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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
The Citizenship Dialectic
Full text linkThe article contextualizes the ongoing debate concerning civil rights in a post- September 11th world, and its effects on how we ought to conceptualize membership in our political community. This article is unique in that it situates the importance of citizenship in the larger debate, and draws meaningful comparisons to the problematic history of the construct over the life of our nation. My thesis is that despite the popular belief that citizenship connotes an equality of status, in reality, citizenship has always contained aspects that foster inequality and lead to exclusion. These are not new worries for a post-September 11th world, but they are critical questions in light of those events. The article traces the degrees of citizenship that have materialized in the Congress’s and Supreme Court’s unequal treatment of the indigenous peoples, island inhabitants, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and other non-whites, and thereby provides a significant context to recent constitutional debates. Ultimately, the article proposes a new vision of citizenship for the nation-state in a postmodern era
Your Honor What I Meant to State was . . . : A Comparative Analysis of the Judicial and Evidentiary Admission Doctrines as Applied to Counsel Statements in Pleadings, Open Court, and Memoranda of Law
Full text linkEmpire Forgotten: The United States\u27s Colonization of Puerto Rico
Full text linkThis Article tells a story of two countries: the first, a world power through its noble proclamations concerning human rights, led the charge for the recognition of a people\u27s right to choose their political and socio-economic future; the second, because of its domination by the first, has been unable to have its people choose their political and socio-economic future. 10 In analyzing this relationship, this Article demonstrates how the United States, by denouncing imperialism while at the same time quietly enjoying its benefits, resembles the colonizer who refuses
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SFFA v. Harvard College: Closing the Doors of Equality in Education
No full textThe United States Supreme Court’s recent combined decision ending affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina was hailed in conservative circles as the beginning of “the long road” towards racial equality. Others declared that “the opinion may begin the restoration of our nation’s constitutional colorblind legal covenant.” Another writer pronounced, “Affirmative action perpetuated racial discrimination. Its end is a huge step forward.” A Washington-based opinion page even declared: “[T]he demise of race-based affirmative action should inspire renewed commitment to the ideal of equal opportunity in America.” Despite these laudatory pronouncements, the decision and celebratory calls are wrongheaded and champion nothing close to equality, or an actual colorblind approach to society for that matter. The SFFA decision held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause forbids the consideration of race in college admissions. The holding, implicitly and explicitly, rests on a vision of equality based on the conservative theory of achieving a colorblind society. As this Article will demonstrate, the embrace of a so-called colorblind society by the members of the Court is one in which endorses a society to continue to provide lessor opportunities for racial minorities. The Court endorses a society that provides a public education system that is not even remotely approaching any notions of equality but can hold illegal efforts seeking to bring us slightly closer to racial equality
Membership and Immigration- Today\u27s Civil Rights Agenda part 1
No full textEdiberto Roman, J.D., Professor Law at Florida International University\u27s College of Law presents a lecture on Martin Luther King Jr in relation to today\u27s current immigration issues
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