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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
Functional-spatial structure changes in the city of Šibenik
No full textFunkcionalno-prostorna struktura sastoji se od nekoliko različitih elemenata. Svaki od elemenata predstavlja urbani podsistem, koji vrši određenu funkciju. Urbani podsistemi mogu biti stambene, poslovne, prometne ili rekreacijske funkcije, a ključ za međusobnu funkcionalnost unutar gradske strukture je integracija i podjednaki stupanj razvoja. Promjene unutar gradskih struktura su stalne te najčešće uzrokovane ljudskim utjecajem. Najčešće se događaju s ciljem iskorištavanja većeg potencijala određenog prostora ili revitalizacije gradskog područja, koje zaostaje u razvoju. U gradu Šibeniku, posljednjih godina uvelike se radi na prenamjeni zapuštenih područja izrazitog potencijala, kao što je područje bivše tvornice TEF, ali i na revitalizaciji stare gradske jezgre, koja je tijekom godina izgubila dio svoje poslovne funkcije. Sve više stanovništva želi i odseliti iz stare gradske jezgre, a u ovom radu se istražuje koji to problemi muče domicilno stanovništvo. U ovom radu napravljena je revizija najvažnijih aktualnih gradskih projekata te je objašnjen njihov glavni cilj.The functional-spatial structure consists of several different elements. Each of the elements represents an urban subsystem, which performs a certain function. Urban subsystems can be residential, business, recreational or traffic functions, and the key to mutual functionality within an urban structure is integration and an equal degree of development. Changes within urban structures are permanent and most often caused by human influence. They most often occur with the aim of exploiting the greater potential of a certain space or revitalizing an urban area, which is lagging behind in development. In the city of Šibenik, in recent years, much work has been done on the conversion of neglected areas of great potential, such as the former TEF factory, but also on the revitalization of the old city center, which has lost part of its business function over the years. More and more people want to move out of the old town, and this paper investigates which problems plague the domicile population. Part of this paper is a review of the most important current city projects is made and their main goal is explained
The perspective of the spatial redevelopment of the '"TEF'" location in Šibenik
No full textPosljednjih nekoliko desetljeća, otkako je Tvornica ferolegura i elektroda Šibenik zatvorena, Grad pokušava ekološki sanirati i prenamijeniti lokaciju bivše tvornice. Danas, kada je natječaj za investitore već otvoren, ovim radom se želi istražiti perspektiva prenamjene brownfielda TEF te definirati optimalne sadržaje koji bi se trebali nalaziti na revitaliziranoj lokaciji. U tom cilju u ovom radu je korišteno nekoliko različitih metoda istraživanja. Metoda analogije primijenjena je za utvrđivanje trendova prenamjene s obzirom na iskustva drugih bivših industrijskih i lučkih gradova. Korištena je i GIS metoda kartiranja kojom se istražila prostorna raspodjela gradskih funkcija na području grada Šibenika te dostupnost istih. Anketno istraživanje provedeno je kako bi se prikupila mišljenja i preferencije građana o budućim funkcijama revitaliziranog područja TEF-a. Sinteza rezultata, uzimajući u obzir relevantnu literaturu i prostorno plansku dokumentaciju, rezultirala je formulacijom četiri razvojna scenarija. Ti su scenariji evaluirani putem različitih čimbenika razvoja, a konačni rezultati ukazuju na optimalnu prenamjenu TEF-a u zonu mješovite namjene s odgovarajućim turističkim sadržajima, potvrđujući tako jednu od prethodno postavljenih hipoteza.Over the past few decades, since the closure of the Ferroalloy and Electrode Factory (TEF) in Šibenik, the City has endeavoured to environmentally remediate and repurpose the former factory site. Today, with investor competition already underway, this study aims to explore the perspective of repurposing the TEF brownfield and define optimal featuresto be situated on the revitalized location. To achieve this goal, several research methods have been employed in this study. The analogy method was applied to identify repurposing trends based on experiences of other former industrial and port cities. Additionally, a GIS mapping method was used to investigate the spatial distribution of urban functions in the Šibenik area and their accessibility. Survey research was conducted to gather opinions and preferences of citizens regarding future functions of the revitalized TEF area. Synthesizing the results, considering relevant literature and spatial planning documentation, led to the formulation of four development scenarios. These scenarios were evaluated based on various development factors, and the final results indicate the optimal repurposing of TEF into a mixeduse zone with appropriate tourism facilities, thereby confirming one of the previously established hypotheses
The perspective of the spatial redevelopment of the '"TEF'" location in Šibenik
No full textPosljednjih nekoliko desetljeća, otkako je Tvornica ferolegura i elektroda Šibenik zatvorena, Grad pokušava ekološki sanirati i prenamijeniti lokaciju bivše tvornice. Danas, kada je natječaj za investitore već otvoren, ovim radom se želi istražiti perspektiva prenamjene brownfielda TEF te definirati optimalne sadržaje koji bi se trebali nalaziti na revitaliziranoj lokaciji. U tom cilju u ovom radu je korišteno nekoliko različitih metoda istraživanja. Metoda analogije primijenjena je za utvrđivanje trendova prenamjene s obzirom na iskustva drugih bivših industrijskih i lučkih gradova. Korištena je i GIS metoda kartiranja kojom se istražila prostorna raspodjela gradskih funkcija na području grada Šibenika te dostupnost istih. Anketno istraživanje provedeno je kako bi se prikupila mišljenja i preferencije građana o budućim funkcijama revitaliziranog područja TEF-a. Sinteza rezultata, uzimajući u obzir relevantnu literaturu i prostorno plansku dokumentaciju, rezultirala je formulacijom četiri razvojna scenarija. Ti su scenariji evaluirani putem različitih čimbenika razvoja, a konačni rezultati ukazuju na optimalnu prenamjenu TEF-a u zonu mješovite namjene s odgovarajućim turističkim sadržajima, potvrđujući tako jednu od prethodno postavljenih hipoteza.Over the past few decades, since the closure of the Ferroalloy and Electrode Factory (TEF) in Šibenik, the City has endeavoured to environmentally remediate and repurpose the former factory site. Today, with investor competition already underway, this study aims to explore the perspective of repurposing the TEF brownfield and define optimal featuresto be situated on the revitalized location. To achieve this goal, several research methods have been employed in this study. The analogy method was applied to identify repurposing trends based on experiences of other former industrial and port cities. Additionally, a GIS mapping method was used to investigate the spatial distribution of urban functions in the Šibenik area and their accessibility. Survey research was conducted to gather opinions and preferences of citizens regarding future functions of the revitalized TEF area. Synthesizing the results, considering relevant literature and spatial planning documentation, led to the formulation of four development scenarios. These scenarios were evaluated based on various development factors, and the final results indicate the optimal repurposing of TEF into a mixeduse zone with appropriate tourism facilities, thereby confirming one of the previously established hypotheses
Identified lessons from the nation-building process in Afghanistan
No full textIntervencija zapadnih snaga u Afganistan nakon terorističkog napada na Sjedinjene Američke Države 11. rujna 2001. godine je započela dva desetljeća dug Afganistanski rat, te u sklopu njega, projekt izgradnje države. Povratak talibanskog režima u Afganistan je otvorio diskusiju o pojašnjenju neuspjeha Zapada u svom naumu da obnovi afganistansku državu utemeljenu na demokratskim načelima čime bi se stabilizirala regija, ali i iskorijenile terorističke organizacije kao što je Al Kaida koje više ne bi imali čvrstog uporišta. Provođenjem empirijskog istraživanja utemeljenog na konceptu izgradnje države u Afganistanu te realističkog pristupa preuzetog od strane Zapada, utvrđeni su brojni razlozi te shodno tome, identificirane lekcije koje upozoravaju na napravljene pogreške. Američka predanost iskorjenjivanju terorističkih grupa i talibana podredila je cjelokupni projekt izgradnje države, koji je također patio od kronične nekoherentnosti i kontekstualnog nerazumijevanja afganistanskog društva i regije općenito. Postupanje prema principima realizma prilikom implementacije projekta izgradnje države u Afganistanu je učinilo proces krhkim i neučinkovitim.The intervention of the West in Afghanistan after the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, began a two-decade-long Afghanistan war, and as part of it, a nation-building project. The return of the Taliban regime to Afghanistan has opened a discussion to explain the West's failure to rebuild an Afghan state based on democratic principles that would stabilize the region and eradicate terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda that would no longer have a stronghold. Conducting empirical research based on the concept of nation-building in Afghanistan and a realistic approach taken by the West, identified a number of reasons and, accordingly, identified lessons to warn of mistakes made. America’s commitment to eradicate terrorist groups and the Taliban has subordinated the entire nation-building project that has also suffered from chronic incoherence and contextual misunderstandings of Afghan society and the region in general. Acting on the principles of realism in the implementation of the nation-building project in Afghanistan has made the process fragile and inefficient
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