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Composite Indices of Development and Poverty: An Application to MDGs
No full textThe measurement of development or poverty as multidimensional phenomena is very difficult because there are several theoretical, methodological and empirical problems involved. The literature of composite indicators offers a wide variety of aggregation methods, all with their pros and cons. In this paper, we propose a new, alternative composite index denoted as MPI (Mazziotta-Pareto Index) which, starting from a linear aggregation, introduces penalties for the countries or geographical areas with 'unbalanced' values of the indicators. As an example of application of the MPI, we consider a set of indicators in order to measure the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and we present a comparison between HDI (Human Development Index) methodology, HPI (Human Poverty Index) methodology and MPI
Correction to: Well-Being and Territory: Methods and Strategies (Social Indicators Research, (2021), 10.1007/s11205-021-02645-3)
No full textUnfortunately, the following articles were by mistake included in other issues but are part of the Special Issue on Well-Being and Territory: Methods and Strategies “Tomaselli, V., Giuffrida, G., Gozzo, S. et al. Building Decision-making indicators Through Network Analysis of Big Data. Soc Indic Res 151, 33–49 (2020). https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s11205- 020- 02363-2 “Crocetta, C., Antonucci, L., Cataldo, R. eta al. Higher-Order PLS-PM Approach for Different Types of Constructs. Soc Indic Res 154, 725–754 (2021). https:// doi. org/ artic le/ 10. 1007/ s11205- 020- 02563-w “Greco, F., Polli, A. Security Perception and People Well-being. Soc Indic Res 153, 741–758 (2021). https:// doi. org/ artic le/ 10. 1007/ s11205- 020- 02341-8 “Riniolo, V., Ortensi, L.E. Young Generations’ Activism in Italy: Comparing Political Engagement and Participation of Native Youths and Youths from a Migrant Background. Soc Indic Res 153, 923–955 (2021). https:// doi. org/ artic le/ 10. 1007/ s11205- 020- 02487-5 An article note was included in the original version of the Editorial article stating the above information. The original article has been corrected
Composite indices for multidimensional development and poverty: an Application to MDG Indicators
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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
A model-independent analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope gamma-ray data from the Milky Way dwarf galaxies and halo to constrain dark matter scenarios
No full textAppropriate 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
Un'indicatore di sviluppo umano delle regioni dell'Unione Europea
No full textThe aim of this work is to define and measure a multidimensional phenomenon as the
development in Europe. The results of the application show that an efficient approach is
both selecting few non-compensatory indicators in order to represent the phenomenon and
choosing a simple aggregation function that does not permit a compensation among the
values of the indicators
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