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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
International Archives and National Music Competitions: The Preservation of an “Endangered” Musical Heritage in the Saharawi Refugee Camps (Southwest Algeria)
Get PDFThe preservation of cultural practices within the framework of the UNESCO ICH lists has been tied to the protection of cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and community identity. Moreover, it is inextricably linked to questions of national identity, especially given that submissions are made on an (internationally recognised) nation-state basis. This becomes problematic in the case of long-standing unrecognised states, such as the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The protracted refugee status of the Saharawi people—based in refugee camps in the south-western Algerian desert since Morocco occupied their homeland Western Sahara in 1975—is a major obstacle in their struggle for independence. Their recent history of war, occupation, exile and cultural appropriation has threatened the survival of Saharawi musical and poetic practices, as well as restricting their access to international bodies that could provide cultural safeguarding assistance. To address this situation, the Saharawi cultural authorities have collaborated with international organisations (e.g. the Autonomous University of Madrid and the British Library) to create archives of Saharawi poetry and music. In addition, every year they organise large festivals to showcase traditional culture, featuring musical competitions especially aimed at youth. To prepare for these competitions, young people—who have gradually become less aware of the Saharawi Bedouin way of life before exile—are assisted by national musicians and encouraged to research their own traditional music by establishing dialogues with the elders. So far, these measures have had significant short-term impact on the local population, engaging the youth in anecdotal research on their traditional culture; however, due to the Saharawi government’s chronic lack of resources, it has been impossible both to sustain such measures in the long term and to achieve international recognition. Focusing on two case studies—1) the British Library preservation project “Portraits of Saharawi Music” and 2) a music competition during the Saharawi national celebrations in February 2014—this article explores the efforts of the SADR to safeguard their musical heritage using a mix of material (recorded archives) and non-material (oral transmission) strategies. It also analyses the ways in which socio-political interests such as the reinforcement of a self-built national identity have encouraged the need to keep particular styles (e.g. traditional/national music) alive under the label of intangible heritage preservation.La préservation de pratiques culturelles dans le cadre des listes du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel (PCI) de l’UNESCO est liée à la protection de la diversité culturelle, du dialogue interculturel et de l’identité des communautés. En outre, elle est inextricablement liée aux questions de culture nationale, étant donné que les candidatures sont soumises au niveau des États-nation (ceux qui sont reconnus internationalement). Cela devient problématique dans le cas des États non reconnus depuis longtemps, tels que la République arabe sahraouie démocratique (RASD). Le statut prolongé de réfugié du peuple sahraoui - basé dans des camps de réfugiés dans le désert du sud-ouest algérien depuis l’occupation par le Maroc de leur territoire du Sahara occidental en 1975 - constitue un obstacle majeur dans la lutte pour l’indépendance. Leur histoire récente faite de guerre, d’occupation, d’exil et d’appropriation culturelle menace la survie des pratiques musicales et poétiques sahraouies, tout en limitant leur accès aux organismes internationaux susceptibles de soutenir la sauvegarde de leur culture. Pour remédier à cette situation, les autorités culturelles sahraouies ont collaboré avec des organisations internationales (par exemple l’Université autonome de Madrid et la British Library) afin de créer des archives de poésie et de musique sahraouies. Chaque année, elles organisent d’importants festivals afin de valoriser la culture traditionnelle, avec des concours de musique destinés en particulier à la jeunesse. Pour se préparer à ces compétitions, les jeunes – qui se sont peu à peu éloignés du mode de vie des bédouins sahraouis d’avant l’exil – sont aidés par des musiciens nationaux et encouragés à faire des recherches sur leur propre musique traditionnelle en établissant un dialogue avec les aînés. Jusqu’à présent, ces mesures ont eu, à court terme, un impact significatif sur la population locale, en engageant les jeunes à recueillir des témoignages sur leur culture traditionnelle. Cependant, le manque chronique de ressources du gouvernement sahraoui a rendu impossible à la fois le maintien de ces mesures sur le long terme, et l’obtention d’une reconnaissance internationale. Cet article se concentre sur deux études de cas : 1) le projet de sauvegarde « Portraits de la musique sahraouie » de la British Library et 2) un concours de musique organisé lors des célébrations nationales sahraouies en février 2014. Il revient sur les efforts engagés par la RASD pour sauvegarder son patrimoine musical, fondés sur un mélange de ressources matérielles (archives enregistrées) et non matérielles (transmission orale). Il analyse également la manière dont des intérêts sociopolitiques, tels que le renforcement d’une culture nationale auto-construite, ont encouragé la préservation de styles particuliers (par exemple, la musique traditionnelle / nationale) au titre de la sauvegarde du patrimoine immatériel
PORTRAITS OF SAHARAWI MUSIC: WHEN CULTURAL PRESERVATION MEETS POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Get PDFDrawing from ethnographic fieldwork done mainly in the Saharawi refugee camps and the development of "Portraits of Saharawi Music” (2013—2014), a collaborative music archiving and research project in partnership with the British Library and the Saharawi Ministry of Culture, this article analyses issues in the political realities for Saharawi refugees from the perspective of the musicians and the cultural authorities in the refugee camps. In addition, it explores methodological and ethical issues derived from the uses of political and cultural activism as an ethnomusicological research method. It examines the interactions of the ideologies, motivations and personal relationships of the researcher, the musicians and the institutions involved in this recording project, focusing on the selection of repertoire as an activist act and the impact of doing advocacy research on an extremely vulnerable social group as the Saharawi refugee community. In agreement with basic principles of social responsibility of academia, it supports the role of "activist researcher”; but it cautions that it is essential for researchers to understand how relations of knowledge and power are produced, perpetuated, and challenged in specific situations of conflict, in order to turn their research into a true collaborative action
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
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