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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
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
The Effects of Regulations in Turkish Civil Air Transport on the Sector (2003-2017)
Full text linkRegulation is supervision and control of economic activities of private enterprises by the government in order to gain economic efficiency, fairness, health and safety. Civil air transport is also one of the sectors that needs to be regulated. In this study, the economic impact of regulations in Turkish Civil Air Transport are examined. The issue of Civil Aviation Law No. 2920 in 1983 and flight permits given to private airlines in 2003 were the most important regulations. The findings show that the market share of private airline companies increased significantly from 2003 to 2017. Turkey's air transport sector rose to top positions in the world and in Europe. As a result of the regulations, it could be suggested that the sector has made a significant progress in the last 15 years and this development has a tendency to proceed
Mission and Vision Analysis of Institutional Self Evaluation Reports of Universities
No full textUniversities prepare their strategic plans every five years, and their institutional self evaluation reports evaluate the previous year every year. It is expected that the mission and vision statements determined by the strategic plan will also be reflected in the institutional self evaluation reports, prepared to monitor the quality assurance processes related to the main activity areas of the universities. The study sample consists of state universities established before 1992, state universities established in 1992, and foundation universities established before 2002. In the study, the seven most frequently repeated words in the mission and vision statements determined in the universities' strategic plans in force in 2022 were determined separately, and the extent to which these words were reflected in the 2021 institutional self evaluation reports of the universities was examined. MAXQDA Analytics Pro program was used in this review. In addition, the content analysis technique, one of the data analysis methods in qualitative research, was used. As a result of the findings obtained by analyzing the documents, a comparison study was conducted to determine similarities and differences between and within the groups. When comparing the groups, it was seen that the most successful group in reflecting the mission and vision statement was the state universities established before 1992. However, it was determined that the universities did not adequately reflect their mission and vision statements in their institutional self evaluation reports. As a result of the study, the reasons for the disconnection between the mission and vision statements of the universities and the institutional self evaluation reports were examined, and suggestions were made to strengthen the relationship between them
Correlation of Economy And Physics in the Context of Asymmetric Information
No full textAsymmetric information is one of the reasons why the market economy fails. Asymmetric information, first named by Akerlof, disrupts the functioning of insurance and credit markets due to risk and uncertainty. Physics has a relationship with many branches of science. The field in which the relationship between physics and economy is studied is called econophysics. In this study, the uncertainty, which is the common point of quantum physics and asymmetric information, is investigated with the econophysics approach. Principles and assumptions of quantum physics related to economics and asymmetric information is expained. Quantum physics and the uncertainty in asymmetric information are discussed with the insurance industry case. According to the findings obtained, it can be argued that the uncertainty that is addressed in quantum physics and exists in nature has similar characteristics with the uncertainty that exists between the buyer and seller in the market economy
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