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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
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
THE SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENT OF SUPPORT EXCHANGED BETWEEN GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AND CHILDREN
No full textFamilies are the primary source of care for children, a safety net for young adults, and the preferred source of care for older adults. In a context of increased longevity, family complexity, and economic inequality, transfers of resources within families have likely changed. This dissertation examines how grandparents, parents, and children exchange support in a context of family complexity and socioeconomic inequality. It relies on data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) and on qualitative data collected through interviews with older adults in upstate New York. Chapter one examines whether and how coresidence with grandparents is associated with child-related investments. I find that living with grandparents represents an adaptive strategy that helps low-income or single parents invest more money in their children’s education, hobbies and activities, and to save on the costs of child care. Chapter two examines the supportive roles of adult step-children in the lives of older step-parents across social classes. Through this qualitative inquiry, I find that adult step-children represent important sources of actual and perceived support and that step-parents of different social classes engage in different strategies to establish and maintain supportive ties with step-kin. Specifically, the scarcity of lower-SES step-parents’ resources and the instability of their (and their children’s) social environments seem to promote a specific type of supportive tie – contingent ties, that allow lower-SES step-parents to conserve their resources and develop reciprocal and supportive relationships with some but not all of their step-children. Chapter three examines the effects of unconditional cash transfers on child-related consumption across social classes. It relies on the case of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend in order to determine whether and how lower and higher-SES parents invest “free money” in children differently. Findings from this study suggest that the average Alaskan household increases its levels of child-related consumption more than non-Alaskan households on the month in which they receive the Dividend payout. They also suggest that parents across socioeconomic classes make similar investment decisions when receiving unconditional cash-transfers in terms of the amount that they dedicate to children, but that higher-SES parents may be more likely to invest this additional financial resources in ways that promote cognitive and non-cognitive development of children. Collectively, this dissertation provides evidence that family structures, relationships, and socioeconomic context shape micro-level decisions regarding support exchanges shape, which may have important implications for the well-being of family members across the life course
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
THE GENDERED LANDSCAPE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND GENDER DISPARITIES
No full text171 pagesThrough three chapters of this dissertation, I explore gender differences in self- employment patterns from a sociological perspective, emphasizing their role in the context of gender inequality in the labor market. These studies aim to enhance our understanding of gender disparities in the labor market and how women and men leverage self-employment differently to address work-family conflicts, particularly against the backdrop of increasing job precarity and the limited institutional support. Each of the three papers raises the following research questions: 1) What are the different typologies of self-employment, and how are they associated with one’s socioeconomic background and gender? 2) How do a partner’s longer work hours shape one’s decision to transition to self-employment? 3) Upon parenthood, how do mothers incorporate self-employment into their careers, and how do different labor market contexts of gender disparities and self-employment rates (United States versus South Korea) moderate these patterns? Combined, these projects broaden our under- standing of an underexplored job option when faced with work-family conflicts, and how this option operates differently for women and men.2026-09-0
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