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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
Parenting experiences of formerly abducted young mothers in post-conflict Northern Uganda
Get PDFParenting is a universal responsibility worldwide and the basis for better future generations. In other words, the future is in parents' hands; the way the next generation is going to be largely depends on how parents experience parenting. The phenomenon of child soldiers remains prominent in more than 86 different countries. Northern Uganda has seen the brutal involvement of child soldiers during the decades-long civil war between the rebellious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). It was estimated that 30% to 40% of child soldiers in Uganda were girls and most of them were compelled into forced marriages with LRA commanders. In the last decade, with the conflict on the wane, more and more Former Child Soldiers (FCS) have returned to their villages: female FCS returned with children resulted of forced sexual relationships, explaining the reason why they are called Formerly Abducted Young Mothers (FAYM). The aim of the study was to examine FAYM's parenting experiences ranging from the time they were captive (in the bush) to the time of resettlement and reintegration in their former communities. In particular, the study focuses on three specific issues: 1) parenting practices among FAYM; 2) challenges FAYM experienced and 3) support, which FAYM received towards their parenting. FAYM constituted the main participants in the study. The other participants in the study were NGOs staff. Data for this study were collected using semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews and focus group discussions. The data were analysed according to a combined approach, including: Template Analysis and Narrative Analysis. The interpretation was based on Bronfenbrenner's Ecological model and the Inglehart and Welzel's Cultural Map. Various ethical considerations such as informed consent and confidentiality were adhered to while conducting this study. The results of this study were 1) from captivity to resettlement, parenting practices underwent a shift from focusing on mere survival needs to value education and life teachings; 2) FAYM found parenting more challenging and complicated once they returned to civil society; 3) formal and informal supports were present, but quite strained and scattered, moreover almost no public welfare services or programs were available targeted at well-being of FAYM, nor at their parenting
Youth participation in peacebuilding in Gulu District, Northern Uganda: opportunities and challenges
Get PDFBetween 1986 and 2006 Northern Uganda was affected by one of the longest running
and most brutal armed conflicts in the African history of the 20th century. Despite
Ugandan government and NGO efforts the Acholi youth remain a marginalised group
in society. The overall youth situation according to the literature is drastic: acute
poverty, high unemployment, low literacy rates, socio-economic and political
exclusion. Youth play a pivotal role, either they can threaten peace, or can be catalyst
for peace and peacebuilding. This qualitative study explored opportunities and
challenges for Acholi youth participation in peacebuilding activities. To gain insight
into the findings a power analysis with regard to spaces for participation and levels of
decision-making was applied. Through four interviews and four Focus Group
Discussions with youth actively engaged in peacebuilding, young people described
economic marginalisation and lack of awareness as the main challenges to their
participation. The youth explicated their opportunities for participation as local and
accessible, for example awareness raising on peace issues through drama and
dialogues about main conflict drivers. Four interviews with NGO staff contrasted the
youth’s experiences, and provided a fuller picture of existing power relations. Both,
opportunities and challenges for youth participation are framed by negative youth
perceptions and stereotypes from the Acholi community, and the youth’s
internalisation of this. Despite of the collective stigmatisation of youth, a gradual
change towards appreciation and dialogue has taken place where youth’s impact
through their peacebuilding activities was felt. Finally, the study recommends to
consider economic empowerment as a mechanism for greater youth participation. If
youth are given or create space they positively use it to contribute to, or even to
promote greater participation in peacebuilding
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
Youth participation in peacebuilding in Gulu District, Northern Uganda: opportunities and challenges
Get PDFBetween 1986 and 2006 Northern Uganda was affected by one of the longest running
and most brutal armed conflicts in the African history of the 20th century. Despite
Ugandan government and NGO efforts the Acholi youth remain a marginalised group
in society. The overall youth situation according to the literature is drastic: acute
poverty, high unemployment, low literacy rates, socio-economic and political
exclusion. Youth play a pivotal role, either they can threaten peace, or can be catalyst
for peace and peacebuilding. This qualitative study explored opportunities and
challenges for Acholi youth participation in peacebuilding activities. To gain insight
into the findings a power analysis with regard to spaces for participation and levels of
decision-making was applied. Through four interviews and four Focus Group
Discussions with youth actively engaged in peacebuilding, young people described
economic marginalisation and lack of awareness as the main challenges to their
participation. The youth explicated their opportunities for participation as local and
accessible, for example awareness raising on peace issues through drama and
dialogues about main conflict drivers. Four interviews with NGO staff contrasted the
youth’s experiences, and provided a fuller picture of existing power relations. Both,
opportunities and challenges for youth participation are framed by negative youth
perceptions and stereotypes from the Acholi community, and the youth’s
internalisation of this. Despite of the collective stigmatisation of youth, a gradual
change towards appreciation and dialogue has taken place where youth’s impact
through their peacebuilding activities was felt. Finally, the study recommends to
consider economic empowerment as a mechanism for greater youth participation. If
youth are given or create space they positively use it to contribute to, or even to
promote greater participation in peacebuilding
Parenting experiences of formerly abducted young mothers in post-conflict Northern Uganda
No full textParenting is a universal responsibility worldwide and the basis for better future generations. In other words, the future is in parents' hands; the way the next generation is going to be largely depends on how parents experience parenting. The phenomenon of child soldiers remains prominent in more than 86 different countries. Northern Uganda has seen the brutal involvement of child soldiers during the decades-long civil war between the rebellious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). It was estimated that 30% to 40% of child soldiers in Uganda were girls and most of them were compelled into forced marriages with LRA commanders. In the last decade, with the conflict on the wane, more and more Former Child Soldiers (FCS) have returned to their villages: female FCS returned with children resulted of forced sexual relationships, explaining the reason why they are called Formerly Abducted Young Mothers (FAYM). The aim of the study was to examine FAYM's parenting experiences ranging from the time they were captive (in the bush) to the time of resettlement and reintegration in their former communities. In particular, the study focuses on three specific issues: 1) parenting practices among FAYM; 2) challenges FAYM experienced and 3) support, which FAYM received towards their parenting. FAYM constituted the main participants in the study. The other participants in the study were NGOs staff. Data for this study were collected using semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews and focus group discussions. The data were analysed according to a combined approach, including: Template Analysis and Narrative Analysis. The interpretation was based on Bronfenbrenner's Ecological model and the Inglehart and Welzel's Cultural Map. Various ethical considerations such as informed consent and confidentiality were adhered to while conducting this study. The results of this study were 1) from captivity to resettlement, parenting practices underwent a shift from focusing on mere survival needs to value education and life teachings; 2) FAYM found parenting more challenging and complicated once they returned to civil society; 3) formal and informal supports were present, but quite strained and scattered, moreover almost no public welfare services or programs were available targeted at well-being of FAYM, nor at their parenting
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
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