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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
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
An exploration of secondary school learners’ career-related needs : perspectives from grade 9 learners and teachers in three low-income communities in Soweto
Get PDFThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.ENGLISH SUMMARY: The primary goal of career guidance and counselling is to assist individuals to make well-informed decisions about various vocational options by providing the necessary information and knowledge. While this may seem like a simple and straightforward task, it becomes a challenge when there are education inequalities within a developing country and access to such services is restricted. A large majority of high school learners in South Africa who come from low-income communities is faced with having to make important career-related decisions such as choosing their subject choices without the necessary guidance and knowledge to do so. Therefore, adequate career counselling and guidance services need to be established that consider the reality of learners who come from under-resourced backgrounds. This study aimed to explore the needs and experiences of Grade 9 learners and their respective Life Orientation teachers with special reference to their career-related needs. The study involved participants from three schools in the South Western Township, also commonly known as Soweto in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Semi-structured qualitative surveys and focus groups discussions were conducted in order to capture the needs and concerns that the learners and teachers had. Through the use of thematic analysis, the study sought to understand whether the respective schools offered career guidance programmes or services to the Grade 9 learners, particularly pertaining to choosing their subjects. Additionally, input from the teachers was sought to further understand their perspectives as well. The participants’ narratives were contextualised in relation to the ‘tenets’ of Gottfredson’s theory of Circumscription and Compromise. Findings of the study suggest that the learners from the Soweto schools were receiving less than adequate access to information and knowledge about career-related topics. In addition, the findings indicate that teachers and parents also need to be access to knowledge and training from the schools, and community based hubs and NGOs about career education in order to assist learners make well-informed decisions.AFRIKAANS OPSOMMING: Die hoofdoel van beroepsvoorligting en -berading is om individue te help om ingeligte besluite oor
die verskillende beroepsopsies te neem deur die nodige inligting en kennis te verskaf. Alhoewel die
taak maklik en eenvoudige voorkom, word dit 'n uitdaging as daar ongelykhede in die onderwys in 'n
ontwikkelende land is, en toegang tot sulke dienste beperk is. 'n Groot meerderheid jongmense in
Suid-Afrika wat uit lae-inkomste gemeenskappe kom, word gekonfronteer met belangrike
loopbaanverwante besluite, soos hul vakkeuses, sonder die nodige leiding en kennis om sulke
besluite te kan neem. Daarom moet doeltreffende beleidsrigtings ontwikkel word, met inagneming van
die werklikheid van leerders wat van 'n hulpbronbehoewende agtergrond afkomstig is, wat 'n
versperring kan veroorsaak en hul loopbaanontwikkeling kan beperk, om goeie nagevorsde beleide te
implementeer wat voldoen aan hierdie jongmense se behoeftes. Hierdie studie was daarop gemik om die
behoeftes en ervarings van Graad 9-leerders en hul onderskeie onderwysers te ondersoek met spesiale
verwysing na hul loopbaanverwante behoeftes. Die studie betrek deelnemers van drie skole in die
South Western Township, ook algemeen bekend as Soweto, in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
Semi-gestruktureerde kwalitatiewe opnames en fokusgroepbesprekings is gevoer om die behoeftes en
bekommernisse wat die leerders en onderwysers gehad het, vas te stel. Deur middel van 'n tematiese
analise het die studie probeer verstaan of die onderskeie skole loopbaanvoorligtingsprogramme of
dienste aan die Graad 9-leerders bied, veral wanneer dit tyd was om hul vakke te kies. Boonop is
insette van die onderwysers gesoek om ook hul behoeftes te verstaan. Die vertellings van die
deelnemers is gekontekstualiseer in verhouding tot die beginsels van Gottfredson se teorie van
Omskrywing en Kompromie. Die bevindings van die studie dui daarop dat die leerders in
lae-inkomste-gebiede gelyke toegang tot inligting en kennis oor loopbaanverwante onderwerpe
benodig. Verder, dui dit ook aan dat onderwysers
Stellenbosch University https://scholar.sun.ac.za
en ouers ook kennis en opleiding van ‘hubs’ en NRO's oor loopbaanopvoeding benodig om die leerders by te staan om goeie ingeligte besluite te kan neem.Master
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