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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
The Interdisciplinary Design Workshop as Knowledge Creating Process using the Example of a Geo-tracking Video App for Smartphones
Full text linkDesignprozesse unterscheiden sich in grundlegenden Punkten von wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, schaffen es aber dennoch gute Lösungen für Problemstellungen zu liefern. Vorliegende Diplomarbeit setzte sich zum Ziel anhand eines interdisziplinären Designworkshops im Hinblick auf eine Geo- Tracking-Video-Technologie zu ermitteln, ob Designprozesse Wissen generieren und wenn ja, Wissen welcher Art. Im ersten Teil der Arbeit werden theoretische Grundlagen zu Wissensgenerierung und Design im wissenschaftlichen Kontext gegeben. Darauffolgend wird im praktischen Teil zunächst der Planung des Designworkshops besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Abgesehen von der Beschreibung der von der Autorin erstellten TCam-App werden die Ergebnisse aufgrund von Videobeobachtung und Feedback der TeilnehmerInnen präsentiert. Es zeigt sich anhand der Generierung von produktbezogenem, personenbezogenem und prozessbezogenem Wissen, dass (interdisziplinäre) Designprozesse das Potenzial zur Wissensgenerierung haben, dennoch aufgrund der Kontextsensibilität bezüglich weiterer Generalisierungen vorsichtig umgegangen werden muss. Im Low-Tech-Prototyp für eine Web-Plattform manifestiert sich das aus dem Designprozess hervorgegangene und von der Autorin angereicherte Wissen. Über einen Vergleich der praktischen Vorgehensweise der Autorin mit ausgewählten Theorien wird die Arbeit schließlich in einen wissenschaftlichen Kontext eingebettet, wobei auch Aufschlüsse über andere Möglichkeiten in der Designforschung gegeben werden.Design processes differ in elementary points from scientific disciplines. However, they manage to provide good solutions to problems.This master thesis aims at investigating the ability of interdisciplinary design workshops to create knowledge and if so to identify which kind of knowledge is being created. Designing a geo-tracking video technology within a workshop is used as an example design process. In the first part of this study theories regarding knowledge creation and design in a scientific context are examined. The second part starts with a description of the workshop preparation, followed by an overview of the TCam app programmed by the author. The results are presented by means of an analysis of the video observation and feedback from the participants. On the basis of product-related, person-related and process-related knowledge creation the study shows that interdisciplinary design workshops have enormous potential for knowledge creation. However, considering the context-sensitivity of design processes, one should be careful with generalization. Apart from that, knowledge created in the design workshop and enriched by the author manifests itself in the low-tech prototype. Next to disclosing other possibilities in design research, a comparison of the study with selected theories finally embeds this master thesis in a scientific context
Implementing an educational computer security game targeted at computer science students
Full text linkLernspiele sind ein sehr effektiver Ansatz, unterschiedliche Themen zu vermitteln. Computer Security kann für Informatikstudierende ohne Vorkenntnisse ein entmutigendes Thema sein. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde ein Spielprototyp entwickelt, der Spieler und Spielerinnen Computer Security Themen näherbringt. Die Effektivität des Spiels wurde mithilfe von Umfragen und Spieltests evaluiert. Die Arbeit hatte als Ziele Veränderungen von Spieler- und Spielerinneninteresse nachzuvollziehen, Spieler- und Spielerinnenwissen zu erhöhen und Probleme im Zusammenhang mit Game Design zu verstehen. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen der Evaluierungen kommt die Autorin zu dem Schluss, dass Spieler und Spielerinnen Wissen gewonnen haben und das Spieler- und Spielerinneninteresse in diesem Gebiet gestiegen ist. Es wurden mehrere Game Design Probleme festgestellt, die in zukünftigen Iterationen des Spiels behoben werden sollten.Educational games are a very effective approach to teaching various topics. Computer security can be a daunting topic for computer science students with no background in the field. In the context of this thesis a game prototype was developed which teaches players about computer security topics. To evaluate the effectiveness of the game, questionnaires were created and playtesting sessions were held. The aims of this thesis were to understand any changes in player interest, increase in player knowledge in the field of computer security, and to understand any issues related to game design. Based on the results of the evaluations, the author concludes that players gained knowledge from playing the game and player interest in the field increased. Several game design issues were detected, which should be addressed in future iterations of the game
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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