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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
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
Functionalism of Talcott Parsons in explanation of ethnic relations
No full textThis paper discusses the functionalistic approach of Talcott Parsons to the problem of ethnic relations. The paper consists of four parts. In the first one the author starts with the basic assumptions of functionalism important for Parson’s approach. The second part is dedicated to his understanding of ethnic relations as broaden groups of relatives and adherent features created by this identity. The third part is about changes in Parson’s analyses towards the feeling of belonging and non-belonging, solidarity and voluntary status of ethnic identity. The last one deals with the critique of Parson’s explanation of ethnic relations
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
Science collaboration networks in sociology and their general characteristics in Serbia
No full textScience collaboration networks occupy an important place in the analysis of social networks. There are several directions of concern in this kind of research: one attempts to explain the structure of science collaboration networks, the second one analyses the invisible scientific communities and the third one is dealing with the problems of different citation forms which function as a base from which many of the conclusions concerning these networks are being derived. However, the results of recent research in science collaboration networks indicate that there are a number of idiosyncratic characteristics of collaboration networks in sociology. In the first part of the paper the author analyzes the results of previous research of sociological social networks, published in scientific papers available in the following databases: JSTOR, ScienceDirect and SpringerLink. The authors then proceeds with the analysis of social networks of sociologists in Serbia and gives guidelines of the first research project dedicated to the analysis of social networks in Serbia
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
Metodološki problemi u sprovođenju kvantitativnih istraživanja posredstvom interneta u sociologiji
No full textResearch conducted through the Internet is becoming
increasingly important in contemporary society which is marked by
accelerated scientific, technological and information development. The
methodology of Internet research is the subject of consideration of
numerous scientific papers, but it is necessary to examine the extent to
which the recommendations of methodologists are applied in practice.
This study analyzes the methodology of quantitative research
conducted through the Internet, in leading world and Serbian
sociological journals. We start from a theoretical framework that points
to the distinction between the virtual, online sphere and offline society,
or the view of the Internet as a cultural context and artifact, but
emphasizing the connection and intertwining of these spheres, in a new,
digital context. Relevant theories for conceptualizing the digital
context of research and key concepts of digital and virtual society,
cyberspace, digital and virtual culture, virtual communities, computermediated
communications and social networks are presented. In
accordance with the stated theoretical framework, we define the
elements that should be included in research through the Internet:
digital contextualization, positioning of researchers in relation to the
connection between online and offline spheres and the reason for
choosing Internet technology, ie advantages and disadvantages. In
addition to the elements above, the satisfaction of the criteria of
traditional methods for the application of quantitative techniques and
research, as well as specific criteria for the application of digital
methods, which appear in the methodological literature, was examined.
146 papers published from 2005 to the time of data collection
(beginning of 2019) were analyzed. In particular, the differences in
relation to the applied technique and the field of research were
examined and different trends in the analyzed world and Serbian
sociological journals were pointed out. As leading journals of high
quality, the papers mostly meet the criteria of traditional research, but
the application of recommendations specified in the methodological
literature has been rarely reported. The criteria we emphasize in this
paper, concerning the digital contextualization of the subject and the
rationale for the choice of online research are also low, and represented
in less than a third of the sample. Although the methodological
literature predicts the revolutionary influence of the Internet on the
methodology of the social sciences, the general conclusion is that
research in sociology is currently in the phase of adapting traditional
methods to the digital sphere. However, we consider this finding
satisfactory, given the complexity of the application of research in the
new digital and virtual context. Further development of research of this
type should be accompanied by a synthesis of methodological
recommendations and practical problems and ways to solve them that
occur in practice. The aim of this paper is precisely one type of this
synthesis of theoretical recommendations and the practical state of this
type of research in sociology. Finally, practical recommendations are
given for conducting research through the Internet in sociology and
related disciplines
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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