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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
Reclaiming the mongrel: a practice based exploration of Irish and Indian musical sympathies
No full textThis research is an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between Irish Traditional and North Indian Classical music. It is an attempt to explore, in both a rigorous academic manner and through professional level musical composition and performance, sympathies and divergences in Indo-Irish hybrid music making. Grounded in ethnomusicological theory (Rice, 1994; Aubert, 2007), this research also utilises an arts practice approach, theorizing complex musical relationships through practice, analysis and the production of new hybrid musical works. This methodology draws upon the arts practice research concept of ‘critical meta-practice’ (Melrose, 2002) to employ musical skill sets to generate data and pursue research questions.
This project also acts as a case study addressing the instability of the post-modern condition resulting from globalisation and interprets hybridization as one of its cultural consequences. This process has been provocatively characterized as cultural ‘mongrelisation’ (Stross, 1999). I understand mongrelisation within the frame of what cultural theorist Homi K. Bhabha has called the ‘Third Space’ (1994) which relates to the in-between state of individuals with multiple cultural identities. This ‘Third Space’ is an important area for the negotiation, construction and ‘enunciation’ (Bhabha, 1994) of cultural ideology. I wish to extend this concept in exploring the creative possibilities of Irish-Indian hybridization as a hybrid cultural product and apply theoretical applications of ‘Third Space’ and ‘mongrelisation’ to better theorize hybrid music in general
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
A singing space: re-contextualizing tradition
No full textTraditional singers in Ireland today gather in singing sessions to share traditional songs. A significant number of individuals involved in traditional singing in Ireland have expressed concern about the sustainability of the social life of traditional singing. For these individuals, the act of getting together to sing is deeply meaningful to their senses of identity and community. Therefore, this work investigates the vitality of social singing and its significance to modern life.
This thesis problematizes the sustainability of tradition in a modern world based on its practice in singing sessions. By exploring the social life of Irish traditional singing in the context of song sessions, this thesis demonstrates what individuals within the singing community are doing to ensure its sustainability. To fully understand the sociality which can emerge from traditional singing, research was conducted as an autoethnography. Critical themes that emerged include identity, participation, and community. This thesis looks at repertoire to understand the connection singers make with each other through songs. Through a series of case studies, this work reveals that singing sessions are a response to the perceived need for safe and inclusive spaces to sing, which in turn fulfills a need for a safe space in which to develop a feeling of community.
This thesis challenges the common assumption that traditional singing must be approached primarily as something to be safeguarded. Instead, it focuses on how and why individuals engender singing—creating and encouraging spaces for singing to take place. Stemming from this transition of approaches, ethnographic fieldword reveals that social singing communities work to re-contextualize spaces in which to sing to ensure the integrity of the singing while making it relevant today. Through this study, this thesis illustrates proven strategies that continue to make tradition relevant to twenty-first century social life
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