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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
Grammars of grantmaking : exploring the normativity and governance of relational philanthropy within a UK-based foundation
No full textThis thesis examines the practice of relational philanthropy, which is premised on a democratic use of giving that brings in grantee voice and participation into grant making decisions (Barman 2017). More specifically, this thesis focuses on relational philanthropy as a grant making approach within UK grantmaking trusts and foundations, in which civic ideas of philanthropy are challenging market ones, as evident in the grey foundation literature (IVAR 2011) (DP 2012) (Buckley and Cairns 2012) (ACF 2020) (Listening fund 2020) (IVAR 2021). These practices warrant further investigation due to newfound discussions surrounding the role of trust, how relational philanthropy can supposedly equalise the power within a giving relationship, and the interpretive, normative value inherent in democratic approaches to grantmaking. Furthermore, there exists a glaring dearth of academic research on the organisational form of ‘the foundation’ in the UK context, especially given that it has no legal form (Jung 2017). Finally, there is a significant gap in philanthropic research that brings in the voice of the grant recipient within the UK context, showing a need for philanthropy to be an act that is received as much as it is given. Because of this, this thesis conducts an in-depth case study within a single UK-based trust and a handful of their grantees to examine how relational philanthropy is brought into practice, what normative forms underpin relational philanthropy for foundations and their grantees, and how relational philanthropy may or may not create more reciprocal and participatory forms of giving. A qualitative and phenomenological study, this thesis draws on interviews, dozens of brief conversations, email communication, document analysis, and online materials, and over 50 hours of observations. By applying the theoretical lens of French Pragmatic Sociology, this thesis demonstrates how a UK foundation and a select group of grantees use a variety of normative forms to justify relational philanthropy practices. Findings show the story of a foundation that has moved towards relational practices over the years alongside the hiring of key players in their organisation; how these key players established emotional and interpersonal relationships with their grantees; and how these relationships formed trust between giver and receiver; all the while being disputed behind closed doors. By pulling from the grantee view, findings show that a variety of normative justifications (both civic and financialised) underpin relational philanthropy that is contingent on much agency grantees are warranted in the relational philanthropy process and the grassroots potential of using relational philanthropy in place-based giving. Findings suggest that the value of relational philanthropy depends on how trusting the relationship is between the foundation and grantee, which ultimately shows that social and sometimes emotional processes of giving (alongside objects of giving) can yield democratic value, therefore contributing to new interpretations of impact beyond cost-benefit analysis; however, given the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, findings showed the importance of industrious grantmaking, showing that financialised forms of philanthropy still have a place, but not without the added value of flexibility and trust in the grant recipients. While relational philanthropy moves towards a more democratic vision and practice of philanthropy, questions remain if this move is moving at a slower pace than rapidly growing socioeconomic inequality, reaffirming the question of the role of foundations in society
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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