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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
Factors associated with communication performance in JKR
No full textThe purpose of this study is to identify methods of communication that is being practiced currently in JKR at design stage. This paper will also outline the current problems faced by JKR regarding project communication during it course of project implementation at design stage. Location of the study is in Specialist Sector in JKR Headquarters. The methodology use for this study is survey by giving questionnaires to 75 respondents at the design office by email and by hand. The respondents are selected among the professional and management group. Data gathered from questionnaires was analysed using descriptive statistic method and results are calculated on mean, ranking, percentage, and standard deviation. The findings from the study showed that not all methods listed in the questionnaire were used in the Specialist Sectors. Mainly, the feedback showed that the problems were due to people compared to process and technology. The quality level of project information is moderate. In conclusion, to have a high communication performance, the organization must used a proper methods, break the barriers in order to have effective communication, and continuous improvement on the quality of project information. These are the factors that associated with effective project communication. As a proposal, a 4P’s conceptual model is introduced for effective project communication in Specialist Sector, JKR
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
Customer's evaluation and satisfaction towards TH Hotel Kota Kinabalu / Fazilah Musa
Get PDFCustomer evaluations mean that how the customer perceives service delivery to describe their satisfaction. That customer satisfaction is a function of service performance relative to the customer evaluation. For this reason, it is important to understand how customer evaluation is formed in order to identify the factors of customer's satisfaction towards TH Hotel Kota Kinabalu. As different customers have different expectations, based on their knowledge of a product or service Reisig & Chandek (2001 ). This can be implied that a customer may estimate what the service performance will be or may think what the performance ought to be. If the service performance meets or exceeds customers'
expectation, the customers will be satisfied. Previous research explored customer satisfaction regarding the service quality of all areas in the hotel so that the hotel can assess the customer perception. The results of this quantitative assessment of service quality might provide some
insights into how customers rate the service quality and assessed customers' satisfactions
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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