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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
“In the Forest of the Light:” Christians and Jews in nineteenth century China
Get PDF"This paper seeks to place the “discovery” of the Kaifeng Jews within the discourse of 19th century evangelical Protestant values, particularly the function of the Bible as the supreme standard for Christian belief and conduct. It also attempts to explain and illustrate items for non-Jews" - page
"Consecrated Amazons." Australian and New Zealand single women missionary pioneers in Asia, 1875-1900.
No full textThis chapter inroduces some broad issues intended to encourage reflection and research on the life and work of two hundred single Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) women, including some widows, who served as Protestant missionaries in Asia between the early 1870s and 1900. Married women who accompanied their husbands on missionary service are not included. Many more women, single and married, went to the Pacific Islands, South America and Africa. If all female missionaries were included, the number of women from Australia and New Zealand who served with domestic and foreign missions in the last quarter of the 19th century would exceed one thousand—an extraordinary number given the small population of both countries during the 19th century. The ratio of men to women is unclear, but it is reasonable to assert that, including wives, there were TWO women for every male. The gross disparity in male-female discussion in missionary histories reflects an enduring injustice to women
Culture and Protestant mission schools in 19th century China
No full textOpinions vary about the presence of foreigners in 19th century China with most scholars agreeing that China was a victim of economic imperialism led by Great Britain and other foreign powers. Among the criticisms is that of “cultural imperialism”—a program of imposing foreign cultural
values upon China. There is no doubt that “Western” culture has transferred to China and many other countries but the use of ‘imperialism” suggests that foreign culture was imposed on the Chinese as a direct product of military force coupled with economic and social pressures. (From first paragraph)
Henry Reed, Australian Pan-Protestant Evangelical and Businessman
Get PDFHenry Reed was a working class English immigrant who became one of Australia's wealthiest 19th century businessman through exceptional skills as landowner, grazier, importer, shipowner. Original financier of Booth and the Salvation Army, a Wesleyan evangelist with wider affiliations. A major supporter of Protestant domestic and foreign missions. A genuine friend to the poor
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