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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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
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
Actors with agency: immersive science theatre and science identity
Full text linkAs a response to this research, the authors founded a novel annual science and arts festival (SMASHfestUK 2015 – present) as a platform for community action research exploring narrative-led approaches to enhancing science identity through ISL. SMASHfestUK was developed using co-design and co-production methodologies, with designers and producers working iteratively with audiences and stakeholders to increase the engagement of under-served audiences. Through a combination of the co-design process, and a literature search of the available evidence about developing science identity and building science capital, a set of principles was derived upon which the festival was designed (Keith & Griffiths, 2021). Although each festival comprises multiple events, including both drop-in and ticketed activities (such as plays, arts, crafts, comedy, interactive installations, games and exhibits), they are all linked by an overarching storyline of a fictional natural disaster set in the locale. Audiences are invited to help ‘save the world’ from these existential threats, putting them at the centre of the experience as people who have (or who can develop) agency to change the outcome of the disaster, and therefore change the future through science and arts-based interventions. A wide range of theatrical genres has been explored over iterative festivals, demonstrating deep engagements and providing opportunities to explore aspects of representation, community-context and complex interactions with STEM and society in meaningful frameworks. Theatre, narratives and, increasingly, immersive interactive experiences emerged as key drivers for inclusive engagement with evaluation results suggesting that the deeper the immersion in the storyline the greater the engagement of the audience. As the level of interaction and the personal agency within the production increased, the science identity of the audience was built or reinforced. As a direct result of the evidence, the event format was changed in 2019 (after four years) from a semi-immersive ‘festival’ into a fully immersive ‘experience’, Space Plague. The express intention of Space Plague is to immerse audiences within the storyline in a quest for narrative transportation, such that audiences would become so present within the immersive world as actors with the agency that even once the performance had ended, positive attitudinal and behavioural changes towards STEM subjects might be achieved (Green & Brock, 2002; Keith & Griffiths, 2020). In this chapter, we review barriers to ISL opportunities experienced by marginalised and underserved communities, and how the SMASHfestUK co-design-led approach successfully overcame them. We also explore the role of immersive experiences as a highly effective way of transforming attitudes and behaviours in real life and how the re-imagination of audiences as actors with the agency in an experience or performance can contextualise abstract STEM knowledge and processes, and may lead to narrative transportation (Griffiths & Keith, 2021; Keith & Griffiths, 2020, 2021)
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
Weitkamp, Emma S. (Death, 1889-05-06)
No full textAddress: 31 Pine St.Age at death: 10 mo.85/Page 48/1889/F W S/City/Dr. P. Fischer/Gildehaus/Spring GroveOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'WEIS-WELLNER'
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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