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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
Developing an Enterprise Risk Management maturity model applicable for construction companies
No full textRisk, a common phenomenon in the construction industry, remains a major challenge for construction companies in developing countries. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has been commended as an essential tool for managing a company’s risks in a holistic and an integrated approach. Companies’ ERM competence is measured using an ERM maturity model (ERM3); however, there exists no generic model that can be successfully applied in all companies. The aim of this study was, therefore, to develop an ERM maturity model that will be used to evaluate the risk management (RM) competence of construction companies.
Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed in this research. A detailed review of the literature has showed major shortcomings in the existing ERM maturity models, mainly in the consistency in the content of the models and in following proper procedures while the models were developed. Accordingly, a new ERM maturity model (ERM3-CON) has been developed through a well-established procedural framework. This model contains six different attributes: (i) policy and strategy; (ii) structure and governance; (iii) culture; (iv) process; (v) competence; and (vi) implementation. The first two of these are new attributes introduced in this model, which were rarely considered in the existing models. Four levels of maturity, namely, naive, novice, managed and optimised were found suitable for gauging companies’ ERM maturity.
The suitability of the proposed model was tested by a case study carried out with Ethiopian domestic contractors (EDCs) engaged in major federal road construction projects. Twenty-six (74.3%) out of the total of the thirty-five contractors that were operating in the road sector in 2020 were involved in the study; which also accounted for about 18% of the total of 145 Grade-1 contractors that were registered in Ethiopia in the same year. Thirty-six indicators were utilised for measuring the maturity. The interview survey data, analysed using a fuzzy analysis technique, revealed that contractors’ ERM maturity scores ranged from 1.42 to 2.97 with a weighted average of 2.04 from 4.00 points, which can be generally categorised as a low level of ERM practice. In terms of the maturity levels, 21 (80.8%) of the 26 companies were found to be at a novice level with 4 (15.4%) at managed and 1 (3.8%) at naive levels. These results were found to be consistent with the practices of construction companies in other developing countries.
Several factors can be listed that make this study unique. Unlike many other models, this was developed using a well-defined procedural framework. It also attempts to define the contents of the attributes of the model through a combination of existing ERM maturity models, ERM standards and guidelines, organisational design models and business excellence models. Further, this thesis has managed to reach about three-quarters of the target companies by enabling experts in 26 companies to self-assess the ERM competence of their respective companies through well-established interview questionnaires. Although it was time consuming and demanded a great deal of effort and patience, the achievement of self-assessing 26 companies by a detailed interview was a great success. However, this study clearly has some limitations. The first limitation lies in the lack of validation of the contents of the model involving a large group of experts due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s gathering restrictions. In fact, it was attempted to test the model through three small-scale group discussions. The other potential limitation is that the survey covers only contractors that were engaged in the MFRCPs. Hence, it might require future studies to further verify its application in the other sectors of the industry too. Lastly, appropriate debiasing strategies were also developed that to help overcome the potential limitations that would arise in association with subjectivity and cognitive biases.
This research contributes to foster the RM endeavors in the road construction companies. Most importantly, unlike the traditional RM approach, ERM enhances company performance and the value of a company by enabling companies’ effectively handle their risks in a comprehensive and integrated manner. In addition, as ERM has been proven to improve project performance in the construction industry, practicing ERM is particularly pertinent for companies in the Ethiopian road sector, where successful project completion remains the issue of concern. This suggests that construction companies should start practicing ERM in order to effectively deal with their risks. Further, the proposed ERM3 will helps companies in implementing ERM through an established set of improvement targets
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
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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