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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
Linking entrepreneurial orientation to SMEs’ performance - Implications for entrepreneurship universities
No full textPurpose.The objective of this paper is to measurethe relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in order to provide recommendations aimed to integrate EO practices into organisations’ business strategiesas well as to identify implications that can inform knowledge-based initiatives of entrepreneurial universities that focus on the development of entrepreneurial capacity of SMEs.
Design/methodology/approach. This research paper adopts a quantitative approach to investigate a conceptual framework linking EO to SME’s Performance. The central postulated hypothesis is that EO positively affects Performance of SMEs. To verify this hypothesis, the proposed framework was tested using a system of partial least squares (PLS-SEM) of structural equations modelling,adopting the SmartPLS® 3.0 software(Ringle, Wende, & Becker, 2015). The empirical context analysed 170 SMEsoperating in the Bajio Region (México) in the leather-footwear sector.
Findings.The results provide evidence that Mexican companies with EO have a positive effect on itsfirm performance. Similarly, findingsemphasisethatboth Risk-Taking and Innovativenessare currently the central axes of EO,aboutthe analysedcompanies.Accordingly, entrepreneurial universities can support the development of entrepreneurial capacity by focusing on knowledge-based actions that can foster the improvement of some specific features of the EO.
Practical implications.The resultsprovide insights about the relationships between EO and the Performance of SMEs indicating that potentials initiatives of entrepreneurial universities aimed to support the development capacity of SMEs should focus their attention on the critical distinguishing dimensions of EO.
Originality/value of paper.This paper provides evidence of four central EO’s insights. Firstly, derived from literature research, it proposes a working definition of EO. Secondly, these research findings support an understanding of therelationship between EO and Mexican SMEs Performance and propose a multiple and reflective dimension of EO’s model. And finally, this research attempts to provide some implications for entrepreneurship universities aiming to support the integration of entrepreneurial strategies in SMEs particularly in developing countries
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
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