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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
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
Bibliometrie als Dienstleistung
Full text linkBibliometrische Dienstleistungen wurden als zukunftsweisendes Betätigungsfeld wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken identifiziert. Wird sich die Nutzung bibliometrischer Methoden und Werkzeuge im Kontext von Forschungsevaluationen als professionelles Aufgabengebiet in Bibliotheken etablieren? Der Vortrag beantwortet diese Frage vor dem Hintergrund professionssoziologischer Konzepte und stellt Ergebnisse einer qualitativen, vergleichenden Studie bibliometrischer Dienstleistungen in deutschen und britischen Bibliotheken vor
Bibliometric Services in Research Evaluation: A New Task Area Strengthening the Jurisdiction of Academic Librarians
Full text linkScience policy framed by audit culture relies heavily on performance measurement. This changing research environment affects higher education institutions and their scientific libraries. As service providers for research and teaching libraries need to demonstrate their added-value in front of various stakeholders. Some Library and Information Science (LIS) scholars and practitioners thus promote evaluative bibliometric services as a new service area. The question rises whether this trend to engage in evaluative bibliometrics will consolidate into a recognized professional task area in academic librarianship. Using Abbott’s theoretical framework the paper asks whether academic librarians claim a professional jurisdiction on bibliometric expertise in research support services and assessment. The bibliometric practices of academic librarians in the UK and Germany are studied in a comparative perspective. The collected empirical data consists of 28 expert interviews and different types of documents. This research in progress paper reports on the theoretical framework and demonstrates how it helps to interpret and understand current developments
Wissenschaft und Organisation
Full text linkDer Anspruch, originelle Forschung zu betreiben, ruft das Bild des "einsamen Genies" in seiner Gelehrtenkammer hervor. Tatsächlich aber ist Wissenschaft von jeher ein kollektives Unterfangen. Der Organisationsgrad solcher wissenschaftlichen Kollektive variiert dabei von informellen, netzwerkartigen Kommunikationsgemeinschaften einzelner Spezialgebiete bis hin zu formalen Wissenschaftsorganisationen. Zu letzteren gehören nicht nur Universitäten und außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen, sondern auch Wissenschaftsverlage, Wissenschaftsvereine oder die Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinheiten von Unternehmen. Organisationssoziologie und Wissenschaftssoziologie teilen einen gemeinsamen Gegenstand: die Wissenschaftsorganisation. Die Organisationssoziologie hat vor allem Universitäten als besondere Form der Organisation in den Blick genommen, dabei aber kaum systematisch Erkenntnisse der Wissenschaftssoziologie zur sozialen und kognitiven Ordnung wissenschaftlicher Gemeinschaften, zu den Prinzipien wissenschaftlicher Arbeit und den Logiken wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation einbezogen. Die Wissenschaftssoziologie wiederum findet in ihren beiden Hauptströmungen, der institutionalistischen Schule nach Robert K. Merton und der konstruktivistisch geprägten Soziologie wissenschaftlichen Wissens, keinen rechten Platz für die Betrachtung der Rolle formaler Organisationen in der Wissenschaft. Hier liegt der Analyseschwerpunkt einerseits auf der Herstellung sozialer Ordnung in wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaften oder andererseits auf den konkreten Produktionsbedingungen wissenschaftlichen Wissens. Das Verhältnis von Forschungsorganisationen und Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft gerät dabei fast aus dem Blick. Die vorliegende Servicepublikation aus der Reihe "Recherche Spezial" unternimmt den Versuch, den aktuellen Bestand organisations- und wissenschaftssoziologischer Beiträge zum Thema Wissenschaftsorganisationen zu erfassen und aus mehreren Perspektiven darzustellen. Anliegen der Publikation ist es, den Forschungsstand im Bereich des Feldes Organisationen und Wissenschaft in seiner Bandbreite abzubilden um dadurch bestehende Schwerpunktsetzungen, aber vielleicht auch (Forschungs-)Lücken deutlich zu machen
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