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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices
Full text linkThe number of smart home devices is increasing. They are used by vulnerable people regardless of whether they are designed specifically for them or for the general population (for example, smart door locks, smart alarms or voice assistants). This PhD focusses on children and inherently vulnerable adults, and analyses how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when the latter use smart products, with a particular focus on the UK through references made to the Information Commissioner’s Office guidelines and reports. Complying with the GDPR provisions related to the processing of vulnerable people’s data would be beneficial not only for the latter but also for organisations developing and deploying smart devices. This thesis argues in favour of protecting vulnerable people’s data by design and default in every smart product. The objective of this work is also to draw attention to the need of thinking about vulnerability across all data protection principles and to propose solutions on how to effectively comply with the GDPR in this context.
This PhD contains a legal doctrinal chapter, an empirical part (interviewing lawyers and technologists working within the smart home field) as well as a chapter related to theoretical debates and privacy enhancing technologies (PETs).
In the doctrinal chapter, research into data protection law and legal concepts is conducted to understand the current legal landscape, guidelines and opinions related to this field of study. Personal data can be processed only if an appropriate legal basis is chosen and all of its conditions are met, and if all GDPR principles are respected. In this part of the thesis, the most relevant data protection law provisions in the context of the use of smart products by vulnerable people are identified and discussed.
The empirical chapter introduces information gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with UK and international professionals in the field of data protection law and technology design, with a focus on the smart home context. Those discussions gave various insights and perspectives into how the two communities view intricate practical data protection challenges.
The chapter related to theoretical debates and PETs analyses personal information management systems (PIMS) in order to understand how to protect and manage vulnerable people’s data more effectively in smart homes and, as a result, enhance compliance with data protection law. Relying on PETs to safeguard vulnerable people’s personal data could lead to questions as to the normative grounds for this technological approach. By examining debates such as privacy-as-confidentiality versus privacy-as-control, this thesis explains why edge computing PIMS could help in improving GDPR compliance while underlining that designers of PIMS need to consider the consequences of implementing different privacy paradigms
Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices
Full text linkThe number of smart home devices is increasing. They are used by vulnerable people regardless of whether they are designed specifically for them or for the general population (for example, smart door locks, smart alarms or voice assistants). This PhD focusses on children and inherently vulnerable adults, and analyses how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when the latter use smart products, with a particular focus on the UK through references made to the Information Commissioner’s Office guidelines and reports. Complying with the GDPR provisions related to the processing of vulnerable people’s data would be beneficial not only for the latter but also for organisations developing and deploying smart devices. This thesis argues in favour of protecting vulnerable people’s data by design and default in every smart product. The objective of this work is also to draw attention to the need of thinking about vulnerability across all data protection principles and to propose solutions on how to effectively comply with the GDPR in this context.
This PhD contains a legal doctrinal chapter, an empirical part (interviewing lawyers and technologists working within the smart home field) as well as a chapter related to theoretical debates and privacy enhancing technologies (PETs).
In the doctrinal chapter, research into data protection law and legal concepts is conducted to understand the current legal landscape, guidelines and opinions related to this field of study. Personal data can be processed only if an appropriate legal basis is chosen and all of its conditions are met, and if all GDPR principles are respected. In this part of the thesis, the most relevant data protection law provisions in the context of the use of smart products by vulnerable people are identified and discussed.
The empirical chapter introduces information gathered through semi-structured interviews conducted with UK and international professionals in the field of data protection law and technology design, with a focus on the smart home context. Those discussions gave various insights and perspectives into how the two communities view intricate practical data protection challenges.
The chapter related to theoretical debates and PETs analyses personal information management systems (PIMS) in order to understand how to protect and manage vulnerable people’s data more effectively in smart homes and, as a result, enhance compliance with data protection law. Relying on PETs to safeguard vulnerable people’s personal data could lead to questions as to the normative grounds for this technological approach. By examining debates such as privacy-as-confidentiality versus privacy-as-control, this thesis explains why edge computing PIMS could help in improving GDPR compliance while underlining that designers of PIMS need to consider the consequences of implementing different privacy paradigms
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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