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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
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
Challenges and Prospects for the Economic Capacity of Small Communities in the Process of Decentralization in Ukraine
Get PDFDecentralization in Ukraine involves the transfer of a significant volume of powers and financial resources to local self-government bodies. However, many small territorial communities face difficulties in fulfilling the delegated functions due to a limited economic base, shortage of qualified personnel, and weak investment potential. As a result, a mismatch arises: formal autonomy is not always accompanied by actual capacity for self-governance. This situation complicates the implementation of sustainable development strategies, increases socio-economic disparities among communities, and casts doubt on the effectiveness of the decentralization reform. In this context, analyzing the key factors of economic capacity of small territorial communities and developing practical ways to strengthen it as a foundation for sustainable local development under decentralization is a relevant and significant scientific task
The US Network Innovation Model
Get PDFThe aim of the article is to study the latest network models of R & D of TNCs, which appeared as a result of the internationalization of their activities and the intensification of competition in world markets. The role of innovation ventures in the processes of scientific and technological progress in the United States is determined. American corporate business structures, being the undisputed world leaders in terms of cost of investing in R&D and effectiveness of the development of financial resources for its implementation, concentrating in their innovation activities on the mass introduction of pioneering technologies into production and their commercialization, have become the main engine of global scientific, technical and innovation progress and interstate transfer of high technologies in recent decades. The competitive struggle of American TNCs for global technological leadership is analyzed, and the diversification of the global consumer needs for new samples of innovation-intensive products is increasingly motivating American TNCs for profound qualitative changes in the innovation management system. They are manifested in the gradual shifting of corporations from the traditional centralized model of organizing their R & D to the development of a network model of research and development implying wider use by corporations of complex international specialization in R & D with deep integration of innovative activities throughout the corporate structure. The current conditions of technoglobalism significantly aggravate the competition among companies for dominance in the high-tech segment of the global market, creating powerful incentives for trading in technologies and innovative developments, implementing corporate integration strategies and deepening international scientific and technological cooperation based on the principles of strategic partnership and co-opetition. At the same time, the development of strategic inter-corporate relations in the field of science and technology is considered by corporations as a rational alternative to mergers and acquisitions
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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