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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
(R)evolution of sustainability reporting regulation in the European Union
No full textCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been present in European Union (EU) policy. However, when it comes to CSR-related disclosures, the shift from a voluntary to a mandatory approach with the introduction of Directive 2014/95/EU is seen as a milestone in the (r)evolution of sustainability reporting regulation. This chapter aims to synthesize current knowledge on the role of Directive 2014/95/EU in the ongoing process of regulating sustainability reporting in the EU by examining the related academic debate. We performed a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix which allows us to discuss which authors, academic institutions and journals have contributed to the debate over time, which publications have had the greatest impact and what is the conceptual structure of the scientific discours
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
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Full text linkPrevious studies show regulation and corporate governance play an important role in
affecting CSR processes and outcomes. The stakeholder engagement (SE) process
represents a good practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and, at the same
time, an aspect of substance over form, within the CSR policies. In spite of its relevance,
SE represents a little explored field of research. The purpose of this paper is to
investigate if the improvements in SE processes are actually driven by regulation
rather than by some elements of corporate governance. The study examines the
effect of the regulation and some board's characteristics on SE. Specifically, in 2017
the introduction of EU non-financial information Directive (Directive 2014/95/EU)
shifts the disclosure of non-financial information from the voluntary to the mandatory
realm: in this mandatory context, the quality of the SE process that is indirectly
disclosed in non-financial information, could improve. By using a content and statistical
analysis, through performing 4 two-way Analysis of Variance, the study reveals
that the effects of the introduction of the Directive 2014/95/EU on the stakeholder
engagement process have been limited and the improvements in SE before and after
the introduction of the Directive link to the Board of Directors characteristics. These
findings are interesting for academics, by enriching the academic debate on mandatory
versus voluntary disclosure and the relationship between board attributes and
sustainability, for policy makers, by providing suggestions to favour organisational
change of the firms, and for managers, by identifying the desirable characteristics of
the Board of Directors
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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