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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
Il caregiver familiare tra invisibilità sociale e riconoscimento istituzionale: un’analisi psicosociale e prospettive per il servizio sociale
No full textLa tesi esplora la figura del caregiver familiare, figura fondamentale nel sistema di cura; il caregiving non è soltanto un insieme di attività tecniche o pratiche, ma un’esperienza complessa che coinvolge emozioni, identità, relazioni e responsabilità, incidendo in modo significativo sulla propria vita personale e sociale. Nonostante l’importanza sociale di questo ruolo, i caregiver non sempre vengono riconosciuti come soggetti portatori di bisogni propri, e la complessità dei vissuti emotivi e relazionali sottostanti necessita di essere sistematicamente intercettata.
L’elaborato si articola in tre capitoli. Il primo affronta le basi teoriche e contestuali del caregiving, delineando le definizioni, i dati statistici e l’evoluzione normativa a livello internazionale, nazionale e regionale. Il secondo approfondisce le dimensioni psicosociali del ruolo, indagando le relazioni con i servizi, le attese familiari e sociali, e ponendo particolare attenzione al tema del caregiver burden e alcuni limiti degli strumenti tradizionali di valutazione. Il terzo capitolo descrive una ricerca-intervento psicosociale che ha esplorato, in particolare, i vissuti dei caregiver relativi al proprio ruolo e le attese verso i servizi. L’intento della ricerca intervento era duplice: da un lato accrescere la capacità del Servizio Sociale di riconoscere e interpretare la domanda dei caregiver; dall’altro favorire un confronto riflessivo tra caregiver e operatori sulle attese delle famiglie e la corrispondenza con le funzioni svolte dai servizi. I risultati evidenziano come l’esperienza del caregiving non possa essere ricondotta solo a “compiti” o “funzioni”: essa appare configurarsi come un intreccio di fatiche, solitudine, conflitti identitari, ma anche resilienza, dedizione e capacità di rielaborazione. Per il Servizio Sociale ciò può rappresentare una sfida etica e professionale: in particolare, i servizi possono diventare spazio di ascolto, riconoscimento e co-costruzione di significati attraverso la trasformazione dei vissuti dei caregiver in una risorsa per la riflessione e l’innovazione.
La tesi evidenzia la necessità di pensare i servizi sociali in chiave relazionale e riflessiva, promuovendo elementi di cambiamento culturale e organizzativo che restituisca dignità e centralità al caregiver come “persona”, condizione necessaria per un welfare sostenibile.
This thesis explores the figure of the family caregiver, a fundamental actor within the care system. Caregiving is not merely a set of technical or practical activities, but a complex experience that involves emotions, identity, relationships, and responsibilities, significantly affecting the personal and social life of those who undertake it. Despite the social importance of this role, caregivers are not always recognized as individuals with their own rights and needs, and the complexity of their emotional and relational experiences requires systematic acknowledgment.
The work is structured into three chapters. The first addresses the theoretical and contextual foundations of caregiving, outlining definitions, statistical data, and the evolution of legislation at international, national, and regional levels. The second examines the psychosocial dimensions of the role, focusing on relationships with services, social and family expectations, and particularly on the issue of caregiver burden, highlighting the limits of traditional assessment tools. The third chapter presents a psychosocial action-research project that specifically explored caregivers’ experiences of their role and their expectations of services. The aim of this action-research was twofold: on the one hand, to enhance Social Work’s ability to recognize and interpret caregivers’ needs; on the other, to promote a reflective dialogue between caregivers and practitioners concerning families’ expectations and the correspondence with the functions performed by services.The results reveal that caregiving cannot be reduced to mere “tasks” or “functions”: it emerges as a complex interplay of fatigue, solitude, identity conflicts, but also resilience, dedication, and the ability to reframe one’s role. For Social Work, this represents an ethical and professional challenge: services can become spaces of listening, recognition, and co-construction of meaning by transforming caregivers’ lived experiences into resources for reflection and innovation.
The thesis underlines the necessity of rethinking social services in a relational and reflective key, promoting cultural and organizational change that restores dignity and centrality to the caregiver as a “person”—a necessary condition for building a sustainable welfare system
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
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
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