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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
Essays on gravity application for analyzing trade patterns at aggregate and sectoral level
This dissertation is an empirical appraisal to assess the determinants of bilateral trade volumes via a single-country gravity approach. It consists of three unique, however, related essays. In the first essay, we discuss in detail theory-consistent gravity models and their implications for gravity specification and estimation in general and specifically in a single-country setup. Subsequently, it incorporates these implications in an attempt to analyze trade patterns of Pakistan at an aggregate level (total of all Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Rev. 3 commodities) with its major partners in a panel framework. The second essay of the dissertation attempts to analyze trade flows of Pakistan at a disaggregated level, i.e., gravity analysis of its trade flows for all the sectors distinguished by the SITCsubmitted by Shaista KhanDissertation Universität Linz 201
Variations on the Author
“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
We 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
Human rights in the Pacific: a study in symbolic interactionism
In this lecture Director, Shaista Shameem, Fiji Human Rights Commission argues that there is an apparent disjunction between western and Pacific notions of law and order, which include human rights. "Human rights are regarded suspiciously as that which undermine the established order – an order which, from my standpoint at least, is composed of that hegemonic troika of traditional, church and, in most if not all cases, male authoritarian structures. Of course, many people and societies will respond to new ideas whether or not these ideas will cause them to make structural adjustments, but others will not. It is difficult to guess what will change attitudes. However, there is one thing I do know for sure and that is that an imposed legal framework for the protection of human rights cannot by itself modify a society or create a new social environment.
Essays on gravity application for analyzing trade patterns at aggregate and sectoral level
This dissertation is an empirical appraisal to assess the determinants of bilateral trade volumes via a single-country gravity approach. It consists of three unique, however, related essays. In the first essay, we discuss in detail theory-consistent gravity models and their implications for gravity specification and estimation in general and specifically in a single-country setup. Subsequently, it incorporates these implications in an attempt to analyze trade patterns of Pakistan at an aggregate level (total of all Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Rev. 3 commodities) with its major partners in a panel framework. The second essay of the dissertation attempts to analyze trade flows of Pakistan at a disaggregated level, i.e., gravity analysis of its trade flows for all the sectors distinguished by the SITCsubmitted by Shaista KhanDissertation Universität Linz 201
Role of human resource management in international mergers and acquisitions and international joint ventures in emerging markets
JOBNAME: Horwitz PAGE: 1 SESS: 5 OUTPUT: Tue Jan 20 15:53:29 2015 6. Role of human resource management in international mergers and acquisitions and international joint ventures in emerging markets Randall S. Schuler, Shaista E. Khilji and Huub Ru…
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
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