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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
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
Tariff Reform: Some Pre-strategic Considerations
Full text linkWe consider the implications of improving on GATT/WTO tariff negotiations both the most-favoured-nation (MFN) clause and the twin Paretian rules (that negotiations leave the trading world on its efficiency locus and each participating country in a preferred position). It is shown that the set of tariff reforms that satisfy both rules (a) is always non-empty, (b) might include no reforms that end in world-wide free trade, (c) always includes reforms that are incompatible with free trade and (d) might include reforms that support a Pareto-optimal and Pareto-improving allocation but also support other allocations with neither of those characteristics.
Study of the decoder based on automatic dependent surveilance (ADS-B) / Wan Muhd Aiman Wan Aziz
Full text linkDecoder is a digital circuit that converts input binary codes to the single numerical codes. The signal from the airplane detected by ADS-B then it contain just enough information of the plane. Before the signal pass through the decoder, it is on binary codes. Then it decode to the hexagonal. Example of the hexagonal number is 8D750291998CD728307400735727 and 8D750291998CD8283078002A6F3D. The frame rates are the frequency (rates) at which imagines device produce unique consequtive images called frame. This study was aimed to compare and investigate the relationship between the frames rates on the number of plane detected. Using the different number of frames rates, we can compare the number of plane detected with constant weather and antenna. Using the software called ADS-B scope, we can capture the plane and its position with the help of ADS-B. The type of signal can detected using the probe and the software called MultiVibAnalyse. The study found that the more frames rates used, the more plane detected. As a conclusion, the number frames rates are directly proportional the number of plane detected
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Student Expectations in the New Millennium
No full textHigher education has experienced vast changes as a result of global political and economic developments. Cultural and social changes in the last decade have also added to the continuing evolution of higher education. These changes inevitably lead to changing expectations of students entering higher education. An adequate understanding of student expectations is crucial in ensuring a good fit between higher educational institutions and their students. This study attempts to carry out a baseline descriptive-quantitative research on student expectations in the higher education of Hong Kong. Four scales have been developed to measure students’ attitude toward: 1. job-oriented curriculum design, 2. user-friendly course delivery method, 3. opportunities for lifelong learning, and 4. student consumerism. Students’ priority of what makes a good university, their reasons for going to university, and their self-perception of ability to cope with university life are also explored. The Student Expectations Questionnaire (developed by the author) was used to gather data from 857 first-year undergrads from nine institutions of higher education in Hong Kong. Analyses include, among others, gender, age, major of study as well as institution comparisons
Program Notes of Wan-Chi Tsai's Piano Recital
No full textThis report is Wan-Chi Tsai\ue2s Piano Recital Program Notes on May, 25, 2022. The four pieces on the program include Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 by Johann Sebastian Bach\uef\ubc1685-1750\uef\ubc, Piano Sonata in A Minor, K.310 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\uef\ubc1756-1791\uef\ubc, Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 by Fr\uc3\ua9d\uc3\ua9ric Fran\uc3\ua7ois Chopin\uef\ubc1810-1849\uef\ubc, Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 by Alexander Scriabin\uef\ubc1872-1915\uef\ubc. The notes will introduce the lives of the four composers, the compositional background of individual work, and the analysis of the structure, including design and thematic materials in each work
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
Full text linkNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
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
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