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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
Why Girls? : A Content Analysis of the #BringBackOurGirls Movement and the Transnational Significance of the Chibok Girls
Get PDFIn the 2016-2017 academic year, I researched the transnational advocacy campaign #BringBackOurGirls, which was created in response to the kidnapping of 276 girls from Chibok, Nigeria by the Boko Haram. Boko Haram has committed many atrocities from 2011 to the present. However, the broader humanitarian crisis did not receive nearly as much attention as the kidnappings of the Chibok girls. Therefore, we must ask, why this is the case
This thesis contributes to the literature by introducing a theory of event adoption to describe the relationship between an event-based advocacy campaign and Transnational Advocacy Networks. My research seeks to understand how the campaign was able to gain international support and leverage pressure on the Nigerian government. To do this, I explored factors related to the Chibok kidnappings and the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign. I researched transnational advocacy literature, digital activism, and the Global War on Terror to explore the relationship between the #BringBackOurGirls campaign and Transnational Advocacy Networks
Women, Islam and tradition in the West African novel
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Women, Islam and tradition in the West African novel
Get PDFThere is a body of literature from West Africa that is of Islamic inspiration and that deals in a substantial way with Islamic beliefs and practices. To a considerable extent, Islam has influenced the way some important African writers define themselves and their art. Their novels are distinguished by a rich profusion of Islamic beliefs and practices even as they remain mindful of traditional cultural practices that continue to flourish in their various societies. Prominent in the novels selected for in depth study here, are the conflicts as well as the collusion that occurs between Islam and tradition particularly as they affect the lives of women. This thesis undertakes a close reading of six novels in order to examine in depth literary representations of the West African Muslim woman. Chapter one serves as an introduction as well as an exposition of the theory that informs the rest of the thesis. Drawing on the ideas of Edward Said, Fatima Mernissi and Molara OgundipeLeslie, I attempt to place this discussion within the body of critical discourse about "other" women. Chapter two goes on to trace the history of Islam in West Africa and the impact it has had on the religious beliefs and socio-political life of the inhabitants. I pay special attention to how the condition of women is affected by it before examining how creative writing is seen and approached by writers from an Islamic background. Since a number of West African novels speak of the Islamic experience, choices have to be made in the selection of texts for discussion in Chapters two to five. I have therefore chosen to focus on specific novels from two West African countries namely, Senegal and Nigeria. In the chapters which examine the works of Ousmane Sembene, Aminata Sow Fall and Mariama Ba as well as those of Ibrahim Tahir and Zaynab Alkali, I take into account available literary criticism on the novels. I also lean heavily on the Holy Quran and on the Hadith (the sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammed) including the exegeses of knowledgeable commentators
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
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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