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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
"Jag vill inte att de ska minnas mig så", en kvalitativ studie om vägen ut ur kriminalitet
No full textEtt växande intresse för uppkomsten av kriminalitet i samhället har i vissa fall bidragit till en negligering av före-detta kriminellas återanpassning i samhället. Studien fokuserar på individer som kallar sig för ex-kriminella där studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka faktorer som är viktiga för ex-kriminella att ta sig ur en kriminell livsstil. Studiens frågeställning lyder vilka faktorer har betydelse för övergången från kriminell till icke-kriminell? Studien är baserad på fem intervjuer utförda på män som är medlemmar i kamratföreningen KRIS (Kriminellas Revansch i Samhället). Alla deltagare oavsett tidigare brottslighet, lever just nu ett liv utan kriminalitet. I studien används en kvalitativ metod som utformats av en tvärsnittsdesign, som innefattar semi-strukturerade intervjuer.
Respondenternas berättelser analyserades samt diskuterades utifrån Sampson och Laub’s åldersgraderande teori, likaså utifrån tidigare forskning som behandlar ämnet. Studiens resultat visar att det är individuellt vad som anses vara en viktig faktor för att ta sig ur en kriminell livsstil. Det som har kunnat igenkännas under intervjuerna är att det oftast är en eller flera faktorer som samspelar med varandra för att bidra till ett avståndstagande i kriminalitet. Tre faktorer har identifierats som betydelsefulla för att lämna en kriminell livsstil bakom sig; egen vilja, relationer samt stöd från samhället. Dessa behandlar centrala delar såsom motivation, relationer till familj, vänner och partner samt betydelsen av behandling, studier samt identitetsförändring. De centrala delarna utformades på grund av att dessa har genomgående i studien visat sig vara de mest ackurata för intervjudeltagarna. En försvagad anknytning till någon av dessa faktorer har visat sig öka risken för att individen återfaller i kriminalitet. Tidigare forskning samt åldersgraderande teorin stöds genomgående i studien då de vändpunkter som ansetts betydelsefulla för ex-kriminella att ta sig ur brottsligheten är de som varit av betydelse för deltagarna i studien.A growing interest for the occurrence of criminality in society has in some cases contributed to a neglection of former-criminal’s reintegration in the society. The study focuses on individuals that call themselves ex-criminals where the purpose of the study is to investigate which factors that are of an importance meaning for ex-criminals to get out of a criminal lifestyle. The question formulation of the study is which factors have a meaning for the transformation from a criminal to an ex-criminal? The study is based on five interviews performed on men who are members of the Swedish association KRIS (Criminals Return Into Society). All participant’s regardless previous delinquency, are living currently a life without criminality. The study uses qualitative method that is shaped by a cross-section design, that comprises semi-structured interviews.
The respondent’s stories were analysed and discussed from Sampson and Laub’s age-graded theory, as well as previous research dealing with the topic. The result of the study shows that it is individually to what is considered as an important factor to leave a criminal lifestyle. What has been recognized during the interviews is that there are usually one or more factors that interact with each other to contribute to a desistance in crime. Three factors have been identified as important to leave a criminal lifestyle behind; self-will, relations and community support. These address central parts as motivation, relationship to family, friends and partner but also the meaning of treatment, studies and identity change. These central sections were formulated because they throughout the study proved to be the most accurate for the interview participants. A weakened association to any of these factors has shown to increase the risk for the individual to relapse into criminality. Previous research as well as the age-graded theory are supported throughout the study because the turning points that are considered important for ex-criminals to get out of crime are those that have been of significance to the study participants.
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
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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