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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
Subject-object alienation and method
Get PDFMA (Philosophy), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe purpose of this research project is to expose, analyze, and
criticise the origin, presuppositions, and influence of the subject-object alienation problem in method in a bid to establish proper
presuppositions for research methodology that can retain an
integral ontology. This is done through the means of textual
(literature) study, problem-historical approach, and
transcendental criticism. From the study of relevant literature, it
is revealed that Descartes, in his "I think, therefore I exist"
(Cogito ergo sum), declared the origin of the subject-object
alienation problem. It was also revealed through literature study
that there were several methodological attempts to solve this
problem by some of the philosophers or schools of philosophy
like Kant (Transcendental Philosophy), Husserl
(Phenomenology), Heidegger (Hermeneutic Phenemenology),
Dewey (Pragmatism), and the Participatory Research method
(Subject-subject, and object-object approach). These methods
were not capable of reaching their goal to resolve the legacy of a
split ontology in the theory of knowledge that was left behind by
Descartes.
All these methodological attempts, with the exception of
Participatory Research method, did not recognize the object
functions of the respondent. Some of these methods reduced the
object to the level of mere ideas of the consciousness. This left
us with questions such as 'Can there be any method that can
solve the subject-object alienation problem? Can research be
conducted without causing a split ontology? In a bid to establish
an answer to these questions the author opted for reformational
philosophy. Its basic ontological presuppositions for research
methodology includes (1) the creaturelihood of creation, (2)
unity of creation, (3) diversity of creation, and (4) human
calling. On the basis of these presuppositions reformational
philosophy rejects the self-origin of creation, and holds that
creation is a created reality that has its unity and diversity
through one origin - the Creator. That is to say, it is a created
reality, which was perverted by evil, which needs redemptive
redirection in order to re-discover its structure and potentiality.
The Creator does this through the calling of man.
Man was given the gift of science to help creation to rediscover
itself. This becomes a critical dialogue between man (who was
given the rationality to take the initiative in the process of
creation in self-rediscovery) and the rest of creation. In the
process of self-rediscovery of creation, man as the initiator, must
recognize the object function of the respondent in concrete
terms.Master
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
Models of scholarship in the reformed tradition
Get PDFThesis (M.A. (Philosophy))--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002Hierdie studie is 'n vergelyking en evaluering van sekere "modelle" vir Christelike wetenskap wat voorgestel en ontwikkel is deur Reformatoriese denkers (in sommige gevalle vanaf die 1930s ). Hierdie modelle het die veronderstelling in gemeen dat 'n bybels-sensitiewe wetenskap moontlik en noodsaaklik is. Maar die voorstelle om so 'n wetenskap te implementeer en te bevorder bevat groot verskille in klem en strategie. Afgesien van periodieke verwysings na
Kuyper se sienings, is veral die modelle van die (1) Dooyeweerdiaanse en (2) Reformatoriese skole, die (3) Van Til-beweging, (4) Jakob Klapwijk en (5) Nicholas Wolterstorff geanaliseer. Die evaluering van elke model fokus op vier hoof areas: 1) Die verband tussen Skriftuur en wetenskap met spesifieke aandag aan die oorbruggingsmeganismes wat nodig geag word, of meer geskik geag word as andere, om 'n band tussen die twee te bewerkstellig.
2) Die verwantskap tussen wetenskappe (ensiklopedie van die wetenskap). Die gevolglike hiërargie tussen wetenskappe en die superioriteit van sommige van hulle met betrekking tot ander. 3) Die verstaan van religieuse antitese en die gevolg vir konkrete wetenskapsbeoefening. 4) Die siening van wetenskap wat in elke model na vore tree.
Met hierdie analise word gepoog om die sterk en swak punte van elke model uit te wys en om te fokus op elke probleemareas in 'n poging om 'n bydrae te maak vanuit 'n Bybelse oogpunt. Die vergelyking toon aan dat die mees onlange modelle nie altyd 'n verbetering op vorige standpunte is nie.
Hoewel evaluerings en opmerkings deurgaans in die studie gedoen is, formuleer ek in die laaste hoofstuk my eie siening duideliker. In sommige areas stem ek min of meer saam met die standpunte van 'n spesifieke model. In ander opsigte voel ek dat 'n nuwe benadering nodig is en
probeer ek dus voorstelle ter vernuwing aan die hand doen.Master
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