciones con los clientes; la paradojal relación con la jerarquía y la gestión del tiempo. La lectura del escenario laboral generada permite vincular tanto las condiciones objetivas como la dimensión subjetiva del trabajo en la tienda.The article seeks to understand the workplace of a department store in Santiago de Chile, through the perspective of the workers. Under the sociology of the individual approach, the workplace is described through a set of "crossroads" that salespeople deal with on a daily basis at work. A qualitative methodology was used that consisted of a case study of a store, based on interviews and participant observation. The results consist of seven crossroads related to the entrance to the store; the organization of work; the presentation of the worker in the store, the ambivalence in the relationship with the partners; the plurality of relationships with clients; the paradoxical relationship with hierarchy and the time management. The interpretation of the workplace created by the seven crossroads allows relating the objective conditions with the subjective dimension of the work in the department store
Las encrucijadas del trabajo : una aproximación al escenario laboral de una tienda por departamento
Get PDFEl artículo busca comprender el escenario laboral de una tienda por departamento de Santiago de Chile, a través de la perspectiva de los propios trabajadores. Bajo el enfoque de la sociología del individuo, se describe el espacio de trabajo a través de un conjunto de "encrucijadas" con las que los trabajadores deben lidiar cotidianamente. Se utilizó una metodología de carácter cualitativo que consistió en el estudio de caso de una tienda particular, a partir de entrevistas y de observación participante. Los resultados consisten en siete encrucijadas relacionadas con el ingreso a la tienda; la organización del trabajo; la presentación del trabajador en la tienda, la ambivalencia en la relación con los compañeros; la pluralidad de relaciones con los clientes; la paradojal relación con la jerarquía y la gestión del tiempo. La lectura del escenario laboral generada permite vincular tanto las condiciones objetivas como la dimensión subjetiva del trabajo en la tienda.The article seeks to understand the workplace of a department store in Santiago de Chile, through the perspective of the workers. Under the sociology of the individual approach, the workplace is described through a set of "crossroads" that salespeople deal with on a daily basis at work. A qualitative methodology was used that consisted of a case study of a store, based on interviews and participant observation. The results consist of seven crossroads related to the entrance to the store; the organization of work; the presentation of the worker in the store, the ambivalence in the relationship with the partners; the plurality of relationships with clients; the paradoxical relationship with hierarchy and the time management. The interpretation of the workplace created by the seven crossroads allows relating the objective conditions with the subjective dimension of the work in the department store
Trabajo, capacidad de actuar y recorridos biográficos: la vía de un pragmatismo crítico. Entrevista a Bénédicte Zimmermann
No full textAbstract: With what sociological tools can we analyze the currently prevailing notion of freedom in public labor and employment policies as well as in management theories? How can we restore the place of collective responsibility at work when flexibility exalts individual responsibility? And how can we investigate these problems while remaining attentive to the way in which the people involved provide meaning to their work? These are some of the questions addressed by sociologist Bénédicte Zimmermann through an approach that places work as the object of a general sociology and makes people’s capacity to act the central focus of her research. In this interview, the sociologist takes up the conceptual framework of this approach, which offers an innovative approach to researching the contemporary world of work.Resumo: Com que ferramentas sociológicas pode ser analisado o princípio da liberdade que está em voga tanto nas políticas públicas de trabalho e emprego quanto nas teorias de gestão? Como restaurar o lugar da responsabilidade coletiva no trabalho quando a flexibilidade exalta a responsabilidade individual? E como investigar esses problemas sem perder de vista como as pessoas envolvidas dão sentido ao seu trabalho? Essas são algumas das questões que a socióloga Bénédicte Zimmermann levanta por meio de uma abordagem que estabelece o trabalho como objeto de uma sociologia geral e que faz da capacidade de agir das pessoas o eixo central de sua pesquisa. Nesta entrevista, a socióloga retoma o marco conceitual dessa abordagem, que oferece uma forma inovadora de investigar o mundo do trabalho contemporâneo.Resumen: ¿Con qué herramientas sociológicas se puede analizar el principio de la libertad en boga, tanto en las políticas públicas del trabajo y del empleo como en las teorías del management? ¿Cómo restituir el lugar de la responsabilidad colectiva en el trabajo cuando la flexibilidad exalta la responsabilidad individual? Y, ¿cómo investigar estos problemas sin perder de vista la forma en que las personas implicadas le dan sentido a su trabajo? He ahí algunas de las preguntas que la socióloga Bénédicte Zimmermann aborda a través de un enfoque que erige el trabajo como objeto de una sociología general y que hace de la capacidad de actuar de las personas el eje central de su investigación. En esta entrevista, la socióloga retoma el marco conceptual de este enfoque, que ofrece una forma innovadora de investigar el mundo del trabajo contemporáneo
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
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