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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

    Faktor-faktor yang Memengaruhi Kompetensi serta dan Implikasinya terhadap Penguatan Kapasitas Guru Bimbingan Konseling di Sulawesi Selatan

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    ABSTRAK Penelitian disertasi ini dirancang untuk mengetahui pengaruh faktor usia, pengalaman kerja, latar pendidikan, dan pengalaman sertifikasi terhadap hasil uji kompetensi serta implikasinya terhadap peningkatan kompetensi guru bimbingan konseling di Sulawesi Selatan. Penelitian menggunakan rancangan kuantitatif dikombinasi dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Populasi penelitian adalah guru bimbingan konseling yang mengikuti uji kompetensi guru (UKG) tahun 2015, berjumlah 1949 orang. Sampel sebanyak 322 atau 16.22% dari populasi diambil menggunakan teknik proporsional random sampling dengan memperhatikan keterwakilan secara proporsial guru BK jenjang SMP, SMA, dan SMK, serta keterwakilan 24 kabupaten/kota di Sulawesi Selatan. Data hasil uji kompetensi menggunakan data hasil UKG dari Direktorat Jenderal Guru dan Tenaga Kependidikan. Studi pendalaman dilakukan melalui wawancara dan FGD terhadap guru BK, pengelola musyawarah guru bimbingan konseling (MGBK), instruktur dan pelatihan bimbingan konseling, dan pengawas bidang bimbingan konseling. Analisis data mencakup analisis deskriptif, analisis kualitatif, dan analisis statistik inferensial dengan teknik analisis regresi ganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) nilai rerata UKG guru BK Sulawesi Selatan telah berada di atas standar kompetensi minimal (SKM) tahun 2015 namun masih jauh dari target SKM untuk dicapai pada akhir 2019. Guru BK membutuhkan penguatan pada semua butir kompetensi yang tercakup dalam sepuluh kompetensi inti konselor. (2) Hasil uji hipotesis menunjukkan faktor usia memiliki pengaruh negatif signifikan, sementara latar pendidikan dan pengalaman sertifikasi memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan terhadap hasil UKG guru BK. Faktor pengalaman kerja tidak menunjukkan pengaruh signifikan terhadap hasil UKG guru BK. (3) Implikasi hasil penelitian terhadap penguatan kompetensi guru BK di Sulawesi Selatan, mencakup: target penguatan harus meliputi seluruh aspek kompetensi inti, menggunakan pendekatan berpusat guru dan berorientasi produk, pelaksanaan memperhatikan kalender akademik sekolah, dan melibatkan narasumber kombinasi pakar dan praktisi di bidang BK
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