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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
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
Women as Facilitators of the Immigration of Europe's Displaced Persons to Canada (1945-1952)
No full textInternational audienceBetween the end of World War II and 1953, Canada accepted approximately 165,000 of Europe’s displaced persons as immigrants. Among non-European countries, only the United States and Australia received more of this group of refugees that numbered 1.6 million when the International Refugee Organisation began its work in 1947. The work of selecting the displaced persons that would ultimately gain admission to Canada was entrusted to a rather mixed group of actors that included civil servants sent to Europe for that purpose as well as non-governmental organisations – both Canadian and international – of various stripes. Among the civil servants and the members of the organisations active in Europe were a number of women who played major or minor roles in the selection and migration processes. The extent of their involvement depended upon a number of factors: the nationality, sex and age of the refugees being considered for admission, the particular circumstances of the government mission or organisation in question and the qualifications and experience of their female members. The fact that the war had left fewer men available for mobilisation also created exceptional opportunities for women.The conference papers analyses Canadian women’s involvement in facilitating the immigration of Europe’s displaced persons. It examines the circumstances that allowed them to participate actively in the selection and migration processes. It looks at the extent to which their roles either contested or reaffirmed the gender boundaries of the day. The latter analysis includes an examination of the refugees’ perspectives on women’s involvement in determining or at least facilitating their immigration to Canada
Coups de pouce, coups bas, coups d'éclat du bref dans The Canadian Nurse ? L'immigration d’infirmières au Canada au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
No full textInternational audienceEn 1947, l’Europe compte toujours 1,6 millions de personnes réfugiées (appelées plus communément « personnes déplacées ») en conséquence de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Entre 1947 et 1953, le Canada accueille environ 165 000 d’entre elles comme immigrants.Bien que ce geste soit perçu et loué comme un acte de responsabilité internationale et de générosité nationale, il ne s’agit pas d’un programme d’accueil de réfugiés en tant que tels. Le Canada reçoit seulement des personnes parrainées par des membres de leur famille résidant dans le pays et, plus spécialement, des personnes pouvant satisfaire la demande en main-d’oeuvre dans les industries primaires ou les services à la personne. Hormis comme domestiques, les possibilités d’immigration pour les femmes seules ou chargées de famille sont très limitées.Alors que les estimations des années 1947 et 1949 indiquent que le Canada est en carence de plus 8 000 infirmières, un projet de l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada pour faire venir 300 infirmières parmi les personnes déplacées se solde par le placement de seulement 43 infirmières et uniquement sur des postes d’aides-soignantes.Pour expliquer partiellement ce piètre résultat on peut mettre en avant de brèves communications publiées dans le magazine professionnel The Canadian Nurse. Elles sont rédigées par une poignée d’infirmières canadiennes parties en Europe pour travailler dans les camps des réfugiés.Bien que certaines communications (lettres ou articles) soutiennent l’admission d’infirmières au Canada, on observe souvent des tendances d’altérisation et de protectionnisme. La première tendance est bien présente parmi d’autres Canadiennes et Canadiens considérant les réfugiés européens comme peu aptes à bien s’intégrer au Canada. En revanche, la protection d’une profession où les femmes sont les plus nombreuses est plutôt inédite. Ce protectionnisme serait-il plus prononcé dans une situation où les femmes canadiennes ont si peu de professions à protéger ? Les écrits dans The Canadian Nurse se concentrent-ils sur la protection de la profession ou la protection du pays contre des personnes considérées comme mal-adaptées à la vie et à la nation canadiennes
Les femmes du service de l'immigration dans les années 1960
No full textMagazine canadien de la diplomatie et du service extérieur, vol. 30, n°
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