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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
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
The social services and the perpetrators of violence : The importance of leadership when implementing new legislation
No full textDenna studie har tagit utgångspunkt i socialtjänstens utökade ansvar för att ge insatser till personer med våldsproblem enligt ny bestämmelse i Socialtjänstlagen (SFS 2001:453) 5 kap. 11 § a som infördes 2021. Syftet är att belysa hur chefer inom socialtjänsten tolkar och implementerar intentionerna i lagstiftningen, samt vilka utmaningar de möter i sitt ledarskap. Studien bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med sju mellanchefer från olika kommuner. Det teoretiska ramverket har haft fokus på ledarskapsteori, organisation, kön, specialisering inom socialtjänsten och förklaringsmodeller till våld. Resultaten visar att cheferna uppfattar våld i nära relationer som ett komplext problem. De betonar behovet av att förändra våldsutövares beteende för att minska lidande, särskilt för barn, och bryta sociala arv. Cheferna har ett ambivalent förhållande till förklaringsmodeller till våld. Resultatet visar att ledarskapet har betydelse och är viktigt det förändringsarbete som implementering av ny lagstiftning innebär. Cheferna beskriver utmaningar i att balansera förväntningar och krav på förändring- och utvecklingsarbete och de begränsningar de behöver förhålla sig till som chefer i en byråkratisk organisation. Förändringsarbete kräver ett motiverande och visionärt utvecklande ledarskap som tar till vara den professionella kunskap som finns i organisationen. Studien visar att det finns behov av tydligare styrning, starkare politisk förankring och utveckling av ny kunskap för att socialtjänstens arbete med våldsutövare ska bli effektivt. Sammanfattningsvis belyser denna studie vikten av att stärka socialtjänstens arbete och kapacitet att hantera den nya lagstiftningen och utveckla nya arbetssätt och metoder. Där är ett utvecklande ledarskap en nyckel för att lyckas. Detta kräver inte bara organisatoriska förändringar, utan också ett skifte i synen på orsaker till våld, vem som bär ansvar och medvetandegörande om normer och diskurser som präglar området våld i nära relation.This study has taken a point of departure in the extended responsibility of social services to provide interventions to perpetrators of violence according to new provisions in the Social Services Act (SFS 2001:453) ch. 5. § 11 a which was introduced in 2021. The purpose is to highlight how managers in social services interpret and implement the intentions in the legislation, as well as what challenges they face in their leadership. The study is based on qualitative interviews with seven middle managers from different municipalities. The theoretical framework has focused on leadership theory, organization, gender, specialization within social services and explanatory models for violence. The results show that the managers perceive intimate partner violence as a complex problem. They emphasize the need to change the behavior of perpetrators to reduce suffering, especially for children, and break social inheritance. The managers have an ambivalent relationship towards explanatory models for violence. The result shows that leadership is important for the change work that implementation of new legislation entails. The managers describe challenges in balancing expectations and demands for change and development work with the limitations they need to deal with as managers in a bureaucratic organization. Change work requires a motivating and visionary, transformative leadership that takes advantage of the professional knowledge available in the organization. The study shows that there is a need for clearer governance, stronger political anchoring, and development of new knowledge in order for social services' work with perpetrators of violence to be effective.In summary, this study highlights the importance of strengthening the work and capacity of social services.
The social services and the perpetrators of violence : The importance of leadership when implementing new legislation
No full textDenna studie har tagit utgångspunkt i socialtjänstens utökade ansvar för att ge insatser till personer med våldsproblem enligt ny bestämmelse i Socialtjänstlagen (SFS 2001:453) 5 kap. 11 § a som infördes 2021. Syftet är att belysa hur chefer inom socialtjänsten tolkar och implementerar intentionerna i lagstiftningen, samt vilka utmaningar de möter i sitt ledarskap. Studien bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med sju mellanchefer från olika kommuner. Det teoretiska ramverket har haft fokus på ledarskapsteori, organisation, kön, specialisering inom socialtjänsten och förklaringsmodeller till våld. Resultaten visar att cheferna uppfattar våld i nära relationer som ett komplext problem. De betonar behovet av att förändra våldsutövares beteende för att minska lidande, särskilt för barn, och bryta sociala arv. Cheferna har ett ambivalent förhållande till förklaringsmodeller till våld. Resultatet visar att ledarskapet har betydelse och är viktigt det förändringsarbete som implementering av ny lagstiftning innebär. Cheferna beskriver utmaningar i att balansera förväntningar och krav på förändring- och utvecklingsarbete och de begränsningar de behöver förhålla sig till som chefer i en byråkratisk organisation. Förändringsarbete kräver ett motiverande och visionärt utvecklande ledarskap som tar till vara den professionella kunskap som finns i organisationen. Studien visar att det finns behov av tydligare styrning, starkare politisk förankring och utveckling av ny kunskap för att socialtjänstens arbete med våldsutövare ska bli effektivt. Sammanfattningsvis belyser denna studie vikten av att stärka socialtjänstens arbete och kapacitet att hantera den nya lagstiftningen och utveckla nya arbetssätt och metoder. Där är ett utvecklande ledarskap en nyckel för att lyckas. Detta kräver inte bara organisatoriska förändringar, utan också ett skifte i synen på orsaker till våld, vem som bär ansvar och medvetandegörande om normer och diskurser som präglar området våld i nära relation.This study has taken a point of departure in the extended responsibility of social services to provide interventions to perpetrators of violence according to new provisions in the Social Services Act (SFS 2001:453) ch. 5. § 11 a which was introduced in 2021. The purpose is to highlight how managers in social services interpret and implement the intentions in the legislation, as well as what challenges they face in their leadership. The study is based on qualitative interviews with seven middle managers from different municipalities. The theoretical framework has focused on leadership theory, organization, gender, specialization within social services and explanatory models for violence. The results show that the managers perceive intimate partner violence as a complex problem. They emphasize the need to change the behavior of perpetrators to reduce suffering, especially for children, and break social inheritance. The managers have an ambivalent relationship towards explanatory models for violence. The result shows that leadership is important for the change work that implementation of new legislation entails. The managers describe challenges in balancing expectations and demands for change and development work with the limitations they need to deal with as managers in a bureaucratic organization. Change work requires a motivating and visionary, transformative leadership that takes advantage of the professional knowledge available in the organization. The study shows that there is a need for clearer governance, stronger political anchoring, and development of new knowledge in order for social services' work with perpetrators of violence to be effective.In summary, this study highlights the importance of strengthening the work and capacity of social services.
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