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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
Key macroeconomic determinants of government debt: The case of North Macedonia
No full textovernment debt, as a prime macroeconomic determinant, has a significant impact on the design of fiscal and monetary policy in a country. That is to say, that, with the emergence of the Corona crisis and the energy crisis which caused: 1) interruption of global supply chains, 2) increase in food and energy prices and 3) interruption of the balance of supply and demand, a large number of countries including North Macedonia began to create targeted anti-crisis measures that caused the growth of the budget deficit, and as a result of this, the government's debt increased. What is characteristic about North Macedonia is that the increase of the government's debt caused the growth of the public debt, whereby it exceeded 60% of the GDP, which also means violation of one of the Maastricht criteria for convergence. The focus of this paper is the determination of the effect of key macroeconomic determinants on the government's debt of North Macedonia. This research paper is based on secondary data from relevant sources such as the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, the State Statistics Office and the IMF. The multiple linear regression model was applied in the empirical part of the research, in which five variables are incorporated. In this model, the government's debt, as a percentage of GDP is the dependent variable, and the annual economic growth, the average annual inflation rate, the budget deficit and the annual amount of FDI are independent variables. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the world crisis has a strong impact on the public finances of North Macedonia, and the growth of the budget deficit largely causes the growth of the country's debt by the government
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
The influence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the euro
Get PDFThe beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, like any conflict of such proportions in the past, caused
a significant disruption of international, financial, monetary and trade flows, primarily due to the sanctions imposed by the collective West on the Russian economy and the imposed ban on the import of energy, grains and other
products of Russian origin. Although, based on analyzes and expectations, many Western economists and creators of
the sanctions claimed that they will cause damage to the Russian economy, and they will not cause macroeconomic
destabilization of the European economy, that is, they will only contribute to the reduction of export revenues in the
Russian federal budget, and thus will indirectly imply the curtailment of the funds for financing the war and a quick
end to it, but the sanctions caused the opposite effect as a rapid increase in the stock prices of oil, oil derivatives and basic grains was observed. The new situation on the world stock markets has a significant impact on a large number of countries, including the Eurozone, as an optimal currency area and an economy dependent on the import of
Russian cheap energy, life and agricultural fertilizers, which according to a large number of studies are included in a crucial condition for rapid economic growth and maintenance of macroeconomic stability, to reduce with high
inflation rates, budget deficit, growth of public borrowing and management of the euro in relation to the US dollar.
The focus of this paper is the historical overview of the change in the value of the euro in relation to the US dollar
and the effect of the same on the flow of trade between the Eurozone and the USA as the largest trading partner and
the identification and analysis of the key internal and external factors that caused the depreciation of the euro to the extent that in a certain period the US dollar is more expensive in relation to the euro, which further destabilizes macroeconomic parameters. Consequently, the paper provides an answer to the question related to the reflection of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the fall in the value of the euro and the significance of the transmission channels
of the same within the international financial and trade system, with special reference on relations between the
Eurozone and the USA.
The empirical research is conducted using secondary data from relevant institutions such as Eurostat and European
commission reports, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO). The research consists of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis using the method of ordinary least squares (OLS)
Transmission of monetary policy in developing countries in conditions of global inflation groeth-The case of North Macedonia and Serbia
Get PDFMonetary policy in coordination with fiscal policy is a key determinant for maintaining the macroeconomic
stability of countries through the creation of conventional and non-conventional measures in crisis situations. The
disruption of global supply chains and the limitation of the supply of oil and oil products resulted in a global
increase in inflation, from which developing countries were the most affected countries. Similarly, the Central
Banks undertook a series of measures aimed at cushioning the shock and returning inflation within the established
corridor. The subject of the research paper is an analysis of the effectiveness of monetary policy in the stabilization
of inflation in North Macedonia and Serbia. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the impact of monetary
measures on the economic flows of North Macedonia and Serbia through the transmission channels by applying
the SVAR model. The research was done using secondary methods and the SVAR model. According to the results
of the research, it can be concluded that North Macedonia and Serbia recorded a significant increase in inflation
caused by mostly global factors, and the monetary policy in both countries had a significant participation in the
stabilization of inflation and the macroeconomic situation
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
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