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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
The Judicial System in the Nation of Fodiyah
No full textThis modest research includes the introduction that talks about a brief summary about the stages that Hausa went
through before and after the emergence of the revamped Shaykh ‘Uthman bin Foduye and the definition of the
judiciary according to linguists and its definition in the terminology of jurists and then the statement of the position
of the judiciary because the position of the judiciary in each of the countries is an important position and it is one
of the what he emphasized in the foundations of the state or nation, and that is why rulers and sultans in all
countries of the world took care of it in every time and place, because it separates disputes and establishes rights
for those who deserve it. And in it is a statement of the judicial system of the Scholars of Jihad in the Fodiy Islamic
state. The revivalist Shaykh ‘Uthman bin Foduye was interested in this aspect and Caliphs after him and took full
care of it to achieve Islamic justice
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
AN ASSESSMENT OF CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF THE SHORTAGE OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOKOTO METROPOLIS
No full textThis paper investigates the causes and coping strategies of the shortage of mathematics teachers in senior secondary schools in the Sokoto Metropolis. A descriptive survey design was adopted. Two research questions were answered in the study. The study's population consisted of 135 mathematics teachers from 35 public senior secondary schools in Sokoto, and the sample was representative of the population, therefore all the responses were used. The instrument used for collection of data consists of an 18-item adopted questionnaire titled “Teacher Shortage and Coping Strategies Questionnaire (TSCSQ)”. The test-retest approach was used to pilot test the instrument, and it yielded a reliability coefficient index of 0.83. Based on the findings of the study, it was among other findings that over workload, high student enrolment, poor funding of education, and poor working conditions were the foremost causes of the shortage of mathematics teachers in senior secondary schools in Sokoto metropolis. It was then recommended that the government should train and employ more qualified mathematics teachers and provide well-ventilated classrooms with teaching aids and furnished staff rooms
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
Effect of Resource Factors and Quality of Instruction on Performance in Mathematics of Nigeria Secondary School Students
Get PDFIt seems that Nigeria's educational system has been undergoing improvement only on quantitative when it comes to the number of enrolments in students and schools. However, little effort has been put in place in terms of capacity (physical and material resources, human and financial resources) to manage high enrollment. Resources capacity in secondary schools was nothing to write home about. Most of these resources in secondary school were dilapidated. To worsen the scenario, the scarce resources allocated to these schools are grossly inadequate compared to students' enrollment and come late to the end-users in the public secondary schools. The various stakeholders in the education sector express stern concern about the consistently poor performance of students in secondary schools, especially in mathematics. Since secondary school education is expected to be free by the government, coupled with population increase, it is reasonable for people to take advantage of the free education program. Although the government and private sector of education keep providing qualified teaching staff and non-teaching staff, students in secondary schools still face poor performance in mathematics. The effect of all these on the academic performance in Nigeria's mathematics secondary school students concerns researchers of this empirical work. It is based on these issues and many more that this work sought to empirically investigate the impact of resource factors and quality of instruction on the performance of Nigeria secondary school students in mathematics
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