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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
Shadows under the spotlights : A qualitative study on stigmatization, identity formation, and social belongingin football hooliganism
No full textSyftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka vilka faktorer som ökar risken för att en individ engagerar sig i fotbollshuliganism. Vidare syftar studien att undersöka hur stigmatisering från samhället påverkar dessa individers uppfattning om sig själva och deras grupp. Studien bygger på sex kvalitativa intervjuer med tre aktiva och tre före detta aktiva fotbollshuliganer. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi använt Erving Goffmans dramaturgiska perspektiv, med särskilt fokus på begreppen stigmatisering, identitetsskapande och social tillhörighet. Dessa teorier har tillämpats i analysen av det empiriska materialet för att ge en djupare förståelse av deltagarnas upplevelser och perspektiv som framkommit under intervjuerna. Resultatet visar att vägarna in i huligankulturen formas av både individuella faktorer såsom behov av spänning samt sociala omständigheter som känsla av gemenskap. Huligangruppen beskrivs inte enbart som en våldspräglad miljö utan också en plats våra respondenter upplever trygghet och lojalitet. Gemenskapen i gruppen ses inte bara som ett skyddsnät, utan tillskrivs också ett verkligt värde som en källa till mening i deras liv. Samtidigt framträder även en tydlig inre konflikt hos deltagarna mellan hur de ser på sig själva och hur de upplever att samhället betraktar dem. Stigmatiseringen visar spela en central roll i hur individerna hanterar och lever sina dubbla identiteter, en som fotbollshuligan och en som vardaglig samhällsmedborgare. Denna balansgång kräver att fotbollshuliganerna ständigt navigerar mellan olika roller. Studien väljer även att belysa hur stigmatisering fungerar som ett hinder för social inkludering. Trots att deltagarna uttrycker en önskan att integrera sin roll som fotbollshuligan i sitt vardagliga liv, upplever de att deras tidigare eller nuvarande koppling till huliganism ofta leder till exkludering och begränsar deras möjligheter till tillhörighet och ett socialt erkännande i samhället. Detta framstår som ett motsägelsefullt fenomen samtidigt som samhället avvisar huliganer genom stigmatisering. Det i sin tur förlänger det avståndstagandet mot inkludering och stärker individernas lojalitet till den gemenskap fotbollshuligankulturen erbjuder. The aim of this study has been to investigate the factors that increase the risk of an individual engaging in football hooliganism. Furthermore, the study seeks to explore how stigmatization from society affects these individuals' perceptions of themselves and their group. The study is based on six qualitative interviews with three active and three former active football hooligans. The theoretical framework used is Erving Goffman's dramaturgical perspective, with a particular focus on the concepts of stigmatization, identity formation, and social belonging. These theories have been applied in the analysis of the empirical data to provide a deeper understanding of the participants' experiences and perspectives revealed during the interviews. The results show that the paths into hooligan culture are shaped by both individual factors, such as the need for excitement, and social circumstances, such as the sense of community. The hooligan group is described not only as a violent environment but also as a place where our respondents experience safety and loyalty. The sense of community within the group is seen not only as a safety net but also a source of meaning in their lives with real value. At the same time, a clear inner conflict emerges among the participants between how they view themselves and how they perceive society views them. Stigmatization plays a central role in how the individuals manage and live with their dual identities, one as a football hooligan and one as an ordinary citizen. This balancing act requires football hooligans to constantly navigate between different roles. The study also highlights how stigmatization acts as an obstacle to social inclusion. Despite the participants expressing a desire to integrate their role as football hooligans into their daily lives, they feel that their past or present connection to hooliganism often leads to exclusion and limits their opportunities for belonging and social recognition in society. This appears as a contradictory phenomenon, as society rejects hooligans through stigmatization. This, in turn, prolongs the distancing from inclusion and strengthens the individuals' loyalty to the community that football hooligan culture offers.
Shadows under the spotlights : A qualitative study on stigmatization, identity formation, and social belongingin football hooliganism
No full textSyftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka vilka faktorer som ökar risken för att en individ engagerar sig i fotbollshuliganism. Vidare syftar studien att undersöka hur stigmatisering från samhället påverkar dessa individers uppfattning om sig själva och deras grupp. Studien bygger på sex kvalitativa intervjuer med tre aktiva och tre före detta aktiva fotbollshuliganer. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi använt Erving Goffmans dramaturgiska perspektiv, med särskilt fokus på begreppen stigmatisering, identitetsskapande och social tillhörighet. Dessa teorier har tillämpats i analysen av det empiriska materialet för att ge en djupare förståelse av deltagarnas upplevelser och perspektiv som framkommit under intervjuerna. Resultatet visar att vägarna in i huligankulturen formas av både individuella faktorer såsom behov av spänning samt sociala omständigheter som känsla av gemenskap. Huligangruppen beskrivs inte enbart som en våldspräglad miljö utan också en plats våra respondenter upplever trygghet och lojalitet. Gemenskapen i gruppen ses inte bara som ett skyddsnät, utan tillskrivs också ett verkligt värde som en källa till mening i deras liv. Samtidigt framträder även en tydlig inre konflikt hos deltagarna mellan hur de ser på sig själva och hur de upplever att samhället betraktar dem. Stigmatiseringen visar spela en central roll i hur individerna hanterar och lever sina dubbla identiteter, en som fotbollshuligan och en som vardaglig samhällsmedborgare. Denna balansgång kräver att fotbollshuliganerna ständigt navigerar mellan olika roller. Studien väljer även att belysa hur stigmatisering fungerar som ett hinder för social inkludering. Trots att deltagarna uttrycker en önskan att integrera sin roll som fotbollshuligan i sitt vardagliga liv, upplever de att deras tidigare eller nuvarande koppling till huliganism ofta leder till exkludering och begränsar deras möjligheter till tillhörighet och ett socialt erkännande i samhället. Detta framstår som ett motsägelsefullt fenomen samtidigt som samhället avvisar huliganer genom stigmatisering. Det i sin tur förlänger det avståndstagandet mot inkludering och stärker individernas lojalitet till den gemenskap fotbollshuligankulturen erbjuder. The aim of this study has been to investigate the factors that increase the risk of an individual engaging in football hooliganism. Furthermore, the study seeks to explore how stigmatization from society affects these individuals' perceptions of themselves and their group. The study is based on six qualitative interviews with three active and three former active football hooligans. The theoretical framework used is Erving Goffman's dramaturgical perspective, with a particular focus on the concepts of stigmatization, identity formation, and social belonging. These theories have been applied in the analysis of the empirical data to provide a deeper understanding of the participants' experiences and perspectives revealed during the interviews. The results show that the paths into hooligan culture are shaped by both individual factors, such as the need for excitement, and social circumstances, such as the sense of community. The hooligan group is described not only as a violent environment but also as a place where our respondents experience safety and loyalty. The sense of community within the group is seen not only as a safety net but also a source of meaning in their lives with real value. At the same time, a clear inner conflict emerges among the participants between how they view themselves and how they perceive society views them. Stigmatization plays a central role in how the individuals manage and live with their dual identities, one as a football hooligan and one as an ordinary citizen. This balancing act requires football hooligans to constantly navigate between different roles. The study also highlights how stigmatization acts as an obstacle to social inclusion. Despite the participants expressing a desire to integrate their role as football hooligans into their daily lives, they feel that their past or present connection to hooliganism often leads to exclusion and limits their opportunities for belonging and social recognition in society. This appears as a contradictory phenomenon, as society rejects hooligans through stigmatization. This, in turn, prolongs the distancing from inclusion and strengthens the individuals' loyalty to the community that football hooligan culture offers.
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
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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