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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
Understanding the Gains and Challenges of Democratization Process in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is Democratic Progress Under Threat?
Get PDFThe aim of this research is to examine the achievements and challenges of the democratization process in Sub-Saharan Africa and to answer whether democratic progress is under threat. Focusing on Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—countries with regional and historical similarities—the research seeks to understand the common dynamics of democratic development in these countries. The research employs a comparative framework to analyze their democratization processes. The findings of the research highlight two main conclusions: First, all the three countries have experienced a significant increase in voter participation, stronger public support for democracy and electoral processes and a notable opposition to one-man and one-party rule. Second, the democratization processes are frequently interrupted by military coups, authoritarian tendencies of leaders and electoral violence. While the research acknowledges the substantial progress made, it also emphasizes that significant challenges persist, which continues to weaken political institutions and processes. These challenges continue to hinder the full realization of democratic governance in these three countries and lead to regime changes
Charles De Gaulle’s Effect on French Politics
Get PDFThe fate of France’s political and constitutional history, which had been rife with instability, was altered with the establishment of the Fifth Republic. However, the transition to a new political system was quite painful. Moreover, system debates continued after the proclamation of the Fifth Republic. Especially the 1962 constitutional amendment process left France faced with a new political crisis. This research aims to reveal how Charles de Gaulle, the first president of the Fifth Republic, had an effect on the shaping of French politics and overcoming the political crises that led to the system debates
Siyasi istikrarsızlığın insani güvensizlik üzerindeki etkileri: Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nde çocuk asker meselesinin analizi
Get PDFBu çalışmanın amacı, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nde siyasi istikrarsızlığın insani güvenlik üzerindeki etkisini çocuk asker özelinde analiz etmektir. Silahlı çatışmalara zorla veya gönüllü, doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak dâhil edilen 18 yaşından küçük erkek veya kız çocuklarına çocuk asker denir. Günümüzde sayıları yüz binleri aşan çocuk askerler kötü muamelelere maruz kalmakta, ihmal ve suiistimal edilmekte, temel haklarından mahrum bırakılmaktadırlar. Silahlı çatışmalara çocukların katılımı yeni olmasa da günümüzde özellikle siyasi istikrarsızlıkların yaşandığı ülkelerde yaygın bir olgudur. Bu ülkelerden biri de Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’dir. İktidar ve muhalefet arasında yaşanan siyasi krizler, reformların gecikmesi ve 1994 Ruanda İç Savaşı sonucunda ülke büyük bir siyasi istikrarsızlığa sürüklenmiştir. Bu çalışma, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’ndeki çocuk askerlik olgusunu bir insani güvenlik sorunu olarak ele almakta ve çocukların asker olarak kullanılmasının en önemli kaynağının ülkedeki siyasi istikrarsızlık olduğunu vurgulamaktadır. Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nde süregelen siyasi istikrarsızlık nedeniyle, ulusal önlem ve çabaların yanı sıra mevcut uluslararası hukukun çocuk asker sorununu çözmek için yeterli olmadığı ileri sürülmektedir
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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