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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
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
Perceptions of teachers in the early years of elementary school about gender issues in the school
No full textA escola é um espaço social, no qual, para além da transmissão de conhecimentos, relações também são construídas. Em contrapartida, na instituição escolar, pode haver produção e reprodução de desigualdades engessando vivências e potencialidades de discentes. As questões de gênero estão presentes no espaço escolar quando há conceitos pré-estabelecidos em relação aos comportamentos de alunos e alunas, práticas sexistas e afins. Contudo, a escola tem um potencial transformador e configura-se como espaço privilegiado para discussões da temática. Para tanto, docentes – assim como todos/as os/as agentes escolares – necessitam refletir constantemente sobre a prática a fim de não produzir e reproduzir desigualdades. Dessa forma, este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar as percepções de docentes do Ensino Fundamental I sobre as questões de gênero em relação às suas práticas profissionais. Assim, esta pesquisa configura-se em uma abordagem qualitativa. A coleta de dados deu-se mediante entrevistas semiestruturadas com seis docentes atuantes em três escolas dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental e ocorreram mediante a disponibilidade de cada participante. Os dados foram analisados à luz da análise de conteúdo como propõe Bardin; foram agrupados em categorias e subcategorias, sequencialmente analisados e discutidos. Constatamos que as docentes e o docente abarcam discussões em relação às questões de gênero em suas práticas por meio de diálogos e reflexões. Em contrapartida, ainda há receios do trabalho com a temática, sendo indicados alguns fatores como a reação das famílias, de outras/os agentes escolares e a necessidade de conhecimento da temática. Nesse sentido, a falta de formação inicial e continuada de forma efetiva ficou evidente nos relatos docentes, uma vez que só uma docente mencionou ter realizado uma formação específica quanto à temática de gênero e sexualidade. Nesse sentido, considerando a potencialidade transformadora das instituições escolares, é necessário que haja políticas educacionais de formação docente em relação às questões de gênero e sexualidade.School is a social space in which, in addition to transmitting knowledge, relationships are also built. On the other hand, the school institution can produce and reproduce inequalities, stifling students' experiences and potential. Gender issues are present in the school environment when there are pre-established concepts regarding the behavior of male and female students, sexist practices and the like. However, the school has transformative potential and is a privileged space for discussions on the subject. To this end, teachers - as well as all school agents - need to constantly reflect on their practice in order not to produce and reproduce inequalities. The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of elementary school teachers on gender issues in relation to their professional practices. Thus, this research takes a qualitative approach. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with six teachers working
in three schools in the early years of elementary school. The data was analyzed using content analysis as proposed by Bardin; it was grouped into categories and subcategories and then analyzed and discussed. We found that the teachers embrace discussions on gender issues in their practices through dialog and reflection. On the other hand, there are still fears about working with the subject, with some factors being pointed out, such as the reaction of families, other school agents and the need for knowledge of the subject. In this sense, the lack of effective initial and ongoing training was evident in the teachers' reports, since only one teacher mentioned having undergone specific training on the subject of gender and sexuality. In this sense, considering the transformative potential of school institutions, it is necessary to have educational policies for teacher training in relation to gender and sexuality issues
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