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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
Von Deutschland nach Istanbul und doch mit beiden verbunden: Integrationserfahrungen und Migrationsmotive von Deutschländern
Get PDFThis dissertation is concerned with persons who grew up in Germany with Turkish parents, but later migrated to Istanbul. The study, based on interviews analysed using qualitative content analysis, investigates their integration experiences in Germany before the migration and in Turkey afterwards, as well as the motives behind their decision to migrate. For each of these aspects, the structural, social, cultural and identificational dimensions are examined, plus experiences of discrimination. While displaying a high degree of integration into German mainstream society in the other dimensions, the interviewees were often unable to achieve a positive social identity due to the stigmatization of their Turkish parts. In Istanbul, on the other hand, they are able to live out both the German and Turkish aspects of their culture and identity. The intervieweesa tendency towards individualization, biculturality and agency forms the basis of their motivation to move to Turkey. This migration is not an indication of failed integration in Germany, but rather it is the result of a very high degree of integration that led to expectations that Germany was unable to fulfill
Ausstiegsarbeit gegen Extremismus in NRW: eine vergleichende Analyse; Was können staatliche und zivilgesellschaftliche Ausstiegsprogramme gegen Islamismus, Rechtsextremismus und Linksextremismus voneinander lernen?
Get PDFAusstiegsprogramme unterscheiden sich je nach Trägerschaft oder Phänomenbereich in den Ansätzen, mit denen sie an ihre Arbeit herangehen. Das vorliegende BICC Working Paper entwickelt einen Analyserahmen zum Vergleich der unterschiedlichen Programme, der sowohl auf einer umfangreichen Literaturauswertung als auch auf Interviews mit Praktikerinnen und Praktikern basiert. Er berücksichtigt dabei die angewandte Methodik, die jeweilige Risikoeinschätzung sowie die Dimensionen, Erfolgskriterien und Ziele der Arbeit. Die Studie wendet den Analyserahmen auf alle sieben Ausstiegsprogramme (drei staatliche und vier zivilgesellschaftliche) in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) an, über die das bevölkerungsreichste Bundesland verfügt. Drei Programme beschäftigen sich mit dem Islamismus, drei mit dem Rechtsextremismus und eines mit Linksextremismus sowie auslandsbezogenem Extremismus. Das Paper untersucht die wichtigsten Unterschiede in der Herangehensweise einerseits zwischen staatlichen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Programmen sowie andererseits zwischen solchen gegen Islamismus und gegen Rechtsextremismus. Daraus entwickelt es Empfehlungen, an welchen Stellen die Programme von den Erfahrungen der anderen lernen können
From Germany to Istanbul while still connected with both: Integration experiences and migration motives
No full textThis dissertation is concerned with persons who grew up in Germany with Turkish parents, but later migrated to Istanbul. The study, based on interviews analysed using qualitative content analysis, investigates their integration experiences in Germany before the migration and in Turkey afterwards, as well as the motives behind their decision to migrate. For each of these aspects, the structural, social, cultural and identificational dimensions are examined, plus experiences of discrimination. While displaying a high degree of integration into German mainstream society in the other dimensions, the interviewees were often unable to achieve a positive social identity due to the stigmatization of their Turkish parts. In Istanbul, on the other hand, they are able to live out both the German and Turkish aspects of their culture and identity. The intervieweesa tendency towards individualization, biculturality and agency forms the basis of their motivation to move to Turkey. This migration is not an indication of failed integration in Germany, but rather it is the result of a very high degree of integration that led to expectations that Germany was unable to fulfill
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
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