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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
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
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
Information communication technology and higher education institutions: evidence from students in the north west of Ireland
Full text linkThe way in which students learn is changing all the time and Information \ud
Communication Technology (ICT) is now a major element. In this research \ud
project ICT and the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) are examined from \ud
different angles such as use within the classroom, changes in ICT and the need \ud
for training for students with regards to the use of ICT and VLE. \ud
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The research methodology represents the student views towards ICT and VLE. It \ud
aimed to establish if students felt they needed training overall how they perceive \ud
ICT and how important they value it. The data collection method was a survey of \ud
two hundred and thirty eight students within a public Higher Educational \ud
Institution (HEI) in the North-West of Ireland and supplemented with an experts \ud
review of the findings. \ud
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The findings suggest that student view ICT as being important, many will \ud
continue to use ICT in their future careers. The data collected would also suggest \ud
that students are satisfied with the training they receive for ICT and for the \ud
knowledge of the VLE but they would require more practical experience training \ud
for using the VLE. \ud
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The author would like to hope that this paper identifies recommendations for HEI \ud
management and course delivers along with identifying areas of further research \ud
in the field
Information communication technology and higher education institutions: evidence from students in the north west of Ireland
Full text linkThe way in which students learn is changing all the time and Information
Communication Technology (ICT) is now a major element. In this research
project ICT and the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) are examined from
different angles such as use within the classroom, changes in ICT and the need
for training for students with regards to the use of ICT and VLE.
The research methodology represents the student views towards ICT and VLE. It
aimed to establish if students felt they needed training overall how they perceive
ICT and how important they value it. The data collection method was a survey of
two hundred and thirty eight students within a public Higher Educational
Institution (HEI) in the North-West of Ireland and supplemented with an experts
review of the findings.
The findings suggest that student view ICT as being important, many will
continue to use ICT in their future careers. The data collected would also suggest
that students are satisfied with the training they receive for ICT and for the
knowledge of the VLE but they would require more practical experience training
for using the VLE.
The author would like to hope that this paper identifies recommendations for HEI
management and course delivers along with identifying areas of further research
in the field
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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