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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
Co-navigating value: An exploration of Indigenous environmental valuation through participatory mapping of cedar trees
Get PDFIndigenous cultures around the world retain complex ways of viewing, valuing, and interacting with the land rooted in traditional cultures and belief systems. However, assessment of the value of natural landscapes frequently overlooks the ways in which environmental value is perceived through Indigenous knowledge systems. Chapter 2 of this thesis describes a participatory mapping case study conducted in partnership with T’Sou-ke First Nation on Vancouver Island, British Columbia exploring the value associated with the natural environment of T’Sou-ke traditional territory through the lens of cedar trees. Two participatory mapping workshops and one semi-structured interview were conducted, the findings of which were analysed through qualitative coding. Through this process, eight forms of Indigenous environmental value were identified. The significance of these findings is explored, particularly insofar as they highlight the diversity of available environmental benefits and support the growing argument that assessment models which neglect Indigenous ways of knowing will have failed to consider the full scope of potential environmental value. Chapter 3 provides a reflexive discussion of the benefits and challenges of participatory mapping as a research method in Indigenous contexts based on personal observations made during the case study discussed in Chapter 2. Emphasis is placed on the challenges of this research approach for graduate students and other early-career researchers. Suggestions for both experienced researchers and students for managing these challenges are discussed, and a brief set of guidelines for graduate students to assess whether participatory mapping is an appropriate method for their research is put forward. Chapter 4 concludes with a discussion on the merit and potential future applications of the findings in the context of Indigenous environmental valuation research and the development of multi-knowledge system environmental valuation models.Graduat
Working Together: The Role of Maasai Youth in Local Economies
No full textThis thesis examines the relationship between Maasai youth and their role in local economies in the community of Elerai in Tanzania. Through a community-based participatory research partnership, photovoice was used as a methodology to explore this primary inquiry, and also providing additional insights into the impacts of youth migration and the ongoing threats due to climate change on the community. Maasai youth acted as community co-researchers during several focus group discussions to explore research questions about the role of Maasai youth in local economies. In particular, my thesis investigates several sub-questions: How do Masaai youth feel about young people leaving the community? and What do Maasai youth perceive to be the future of their economies? This research is part of a broader community-based research partnership with several Maasai communities and took place during the summer of 2022. This work is intended to be a form of art and medicine for Maasai youth teaching and learning from each other.Graduat
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
Perspectives on Indigenous knowledge governance in collaborative environmental stewardship
Get PDFGrowing from inherent rights to steward territories, the weaving of Indigenous knowledge into environmental stewardship is increasingly being acknowledged and mandated for, both in Canada and internationally. The deep settler colonial roots of environmental stewardship and resource management in Canada, as well as the violence enacted on communities within these spaces and through resource management practices, make this a contentious and deeply complicated task. Furthermore, engagement with Indigenous peoples and their knowledge systems has historically been, and continues to be, extractive, dismissive, and paternalistic, disrupting Indigenous ways of being and failing to recognize inherent rights. In tandem with environmental stewardship rights, Indigenous peoples have articulated and asserted their inherent right to govern their knowledge and data. Indigenous knowledges come from and are practiced on lands and waters and, as such, Indigenous knowledge governance and environmental stewardship are deeply interconnected. However, there are tensions between the recognition of and interest in weaving Indigenous knowledge into environmental stewardship, while adhering to Indigenous knowledge governance principles that ensure protection and prevent extraction, exploitation, or misuse. Growing from this tension, this study is situated in a collaborative Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) program on the South Coast of British Columbia where federal, provincial, and First Nations governments are partnering to envision and plan marine use in the region. Using community-based participatory research methodologies, this study was developed with First Nations partners at the First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia (FNFC) and asks how Indigenous knowledges may be ethically and equitably woven into the marine planning process. To do this, I hosted focus groups and interviews with individuals working for each of the MSP partners and sought to better understand perspectives on and experiences with knowledge governance in collaborative environmental stewardship work. The intention driving this study was to provide insight and potential recommendations that may support the FNFC and partners in establishing an MSP process that adhered to and was founded in Indigenous knowledge governance principles and practices. Project findings demonstrate that, rather than understanding knowledge as an object or evidence base separate from people and governance, knowledge systems must be recognized. Thus, expanding mainstream conceptualizations of knowledge governance to include support for and recognition of the systems and people that generate, practice, and hold knowledge. From this vantage, operational considerations include both technical approaches and tools, as well as transformational change required at a societal and individual level. This transformational change must be situated in decolonizing theory and grounded in everyday realities and practices.Graduat
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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