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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
Towards the abandonment of female genital mutilation – healthcare provision in Australia within the framework of global collaboration on health system response, prevention, and prosecution
No full textFemale genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving removing parts or all of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. As a result of migration and asylum seeking from conflict and wars, FGM has become a transnational issue, affecting more than 200 million girls and women worldwide. It is a form of gender-based violence, a health and policy issue, and violates many human rights laws. FGM has serious physical, psychological, sexual, and reproductive consequences to girls and women. As FGM has a complex socio-cultural imperative, an understanding of the driving forces of this harmful practice is key to helping communities abandon it and to providing education to all stakeholders involved from the level of the community, to healthcare professionals, teachers, civil rights, law and policy makers, migration and law enforcement organisations. FGM is on the decline, and many communities do want it to end. Addressing the human rights priorities of communities and providing them power over their own development processes are key to helping them abandon this practice. In this thesis, I address two questions. The first one is, “How do we strengthen the response of the healthcare system in Australia to best care for women and girls with FGM?” The second one is, “Focusing on the socio-cultural imperatives of FGM, how could we change our path in the global abandonment program to help communities stop this harmful practice?” My review of the literature on this topic has shown that two of the main reasons that FGM continues to be practised are pressure of social obligation in communities and lack of discourse in the public arena between men and women. In the first systematic review conducted on the topic I have highlighted the ambiguity of men’s wishes in regards to the continuation of FGM. In general, men wished to abandon it because of the physical and psychosexual complications to both women and men. Education of men was found to be the most important indicator for men’s support for abandonment. Australia is home to many women and girls from countries where FGM is practised. My thesis shows that two to three percent of women, who gave birth in a metropolitan Australian hospital, had FGM. This is the first available data on prevalence of women with FGM in Australia. My analysis also showed that women who received specialised FGM care had similar obstetric and neonatal outcomes to women without FGM. An extension of such services would further alleviate the burden among affected women and reduce healthcare costs for the Government. Accurate data collection on prevalence and complications of FGM is needed in Australia to appropriately allocate funding and develop such services. The literature and my thesis provide evidence that healthcare professionals (HCP) in countries of prevalence and those of migration, including Australia, lack knowledge on and training in the management of women with FGM. Midwives expressed a lack of confidence in clinical knowledge, skills, and data collection, as well as cultural competence in caring for women with FGM. Doctors acknowledged barriers to effective care stemming from uncoordinated care, unclear professional responsibilities, and communication difficulties. There is a need for improved education and training, supportive supervision, and evidence-based best-practice clinical guidelines and policies to address knowledge gaps and provide better management of and prevention of FGM in children. Informed by the research presented in this thesis, I developed an e-learning module for HCP in Australia to improve their knowledge on the medical, cultural, legal, and advocacy aspects. The Australian Government has addressed violence against women as an important area of focus and has been implementing a 12-year National Plan to reduce violence against women and their children 2010 – 2022. In the final paper in this thesis I propose that HCP, teachers, welfare officers, child protection officers, and government and non-government organisations involved in prevention programs on FGM, need to form a network of experts within this national framework to develop, implement and evaluate national policy and guidelines on healthcare provision, protection of girls, and prevention of FGM. The abandonment process may be accelerated through a global collaboration between governments and organisations involved in FGM programs. I have been involved in the establishment of the Africa Centre for the abandonment of FGM (ACCAF) in Kenya in 2012. A similar centre is planned in the Asia Pacific region in a country of FGM prevalence, which would collaborate with ACCAF and its partners to share research and expertise. It is my hope that the research presented in this thesis will support the work of these centres and hasten the abandonment of FGM
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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