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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
Drawing a Comparison between Former Assumption University of Thailand (AU) Students’ Preferences for English Pronunciation Models at University Level with Their Exposure to English Pronunciation Models after Graduation
No full textThe main goal of this study was to examine the relationship between former Assumption University of Thailand (AU) students’ preferences for English pronunciation models at the university level with their daily exposure to English pronunciation models after graduation, such as at work, and when socializing. In particular, this study drew a comparison between students’ preferences for pronunciation models of native speakers (NSs) of English with the pronunciation models of non-native speakers (NNSs) of English. The study utilized a questionnaire, and the data was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results indicate that in students’ eyes, the NS English pronunciation models were the desired models to be learned at the university level. However, when examining students’ daily interactions in communicating in English after graduation, the study established that students communicated with NNSs of English more than with NSs and, thus, had higher levels of exposure to NNS norms. According to the findings, students might be to some extent biased toward NS norms, and, on these grounds, their preferences could be somehow socially-constructed and influenced by policies and practices supporting the ideology of native speakerism. On a further level, this study suggests that Thai learners of English need to learn and be exposed to a large variety of English pronunciation models, especially in international and intercultural settings, such as Thailand, where English is used more by NNS communicating with one another than with NSs
The impact of domestic political challenges towards the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in January 2007
No full textThe following research report will look at a series of domestic factors that posed a threat to Bulgaria’s integration into the European Union in January 2007. In this light, this research report will evaluate the efforts that Bulgarian political leaders have taken to meet those existing domestic political challenges and thus assess Bulgaria’s progress towards meeting the political and economic criteria towards EU membership. This research study will be explained by the theoretical tradition of the multi-level governance approach, which assumes the involvement of supranational, national and sub-national actors in the processes of European integration
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
CODE-MIXING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNICATION AT THE THAI TERTIARY CONTEXT AND BEYOND
Full text linkThe following study examines the use of code-mixing or the mixing of Thai and English in the process of communication mainly between Thais and non-Thais at the Thai tertiary context and beyond. This study suggests that code-mixing occurs as a result of the transfer of Thai socio-cultural norms and elements that intersect with the English language and characterize the emergence of a newly-nativized variety or norm of English used in Thailand. A recurring theme of this study is the idea that the status and nature of English in Thailand have been constantly changing and this trend largely concerns the communication mainly between Thais and non-Thais, as well as to some extent between Thais themselves and between non-Thais themselves, especially in the educational domain. In light of this, this study suggests that educators and educational policy-makers need to promote awareness of the evolution of English as a global language and implement practices and policies oriented towards teaching and assessing English from a more inclusive and pluralistic perspective, concerning both instructors and students of English in Thailand and beyond.
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
Pragmatic awareness and its role in both teaching and learning English
No full textBroadly speaking, the following research study will examine critically the impact of local socio-cultural factors on the process of second language acquisition (SLA) among Thai learners of English. In particular, it will highlight that when learning a second/foreign language (L2), people often respond to certain expressions in the new language more engagingly if these expressions somehow represent a concept or an idea that people are familiar with or can easily identify with from the perspective of their own cultures. Throughout this research study, I am thus advocating for more pragmatic awareness, pragmatic competence and shared cultural knowledge among teachers and learners of English, as I believe it will help us interpret each other's intended meaning(s) better and inform us as teachers on how to conduct our teaching practices better when teaching the L2
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