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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
L'évolution récente des adhérents du Parti conservateur et du Parti travailliste en Grande-Bretagne
The recent evolution of the british conservative and labour party members
Individual party members play an important role in British politics as candidate selectors, fundraisers, opinion-formers and electioneers. Using data from recent national representative surveys of Conservative and Labour party members, information is provided on their social characteristics and their political attitudes. Differences are revealed in their underlying ideological beliefs. By using panel survey data, the article shows that there has been a significant decline in activism in both parties, but the decline has been greater for Labour than for Conservative members. If this decline in party activism continues, it will have serious implications for the British political system.Les adhérents des partis jouent un rôle important dans la vie politique britannique, pour la désignation des candidats, la collecte des fonds, la formation de l'opinion et l'animation des campagnes électorales. Des sondages récents fournissent des données concernant le profil social et les attitudes politiques des membres du Parti conservateur et du Parti travailliste; ils mettent en lumière les différences entre leurs croyances idéologiques sous-jacentes. A partir d'études de panels, l'article montre qu'il y a eu dans chacun des deux partis un déclin significatif du militantisme, et que ce déclin a été plus important chez les travaillistes que chez les conservateurs. Si ce déclin du militantisme continue, il aura des effets graves pour le système politique britannique. THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH CONSERVATIVE AND LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS PATRICK SEYD PAUL WHITELEY Individual party members play an important role in British politics as candidate selectors fundraisers opinion-formers and electioneers Using data from recent na tional representative surveys of Conservative and Labour party members informa tion is provided on their social characteristics and their political attitudes Differences are revealed in their underlying ideological beliefs By using panel sur vey data the article shows that there has been significant decline in activism in both parties but the decline has been greater for Labour than for Conservative members If this decline in party activism continues it will have serious implica tions for the British political systemSeyd Patrick, Whiteley Paul F. L'évolution récente des adhérents du Parti conservateur et du Parti travailliste en Grande-Bretagne. In: Revue française de science politique, 46ᵉ année, n°6, 1996. pp. 914-935
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
We 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.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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