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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
Adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation targets by South African companies
Get PDFM (Environmental Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusSustainable development is defined as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland, 1987). In 2015 a suite of seventeen international Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed and agreed upon by 193 countries to form The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (Pedersen, 2018) and included 169 implementation targets and 231 indicators. The SDGs were born on the back of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which spanned a period of fifteen years from 2000 until 2015 in which global leaders came together to shape a broad vision of fighting poverty in its many dimensions (United Nations, 2015).
The aim of this research was based on the perceived problem facing the successful adoption of the SDGs (in particular the implementation targets) by South African companies which lay in the strategic integration, alignment and effective reporting (PwC, 2019). Private sector companies are increasingly becoming a key player in the global achievement of the SDGs (Pedersen, 2018) and whom could capitalise on an estimated $12 trillion per annum market that is linked to the SDGs (Scott & McGill, 2018). Therefore, this dissertation set out to answer the following research question: “To what degree are South African companies adopting the SDG implementation targets, and what are some of the drivers and/or barriers they face?”
To answer this research question, an in-depth literature review was conducted on the SDG implementation targets, their varying degrees of adoption and the role they play in achieving the SDGs within the private sector. This was followed by identifying and outlining the research methodology which considered, by way of documents analysis, the degree to which South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Top 40 listed companies are reporting their adoption of the SDG implementation targets; and to understand through a qualitative survey, the drivers and/or barriers that these organizations face with regards to adopting and reporting on the SDG implementation targets.
The results revealed a similar trend of adoption outcomes to that of PwC (2019) in that an impressive 80% of the JSE Top 40 companies mentioned the SDG goals in their Annual Reports; however a dramatic decline in the degree of SDG adoption was discovered thereafter with only 10% of the companies mentioning the SDG implementation targets; and a further 2.5% mentioning the SDG indicators in their annual reporting. Furthermore, the quality of the SDG implementation target adoption was evaluated with 7.5% of the companies mentioning the
implementation targets with no ambition, and the remaining 2.5% with quantitative reporting against ambitions.
The top three drivers (opportunities) facing these companies with regards to SDG adoption were meeting investor and/or stakeholder expectations (50%), environmental and social risk mitigation (40%), and achieving resilience and long-term success (40%); whilst the top three barriers (challenges) were that the companies were financially focused, in other words the cost of investing in environmental and social sustainability (such as the SDGs) was a key barrier (60%), lack of leadership understanding of the SDGs (40%), and a mis-aligned of the company’s corporate strategy with regards to the SDGs (30%).
In light of the above, it can be concluded that the degree (and quality) of SDG implementation target adoption, by South African companies, namely in this case the JSE Top 40, is minimal, and leaves significant room for improvement over the next ten years.
From the literature review, it is evident that many SDG adoption tools, frameworks and guidelines exist with which to support private sector companies in adopting, achieving and reporting on the SDGs, therefore in order for South African companies to significantly contribute to achieving the SDGs, it is paramount that they do more than just mention the SDGs in their annual reporting, and instead integrate the SDGs into their corporate strategy, include specific SDG implementation targets and indicators into their performance scorecards, implement the required actions and report against the SDG implementation targets and indicators (GRI, UN Global Compact and the WBCSD, 2015). Further research could be done to understand why South African companies are struggling to achieve the above components of SDG adoption and thereby contributing towards achieving the SDGs.
Whilst global progress in achieving the SDGs was already lagging prior to COVID-19, the global pandemic over the course of 2020 has unfortunately halted much of the progress to date, even calling for a post COVID-19 review of the SDGs in their current form (Nature, 2020), however on a positive note, there is still time to achieve the SDGs as humanity is poised on what the United Nations (2020) describes as the start of a ‘Decade of Action’, and while this research primarily focused on the degree of SDG implementation target adoption, the majority of the JSE Top 40 companies have adopted other sustainability frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in which they include and report on numerous targets and indicators under the auspices of environmental and social governance.Master
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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