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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
„Jak nie będzie z zimy lata, tak nie będzie z Niemca brata”. Niemcy jako figura służąca prezentowaniu opozycji w Wiadomościach TVP
Full text linkThe purpose of the article was to investigate the use of German-related subjects in Wiadomości TVP as a basis for discussing domestic issues. Earlier studies identified such practices within the broadcaster’s main news program, even though they addressed different topics, leading to the development of this focused research.Celem artykułu było zbadanie zabiegów polegających na wykorzystaniu w Wiadomościach TVP niemieckiej tematyki jako punktu odniesienia do omawiania tematyki krajowej. Prowadzone wcześniej badania, choć dotyczyły innych zagadnień, ujawniły taki zabieg w głównym programie informacyjnym nadawcy publicznego, stąd pomysł na badanie poświęcone wyłącznie jemu
Płynna demokracja w programie Partii Piratów
No full textFalling participation, which involves less and less legitimacy leads to increased dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy. New communication technologies in the area of policy by many was considered a remedy for the problems. Pirate parties present in dozens of countries postulate to return democracy to the citizens. One of the instruments is the Liquid Democracy, which can be found in their political agenda. This solution is not merely a theoretical construct, because for two years it was implemented in one of the German counties. Although Liquid Friesland met with massive public interest in the county of Friesland, the level of participation did not differ from other projects to participate in a digital democracy.Wykorzystanie nowych technologii komunikacyjnych w obszarze polityki przez wielu uważane było za remedium na jej problemy. Spadająca partycypacja, która pociąga coraz mniejszą legitymację ugrupowań zasiadających w parlamentach prowadzi do wzrostu niezadowolenia z funkcjonowania demokracji. Partie Piratów obecne w kilkudziesięciu państwach postulują, by demokrację zwrócić obywatelom. Jednym z instrumentów, które temu mają służyć jest płynna demokracja, którą znaleźć można w ich programach politycznych. Rozwiązanie to nie jest jedynie teoretycznym konstruktem, bowiem przez dwa lata wdrażano je w jednym z niemieckich powiatów. Choć Liquid Freisland nie spotkał się z masowym zainteresowaniem obywateli powiatu, to jednak poziom uczestnictwa nie odbiegał od udziału w innych projektach cyfrowej demokracji
Liquid democracy
No full textRozwój nowych technik komunikowania umożliwia polityczną partycypację wszystkim obywatelom, którzy wyrażają taką chęć. Rozmaite pomysły wykorzystujące nowe media sprzyjają rozwojowi społeczeństwa obywatelskiego i demokracji deliberatywnej. Przełamanie monopolu mediów tradycyjnych czy mainstreamowych pozwala ujawnić alternatywne dyskursy, którym dotychczas odmawiano miejsca w środkach przekazu. Pozwala to również ujawnić się grupom, które mogą wreszcie uczestniczyć w debacie publicznej. Ponieważ uczestnictwo w debacie warunkowane jest interaktywności ą, Internet i rozmaite platformy służące debacie i podejmowaniu decyzji są coraz szerzej stosowane przez przedsiębiorstwa, ale również instytucje państwowe. Płynna demokracja jest pomysłem na połączenie demokracji bezpośredniej z przedstawicielską. Dzięki aplikacjom umożliwiającym obywatelom inicjowanie, śledzenie i udział w debacie osiągnąć można maksymalne zaangażowanie obywateli w sprawy publiczne. Stąd płynna demokracja jest szansą na urzeczywistnienie idei faktycznego udziału każdego obywatela w procesach decyzyjnych, czego brak wskazywany jest teraz często przez zniechęconych do wyborów, zwłaszcza młodych ludzi. Nie podważają oni przecież idei demokracji, a jedynie jej obecną formę i kondycję.The advancements in new communication techniques facilitate the political participation of all citizens wishing to exercise it. Various ideas applied by the new media are conducive to the development of civic society and deliberative democracy. The end of the monopoly of traditional, or mainstream media allows alternative discourses to emerge, having formerly been denied presence in the media. Various groups can also emerge to finally participate in public debate. As participation in debate is conditioned on interactivity, the Internet and various platforms serving debating and decision-making are increasingly applied by both businesses and state institutions. Liquid democracy is a way of combining direct democracy with representative democracy. Applications allowing citizens to initiate, track and participate in debate facilitate maximum citizen involvement in public affairs. Therefore, liquid democracy provides an opportunity to implement the ideal of each citizen’s actual participation in the decision-making processes, the lack of which is frequently cited by young people, first and foremost, who feel discouraged from participating in elections. They do not undermine the idea of democracy but contest its current shape and form
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