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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
Exploring innovation in promoting tourism for sustainable development : a case of uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
No full textSubmitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master in Tourism and Hospitality Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023.According to Marchesani, Masciarelli and Ceci (2024), municipalities that are doing
well and becoming more competitive are responding to new emerging trends and
specific traveller preferences, the growing importance of social media, and mobile
internet marketing. Calitz and Cullen (2017:1) state that a key component of a
municipality's expansion to promote economic development is the recognition of
trends in destination marketing, to increase marketability when compared to worldclass municipalities. The aim of the current study was to explore the innovative ways
used by the uMkhanyakude District Municipality (UKDM) to promote tourism and
sustainable development. Evidence shows that there is increased responsibility on
local governments in tourism destination planning and management to facilitate and
promote local tourism in rural communities through the lens of innovation. In this day
and age, it is not enough for tourism businesses to rely solely on the traditional media
for marketing and promotion. An influx of tourists in UKDM can be achieved through
the usage of innovative tourism promotion strategies (internet, mobile phones, social
media, viral marketing, mobile commerce, and video marketing etc.) and capacitating
tourism practitioners at local government level to undertake effective tourism
promotion and marketing to effectively respond to increasingly sophisticated market
needs and trends.
Analysing the market needs thorough research to disclose all the challenges that the
municipalities may come across in promoting and growing the tourism industry in the
UKDM and the adjacent communities to expedite their welfare through promotion and
sustainable economic development to enhance tourism promotion and development.
Moreover, an information gap exists in UKDM on the use of innovative ways to
promote sustainable tourism development, as the district seems to rely mostly on the
conventional ways of promotion (district-wide state-of-the-art information centres,
glossy Elephant Coast destination brochures, and attending domestic and
international trade and consumer shows). New tourism promotion efforts are essential
for tourism businesses and the municipalities in the area for enhancement in tourism
development which will boost the municipality’s ailing economy. This research
explored the innovative ways used by the UKDM in promoting sustainable tourism development and the challenges they encounter in promoting and growing the visitor
numbers in uMkhanyakude District Municipality. A qualitative research methodology
was utilised to collect primary data through semi-structured interviews for this study
and a case study approach was used to explore innovation in promoting sustainable
tourism development from uMkhanyakude District Municipality’s tourism practitioners.
The study reveals that social media can be used more efficiently than traditional
communication channels, with executives in the tourism industry declaring that, like
any other business, tourism organisations need to participate in social media
marketing platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, blogs, forums, and media
sharing sites. These media sharing sites are facilitating communication between
tourism stakeholders and municipality managers on issues such as improving the
images of tourism destinations. They also assist in making past or future tourism plans
and establishing direct communication with tourism destinations. The main reason for
this is that travellers are constantly using social media before planning their trips,
during their trips, and at the end of their trips to share their travel experiences. As a
result, social media tools are regarded as effective means of publicising tourist
destinations.
Findings from the primary study revealed that most of the municipal entities do not use
social media as part of their promotion techniques. There is a need for full adoption of
the contemporary mechanisms used by tourism municipal destinations around the
world. The few tourism entities that use contemporary mechanisms of promotion are
only using it for Integrated Development Plan (IDP) roadshows and where tourism is
blended with other municipal activities for example in a website, the mechanisms are
hardly visited and updated with new and interesting information. In light of the current
lack of adoption of the contemporary mechanisms, this reveals a dire need for
adoption and usage of such promotion methods as they are cost-effective and suitable
for promotion, development and improvement of tourism in uMkhanyakude District
Municipality. The results suggest that social media is of strategic importance in
promoting tourism.
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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