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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
The changing nature of the mentor-beginning teacher relationship:: From modelling to co-enquirers
No full textRevenge against the father? A psychoanalytic study of Moby-Dick.
No full textThis thesis examines how the example of Captain Ahab from Herman
Melville's masterpiece; Moby-Dick, can be taken to illustrate a Psychoanalytic
understanding of Revenge. In chapter one an introduction to the novel is offered,
including themes and characters. Chapter two, in focussing on the revenge wish of
Ahab compares him to the Rat Man, and orientates revenge around the father and the
dissolution of the Oedipus complex. Chapter three approaches the relationship between revengeful wishes and the father by examining the work of Lacan, especially concerning the 'paternal metaphor'. The conclusion will comprise of some further remarks regarding the character of Ahab and an outline of the merits and limits of this thesis, as well as the enormous amount I have learned in the course of this exercise.
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth: whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Helping beginning Religious Education teachers develop their professional practice
No full textIn this chapter, we consider the role of the mentor in helping the beginning religious education (RE) teacher to understand wider aspects of teaching, particularly the link with research and the ever-changing demands placed on those who teach RE. Shulman (2008) suggests that the skilled mentor is required to move beyond simply coaching teaching technique to inculcate a vision for education on the way to the beginning RE teacher developing a new, professional identity. They do this by changing roles from instructor to critical friend or knowledgeable other. Akahito Takahashi (2014) has written about the role of the knowledgeable other in developing teachers. Although his work was based on Lesson Study, a method of professional development for teachers involving collaborative research in the classroom (See Allan et al. (2019), his findings have much relevance to the mentor who acts as a knowledgeable other when working with beginning teachers. Takahashi suggests that the knowledgeable other is responsible for:(1) bringing new knowledge from research and the curriculum;(2) showing the connection between the theory and the practice; and(3) helping others learn how to reflect on teaching and learning.”(2014, p. 13)This model is used in the first part of the chapter to investigate how you might induct beginning RE teachers into the teaching profession and RE community before considering some areas of knowledge that you might encourage beginning RE teachers to explore in order for them to become a reflective, creative RE practitioner. By the end of this chapter you should be able to:• Reflect on the different kinds of knowledge in which beginning RE teachers may need to develop expertise and confidence.• Guide the beginning RE teacher to understand the importance of your curriculum intent and how lessons, and sequences of lessons enable pupils to make progress (knowing more and remembering more) towards that.• Model critical engagement with RE policy (such as the local settlement of RE) to enable the beginning RE teacher to engage in policy debates throughout their career as a reflective practitioner.• Reflect on your role as a mentor
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
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