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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
Use of ‘Dear Colleague’ Letters in the US House of Representatives: A Study of Internal Communications
No full textDear colleague letters — formal, written, Member-to-Member correspondence — provide a
unique window into internal communications in the House of Representatives. In general, studies
of congressional political communications tend to focus on external messaging by Members
(candidates) to their constituents (voters) through a focus on electoral or constituent
communication. Yet, these studies may or may not tell us why Members choose to engage in
internal communication. To address this gap, this paper draws on the literature and presents new
hypotheses about factors that increase a Member’s likelihood of using dear colleague letters.
Using House dear colleague letter data from the first session of the 111th Congress (2009), a
negative binomial regression tests the importance of seniority, electoral vulnerability, leadership
status, and majority party status for dear colleague letter senders. The analysis demonstrates that
being a rank-n-file majority party members who are electorally “safe” are more likely to use the
dear colleague system.This article reflects the views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Congressional Research Service or the Library of Congress. The author would like to thank Jessica Gerrity, Beth Rosenson, Susan Smelcer, Shannon Bow, Colleen Shogan, Eric Uslaner and Roger Davidson for their comments on earlier drafts. A previous version of this paper was presented at the 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13572334.2013.73715
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
Amending Ethics Committee Sanction Recommendations in the House of Representatives
No full textThe Constitution provides Congress with the power to punish and discipline its Members. Since the 90th Congress (1967–1968), the House Ethics Committee has been authorized to investigate allegations of misconduct and recommend punishments. This paper examines seven instances where the House Ethics Committee has recommended punishment and the House has considered an amendment to increase or decrease the proposed sanction. Using a combination of case studies and a roll call vote data, this paper finds that demographic similarities between the accused and the voting Member (race, party, and state delegation), partisanship, and serving on the Ethics Committee influence whether a Member might choose to support an alternative sanction. For amendments that propose an increased penalty, same state delegation (negative effect), co-partisanship (positive effect), race (positive effect), ideology (positive effect), and type of scandal (negative effect) matter. For decreased penalties, same state delegation (positive effect), race (positive effect), and ideology (negative effect) matter. For all amendments, being an Ethics Committee member is a strongly negative predictor. These findings imply that committee members attempt to protect the committee’s recommendation, that demographic similarities matter when Members are making sanction decisions, and that ideology is a driving factor in deciding to support a change in ethics penalty.This paper reflects the views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Congressional Research Service or the Library of Congress. The author would like to thank Beth Rosenson, Scott Basinger, Jim Saturno, Shannon Bow O’Brien, and the anonymous reviewers for their comments on previous drafts of this paper.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10999922.2021.1994206?journalCode=mpin2
The Dismal Ledger: Encounters Between Parliamentary Procedure, Dysfunction, and Formulation of the Federal Budget
No full textThis thesis surveys parliamentary dysfunction in the United States Senate within the curation of the federal budget. Often, research surrounding the federal budget comes in quantitative methods, seeking measurable impacts on fiscal policy. Quantitative methods are used within this work to explore the role procedural interpretation, political
economy, and intergovernmental lobbying has on parliamentary procedure in the United States Senate.
This thesis finds that procedural misinterpretation, political economy, and
intergovernmental lobbying does have an impact on the role the federal budget plays in parliamentary procedure in the Senate.
The federal budget reaches into nearly every aspect of American government,
acting as a critical vehicle of the social contract. As such, the federal budget can act as a carrier of influence, lobbying, and dysfunction into all branches of government and the federalist system
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