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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
Ethical consumption: Identities, practices and potential to bring about social change
Get PDFIn recent decades, individuals as well as businesses – mainly those living and operating
within advanced capitalist systems – have become increasingly aware of the social
context of production and, thus, of the impact consumption has on the environment,
animals and other fellow humans. Such reflexivity is echoed both in spheres of
production (e.g. corporate social responsibility policies) and consumption (e.g. labelling
schemes such as fair-trade and organic). Under these conditions the ‘ethical consumer’
was born. While, however, the concepts of ethical and political consumption have been
around for some time now, our understanding of what it really means to be ‘ethical’ as a
consumer today is still very fuzzy.
In contrast with previous studies which ascribe a priori certain meanings and criteria to
the ethical consumer concept, this study follows a bottom-up approach that provides
space for individuals to express their own views on ethical consumption. To cater for a
deeper understanding of the phenomenon under investigation, the research is designed
as a case study within a specific geographical location; Partick, Glasgow. This study
makes use of primary data generated through 20 in-depth interviews with self-identified
ethical consumers, 10 interviews and 15 questionnaires with managers of grocery shops
operating in the area, as well as 112 questionnaires completed by the public in a street
survey.
The findings challenge our conventional understanding of ‘ethics’ in the context of
consumption; being ethical as a consumer extends beyond simply purchasing ethically
marketed products and services, to include various lifestyle choices. Consumers raised
concerns about the degree and nature of change that conventional ethical consumption
can achieve. Utilising insights from this research, the study draws a conceptual
distinction between the “ethical Shopper” (representing the side of ethical consumption
that is hegemonically market-driven) and the “ethical Consumer” (representing its
creative, pro-active, agency-driven counterpart). It is suggested that the latter allows
consumption as a tool for social change to reach its full potential, since it escapes the
fabricated ‘ethics’ of the market. Feeding back to the theoretical frameworks of ethical
and political consumption, this study highlights the class and taste bias built into the
(very expensive) idealized model of ethical lifestyle and, thus, calls for the inclusion of
different types of consumer action such as downshifting, file-sharing, or even collective
shoplifting, which have been –until now – neglected
Local governance of energy initiatives: struggles in assembling value
Get PDFLocal Authorities are increasingly expected to meet UK 2050 net zero climate
goals. However, they struggle to assemble investment for local energy and
carbon saving projects. In this thesis I examine how valuation devices that
local authorities use to support decision making, shape the development of
energy projects. I first develop a conceptual model bridging economic
sociology of valuation and programmes of governing. I then use this model to
examine valuation practices in local energy across 40 local authority case
studies. I demonstrate that the value of local energy initiatives is not pre determined, but is assembled through processes of ‘value-in-the-making’.
Local authorities are required to follow formal processes at key junctures in
project development. I analyse three such formal valuation processes
through my conceptual model: Best Value, the business case model and
public procurement. Although governments advise that all three valuation
processes provide a balanced evaluation of local investment options, in
practice this proves more difficult to achieve, at least for energy projects. I
found that energy projects were subjected to diverse processes of
economisation which marginalised social value and public goods.
It was during the application of these formal valuation devices that the
parameters of value shifted. Each device was customised to circumstances
and susceptible to different interpretations by officers from across the council
throughout project development. This sometimes opens up discrete spheres
of influence. Thus, interpretative flexibility, negotiation and contestation
ultimately shape the success, scale and scope of energy initiatives. I
conclude that the current structures governing valuation practices in local
authority energy projects constrains their systematic contribution to a clean
energy society
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
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