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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
Influencing Policy Making in Municipal Social Work 2017
No full textTutkimuksessa kartoitettiin Helsingin, Espoon ja Vantaan kaupunkien sosiaalityöntekijöiden suhtautumista ammatillisiin arvokysymyksiin, koettuihin työolosuhteisiin sekä erityisesti yhteiskunnalliseen vaikuttamiseen ja rakenteelliseen sosiaalityöhön. Aluksi vastaajilta kysyttiin, kuinka tärkeinä he pitävät oikeudenmukaisuutta, erilaisuutta ja eriarvoisuutta käsitteleviä periaatteita. Vastaajilta tiedusteltiin, kuinka usein he joutuvat työskentelemään ammattieettisten periaatteiden vastaisesti ja kokevatko he epäoikeudenmukaisuutta organisaation toimintatavoissa. Lisäksi vastaajia pyydettiin arvioimaan omaa työhyvinvointiaan. Seuraavaksi kysyttiin vastaajien mahdollisuuksista toteuttaa yhteiskunnallista vaikuttamista nykyisessä työssään. Väittämillä selvitettiin esimerkiksi mahdollisuuksia osallistua yhteiskunnalliseen keskusteluun ja vaikuttaa oman organisaation toimintakäytäntöihin. Tämän jälkeen pyydettiin arvioimaan, kuinka tärkeänä he pitävät edellä mainittujen tehtävien toteuttamista työssään. Vastaajilta kysyttiin, mihin päämääriin sosiaalityön yhteiskunnallinen vaikuttaminen tulisi ensisijaisesti kohdistaa. Vastaajille esitettiin useita työhön liittyviä kysymyksiä, joilla selvitettiin muun muassa nykyisen organisaation ja työyhteisön suhtautumista yhteiskunnalliseen vaikuttamiseen sekä vastaajan yhteiskunnallisen asiantuntemuksen hyödyntämistä kehittämistyössä. Lopuksi kysyttiin vastaajan kiinnostuksesta, mahdollisuuksista ja aktiivisuudesta yhteiskunnalliseen vaikuttamiseen. Taustamuuttujina ovat vastaajan syntymävuosi, työpaikan toimiala, työpaikan sijaintikunta, työkokemus sosiaalityöntekijänä, työkokemus nykyisessä tehtävässä, työsuhteen laatu, sosiaalityöntekijän pätevyys, korkein koulutus, valmistumisvuosi ja opiskelu tällä hetkellä.The study charted occupational values and work conditions of Finnish social workers in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, as well as their views on constructive social work and political influencing. First, the respondents were asked how important they personally considered different principles concerning inequality, diversity and equity. It was examined how often the respondents came across situations at work where they had to act against their ethical principles, how often they felt that the way their organisation operated contradicted their personal values, and how often they witnessed problems built into society or their organisation that affected the clients' situations negatively. Additionally, the respondents were asked to assess their own workplace well-being. Next, it was examined whether the respondents had opportunities in their current work to influence political decision-making, to participate in societal discussions and to impact the organisation's practices. The respondents were also asked to assess how important they considered being able to influence different aspects of political decision-making in their work. The respondents' opinions were charted on which objectives should be prioritised in political influencing by municipal social work organisations. Several questions examined the organisations' attitudes toward political influencing and their preparedness in utilising social workers' expertise in the development of services. The survey also charted the respondents' own interest and experience in political influencing. Finally, attitudinal statements examined the respondents' opinions on the role of social work and reasons behind poverty. Background variables included year of birth (categorised), field of social work, municipality where the workplace is located, years of experience as a social worker (categorised), years of experience in current job (categorised), type of employment contract, social worker qualification, level of education, year when R had graduated (categorised), and whether R was studying to become a social worker at the time of the survey
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
Haureellisia naisia vai tavallisia työläisiä? Irtolaisina 1908–1915 tuomittujen helsinkiläisnaisten kategorisointi ja vastapuhe
Get PDFKun ohjesääntöisen prostituution järjestelmä lakkautettiin Suomessa vuonna 1907, prostituutiosta epäiltyjä naisia kontrolloitiin muun muassa irtolaisasetuksen avulla siveyspoliisin toimesta. Jenni Simola tutkii artikkelissaan kuuden vuosina 1908–1915 irtolaisuudesta tuomitun helsinkiläisnaisen tapausten kautta haureellisen naisen kategorisointia ja sen vastapuhetta. Hän tarkastelee sitä, miten yksittäisiä naisia määritettiin irtolaiskontrollin käytännöissä haureellisiksi. Simola tutkii, miten naiset kategorisoitiin siveyspoliisissa haureellisiksi irtolaisiksi. Tämän lisäksi hän analysoi, miten naiset valituskirjelmissään itse kuvasivat itseään ja puolustautuivat haureellisuussyytöksiä vastaan. Lopuksi hän pohtii myös sitä prostituoidun leimaa, jolla hallittiin kaikkia naisia
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