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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
An Examination of Traditional Notarization Steps into Digital Notarization: Benefits in Tanzania
Get PDFConventionally, notarization suggested a traditional method that requires the signer to appear physically before the notary public, which is the practice in Tanzania. However, the rapid move of science and technology introduced a new way of performing notarization, that is, digital notarization and electronic notarization. This article aims to examine how traditional notarization steps in Tanzania can be accommodated in digital notarization. Methodology employed in this study is doctrinal, where various statutes and legal materials are examined in relation to traditional, electronic and digital notarization. It has been found out that the traditional notarization process or steps that are registration of notaries, appearance, verification of identity, verbal ceremony, signing process and recording of notarial act performed can also be covered in digital notarization. Digital notarization not only accommodates those steps but also provides extra advantages like saving time and cost, it is accessible and convenient, it ensures security, and used as prima facie evidence and expands legal services. This study recommends that Tanzania adopt digital notarization by amending its laws to add virtual appearance as an alternative to physical appearance. It also needs to incorporate clear rules of identification, recognition of electronic signature, recording and storing notarial acts, and registering notaries public for digital notarizatio
Analysis of Tanzania’s Legal Framework for Digital Notarisation: A Comparative Study with Nigeria.
No full textThe growing digitisation of legal services necessitates the modernisation of some traditional services like notarisation, with the aim of facilitating these services. Tanzania legal framework still relies on traditional notarisation where notaries and signers are required to meet physically for identification and signing process. However, the advent of science and technology has facilitated all these processes through digital notarisation. Hence, this study aimed at analysing Tanzania’s legal framework for digital notarisation comparing it with Nigeria’s regulatory approach. Whereby, specific objectives of this study are to analyse Tanzania and Nigeria legal and institutional framework which covers notarisation process and analyse legal impediments which draw back digital notarisation process in Tanzania focussing on Nigeria as a comparative case study. Objectives of this study suggested the use of doctrinal and comparative study in order to analyse the laws of Tanzania and Nigeria. These methodologies assisted at pointing out areas which need improvements in Tanzania to accommodate digital notarisation. This study finds out that Tanzania hinders digital notarisation by requiring signers to appear physically before the notary public, also it has been found out that digital notarisation cannot be done without clear rules and regulations. It also finds out that digital notarisation established in Nigeria has accommodated all essential pre-requisites for performing traditional notarisation and make it more compelling, safe and secure to adopt digital notarisation in Tanzania.Therefore, this study provides legal recommendations on amending the law to cover for the requirement of registering capable notaries to perform digital notarisation, to incorporate provisions which define authorities of Registrar of the High Court on digital notarisation, to specify requirements of the platform intended for digital notarisation, legal recognition and admissibility of digitally notarised documents, define standards for digital identification and clear potential misinterpretation of electronic notarisation process and to establish a handbook for performing notarisation process in Tanzani
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
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