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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
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
The impact of the professional role on the social worker’s private life : A study on threats, harassment, and the practical significance of social work education
No full textTidigare forskning visar att hot och våld mot socialsekreterare är vanligt förekommande, samt att rädslan för att utsättas för hot i yrkesrollen är en av de vanligaste orsakerna till hög stress bland socialsekreterare. Stressrelaterade reaktioner utgör i sin tur en stor del av de psykiska diagnoserna som ligger till grund för sjukskrivning inom yrkesgruppen. Studier visar också att både praktisk och teoretisk utbildning i att hantera hot är nödvändigt. Det saknas däremot studier om hur dessa hot påverkar socialsekreteraren och hens anhöriga utanför arbetet, exempelvis genom förändrade vardagsrutiner eller påverkan på familjerelationer. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka omfattningen av hot och trakasserier som riktas mot socialsekreterarens privatliv samt hur socionomutbildningen förbereder studenter på hotfulla situationer. Genom en anonym enkät i en Facebookgrupp för socionomer har kvantitativa data samlats in från 312 socialsekreterare. Datan sammanställdes och presenterades utifrån ålder, kön, utsatthet samt vilken enhet socialsekreteraren arbetade på när händelserna inträffade. Skillnaden i utsatthet av hot analyserades utifrån antal års erfarenhet. Fritextkommentarer analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att 34% av socialsekreterarna utsatts för hot och trakasserier i sitt privatliv. 81% har vidtagit åtgärder för att skydda sig fysiskt och digitalt. 96% av deltagarna upplever att socionomutbildningen inte förberedde dem på hotfulla situationer med klienter och deras anhöriga.Teman som framkom var bland annat normalisering av hot, otillräcklig utbildning och otillåten påverkan. Hot som kliver in i den privata sfären försvårar möjligheten till balans mellan arbete och privatliv och påverkar både socialsekreterare och deras anhöriga. Hot eller rädslan för hot kan innebära att socialsekreterare anpassar sina beslut, vilket kan påverka rättssäkerheten och i förlängningen leda till en bristande tilltro till välfärdssystemet bland medborgare. Relevant utbildning för socionomstudenter och fortsatt utbildning på arbetsplatsen i hur de ska hantera hotfulla klienter kan därför ha en skyddande funktion för både enskilda individer och samhället i stort.Previous research shows that threats and violence against social workers are common, and that fear of being exposed to threats in the professional role is one of the most common causes of high stress among social workers. Stress-related reactions, in turn, constitute a large proportion of the mental health diagnoses underlying sick leave within the profession. Studies also show that both practical and theoretical training in managing threats is necessary. However, there is a lack of research on how these threats affect social workers and their relatives outside the workplace, for example through changes in daily routines or impacts on family relationships. The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which threats and harassment are directed at social workers’ private lives, as well as how social work education prepares students for threatening situations.Through an anonymous survey distributed in a Facebook group for social workers, quantitative data were collected from 312 participants. The data were compiled and presented based on age, gender, exposure, and the unit in which the social worker was employed when the incidents occurred. Differences in exposure to threats were analysed in relation to years of professional experience. Open‑ended comments were analysed using thematic analysis. The results show that 34% of the social workers had been subjected to threats and harassment in their private lives. 81% had taken measures to protect themselves physically and digitally. 96% of the participants reported that their social work education had not prepared them for threatening situations involving clients or their relatives.Emerging themes included the normalization of threats, insufficient training, and undue influence. Threats that extend into the private sphere make it more difficult to maintain a balance between work and personal life and affect both social workers and their families. Threats, or the fear of threats, may lead social workers to adjust their decisions, which can compromise legal certainty and ultimately undermine public trust in the welfare system. Relevant training for social work students, as well as continued workplace training on how to manage threatening clients, may therefore serve a protective function for both individuals and society at large
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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