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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
The Marrakesh VIP Treaty, Accessibility, and (E)U
No full textIn an effort to combat the global ‘book famine’ for individuals with visual impairments, in that over 90% of the printed works of the work were unavailable to them in an accessible format, the international community developed and ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (Marrakesh VIP Treaty). The Treaty's purpose was to provide new and improved methods of accessibility while not infringing the protections afforded by copyright on the printed works. As digitalisation and improvements to text to speech narration advanced in line with other technologies, arguably, it became easier and more cost-effective to adapt the material for those with visual impairments. However, in doing so, the adaptation ran afoul of copyright protection. The Marrakesh VIP Treaty thus facilitates this adaption while not infringing or preventing future commercial exploration of the work in question.This paper seeks to outline the context for the introduction, negotiation, and ratification of the Marrakesh VIP Treaty within the broader spirit of the CRPRD from the perspective of the European Union (EU). It also analyses the EU’s ability to include human rights-related goals as part of its external relations policy and the question of competence to act in this regard in relation to the Marrakesh VIP Treaty. Finally, it examines each trade-based agreement following the ratification of the Marrakesh VIP Treaty by the EU to assess whether they are aligned to the spirit of the Treaty. In doing so, the innovative and protective aspects are contrasted with requirements to protect and promote various human rights, such as the rights of the person with disabilities and where the Marrakesh VIP Treaty shapes the rights to education, knowledge, culture, and the impact such inclusion has in addressing the global ‘book famine’
Exporting patent protection by the European Union or how one remembers to include human rights considerations in external trade
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