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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
Coloniality, the Bane of Peace and Development in Africa
No full textThe struggle against colonialism and the attainment of independence in Africa raised hopes that Africa would industrialise and develop alongside other parts of the global community. This has however not come to pass as most parts of the Global North are in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era while Africa remains mired in violent conflict, poverty, ethnicity, dictatorship and corruption that are retarding peace, security and development despite the fall of formal empire. This paper examines the dilemma of peace and security in Africa. Many conflict theorists and peace builders in the South advance neo-colonialism, neo-liberalism and globalisation as sources of conflict and factors blocking peace on the African continent. The paper, apply a qualitative study employing decolonial analysis and drawing data from relevant documents argues that the continuation of colonial patterns of domination in the realms of power, knowledge and being in spite of the end of juridical – political domination is the raison d’etre for the seemingly unending conflicts that have engulfed the African continent to the detriment of peace and development. The paper reveals how coloniality has produced a ‘postcolonial’ leadership that has continued to practice politics in a violent, repressive, corrupt and unaccountable manner informed by colonial logic that breeds inimical practices such as racism, tribalism, regionalism and patriarchy. Finally, the paper advocates for decoloniality for peace and development to be achieved in Africa
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
Coloniality, the Bane of Peace and Development in Africa
Get PDFThe struggle against colonialism and the attainment of independence in Africa raised hopes that Africa would industrialise and develop a long side other parts of the global community. This has however not come to pass as most parts of the Global North are in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era while Africa remains mired in violent conflict, poverty, ethnicity, dictatorship and corruption that are retarding peace, security and development despite the fall of for malempire. This paper examines the dilemma of peace and security in Africa. Many conflict theorists and peace builders in the South advance neo-colonialism, neo-liberalism and globalization as sources of conflict and factors blocking peace on the African continent. The paper, apply a qualitative study employing decolonial analysis and drawing data from relevant documents argues that the continuation of colonial patterns of domination in the realms of power, knowledge and being in spite of the end of juridical – political domination is the raison d’etre for the seemingly unending conflicts that have engulfed the African continent to the detriment of peace and development. The paper reveals how coloniality has produced a ‘postcolonial’ leadership that has continued to practice politics in a violent, repressive, corrupt and unaccountable manner informed by colonial logic that breeds inimical practices such as racism, tribalism, regionalism and patriarchy. Finally, the paper advocates for decoloniality for peace and development to be achieved in Africa
A comparative study of the nexus between modes of liberation and regime survival: the case of Zambia and Zimbabwe
No full textRegime change politics has dominated political discourse in Southern Africa in the neoliberal era. It has mainly been characterized by regime change agendas hatched and championed by neo-liberal forces and domestic actors seeking to replace southern African revolutionary nationalist governments with pro-western democratic governments. This paper is a theoretical analysis of the politics of regime change in post-colonial Zambia and Zimbabwe. The paper explores the downfall of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) regime in Zambia and the persistence of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) regime in Zimbabwe. While acknowledging that a multiplicity of factors influenced regime change politics in both Zambia and Zimbabwe, the study argues that the demise of the UNIP regime and the survival of the ZANU PF regime are rooted in their revolutionary pasts. The former was a pure political movement that achieved independence through political struggle while the latter was a politico- military movement that obtained independence through armed struggle. This diference in identity and mode of attaining independence shaped and influenced the manner in which the movements responded to regime change agendas
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 analysis of the challenges to national healing and reconciliation and prospects for development in the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s 2008 political violence
No full textZimbabwe is currently run by a power sharing government created by the Global Political Agreement (GPA) to resolve political conflict that resulted in devastating violence in 2008. This study offers a theoretical analysis of the challenges to national healing, reconciliation and development in Zimbabwe, post June 2008. The study argues that the challenges to national healing and reconciliation are embedded in the struggles for political hegemony. It posits that national healing and reconciliation are processes that have a direct impact on the political ascendency and fortunes of the main rival political parties, the MDC and ZANU-PF. The study also discloses that national healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe are bleak because the ZANU-PF regime on whose watch violence occurred still controls the levers of political power making national healing and reconciliation difficult. The study stands on Gramsci’s theory of hegemony to analyse the challenges to reconciliation and healing in Zimbabwe. The theory aptly explains the struggles for power and legitimacy which are key elements in reconciliation any reconciliation process
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