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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
Parents’ Experiences and Challenges in Communicating Pet Loss to Their Children
No full textThe loss of a companion animal can deeply affect both children and parents, often resulting in a form of grief that is overlooked by society. This research explored parents’ experiences in communicating the loss of a companion animal to their children and in understanding their children’s adaptation to the loss. Using a qualitative methodological framework, the study involved 28 semi-structured interviews with parents. A thematic analysis revealed three themes: “Communication and explanation,” “After death children’s representations and grieving reactions,” and “Children’s adaptation and integration of death and grief.” The findings reveal that parents often struggle to distinguish between sharing clear communication and providing explanations about death, sometimes omitting significant details in their narratives and feeling insincere. Children’s representations of death ranged from transcendental, narrative-based motifs to more pragmatic perspectives, revealing profound implications for their adaptation and understanding of death. Finally, children’s adaptation and integration of the experience of death were characterized by the development of new awareness, caring behaviors, and learning about the concept of mortality. This study provides unique insights into how parents can navigate communication challenges, offering practical frameworks for supporting children’s emotional and cognitive development after companion animal loss
Discussion Groups for Reflection on Death and Eternity: A Psychosocial Qualitative Study of an Italian Postgraduate Death Education Course
No full textThe cultural taboo surrounding death in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) societies highlights the pressing need for death education (DeEd) programmes to foster open discussions on existential finitude and its implications. In educational settings, DeEd develops relational and emotional competencies through experiential learning. This study explores the relevance of targeted discussion groups (DGs) on postgraduate students’ existential awareness, socialization of emotions, and collective, bottom-up meaning-making processes. Twenty-one students from a DeEd programme participated in 10 DG sessions over 3 months, with follow-up interviews conducted with nine participants. Thematic analysis identified six key themes: empathetic relationships in death, personal spirituality, reflections on finitude, the group’s role in understanding and growth, shifts in death perspectives, and the importance of shared experiences. DGs reframed death-related anxiety, built emotional resilience, and encouraged critical re-evaluation of beliefs. DeEd proves transformative, emphasizing empathetic listening and emotional competence, advocating its inclusion in academic curricula to address death-related taboos
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
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