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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
The Nien-tzu 捻子 and the Nien Rebellion 捻軍
Get PDFThe Nien-tzu organization, which was the core of the Nien-tzu Rebellion (1853-68), was not a simple secret society affiliated with the Pai-lien-chiao (白蓮教) religion, as often said, but a spontaneous association of outlaws. It sprang up as a result of the then prevailing agrarian distress and intensified social stratification in the Huai-ho region, while illicit traffic in salt constituted the organization's financial background. The failure of the movement was largely due to its narrow regionalism and clan-like exclusiveness which prevented unity wit hin the organization. But in some uncompromising leaders (nien-t'ou) such as Chang Lo-hsing (張樂行) we find the true nature of the movement as a peasant war
Idealism in the May Fourth Period : the Case of Yün Tai-ying 惲代英 (1895-1931)
No full textThe guiding spirit of the New Culture Movement was idealism. With this as their source of inspiration, the Chinese intelligentsia not only could break away from the closed situation following the Hsin-hai Revolution but also came to relate the resurgence of China to the remaking of the world. Under the influence of the New Culture Movement, a number of groups professing to carry out an ethical revolution with the aim of restructuring the national character sprang up in various parts of the country. 0f them, the Mutual Preservation Society 互助社 of Wu-ch'ang 武昌 had the importance often compared with that of the New People's Study Society 新民學會, founded by Mao Tse-tung in Ch'ang-sha 長沙. The central figure of this group was Yun Tai-ying, whose blend of anarchism and patriotism enjoyed wide influence among the students of Wu-ch'ang. The success of the May Fourth Movement further deepened the idealists' conviction. Inspired by the New Village Movement in Japan, they set up in both cities and the countryside communes based on communistic principles, hoping them to serve as models for the new society. The extremely idealistic nature of this movement, which came to be called the Work-Study 工讀互助 Movement, however, soon forced it to collapse. And this in turn enabled the Marxists' assertion that no partial improvement could be achieved without the total restructuring of the society to make easier headway among the revolutionary intelligentsia. Yun Tai-ying, however, stubbornly clung to the ideals of the movement. With the young people he taught, he endeavoured strenuously to maintain the communal life by operating a bookshop and a small factory in Wu-ch'ang and managing a primary school in the countryside of Hu-pei 湖北. To him, the communal life was more than a mere model for the new society. It was the base from which the struggle for the new society could start. Yun was convinced that class struggle could not realise the true socialism, which he felt should be based upon mutual help and selflessness. For this reason, he opposed the forming of the Chinese Communist Party. His endeavour, however, would not continue long. Facing with mounting economic difficulties and the suppression of reformed education by warlords, he came to admit the unrealistic nature of his line. In the spring of 1922 he accepted the argument of Lin Yu-nan 林育南, member of his group, and dissolved the group. The members then joined individually the CCP or the Socialist Youth League. Yun himself became a leading member of the CCP and went on to play an important role in directing the youth movement and managing the cooperation with the Kuomimtang. He also distinguished himself as a brilliant propagandist. In the half-feudal, half-colonial China socialism was a task for tomorrow, and communism nothing more than a remote ideal. In such circumstances the revolutionary intelligentsia of the May Fouth generation broke away from the petit-bourgeoisie idealism and embarked on the long march to revolution. Yun Tai-ying too was one of them
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
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