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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
Évaluation de la compétence de communication à l'écrit en Union des Comores au lycée et Baccalauréat
No full textThe written communication skills of high school students and the French baccalaureate assessments constitute a major consideration in our research work. the evaluation criteria, the programs and official instructions for the teaching of French, the notion of communication skills and the different models, the feelings of teachers in relation to the practice and the evaluations according to the prescribed objectives, are the levers of our work.A model of communication competence consisting of linguistic, pragmatic, sociocultural, strategic and interactional competence is used to analyze the programs, the subjects of the baccalaureate, and the speeches of the teachers through a focus group. It appears that the programs include components of communication skills dominated by pragmatics but the subjects of the baccalaureate are not sufficiently oriented towards communications skills. they are dominated by skills linked to school activities which do not allow autonomy in language use in real life situations. Teachers' speeches point out the importance of communication skills but still deplore programs that are less rich in terms of communication skills and assessments in national exams that are devoid of tools and sometimes erroneous. communication skills are theoretically present in the programs. the subjects of the baccalaureate do not reflect an educational alignment but a backwash is felt because it is through the exams that teaching is carried out but not the other way around.La compétence de communication à l'écrit des élèves du lycée et les évaluations de français au bac constituent une réflexion de taille dans notre travail de recherche. Les critères d'évaluation, les programmes et instructions officielles pour l'enseignement du français, la notion de compétence de communication et les différents modèles, les ressentis des enseignants par rapport à la pratique et les évaluations selon les objectifs prescrits, sont au coeur de notre travail.Un modèle de compétence de communication, constitué des compétences linguistique, pragmatique, socioculturelle, stratégique et interactionnelle, est retenu pour analyser les programmes, les sujets du bac, et les discours des enseignants à travers un focus groupe. Il ressort que les programmes posent comme objectifs diverses dimensions de la compétences de communication en mettant en avant le pragmatique alors que les sujets du bac s'avèrent peu orientées vers la compétence de communication. ils sont dominés par des compétences liées à des activités scolaires qui ne permettent pas une autonomie d'usage de la langue dans les situations réelles de la vie. Le discours des enseignants signale l'importance de la compétence de communication et déplore des programmes peu riches en termes de compétence de communication et des évaluations aux examens nationaux dépourvus d'outils et fournissant parfois des pistes erronées. Les sujets du bac ne reflètent pas un alignement pédagogique avec les objectifs mais un effet de backwash se fait sentir: c'est sous l'influence des examens que les enseignements s'effectuent et non l'inverse
Évaluation de la compétence de communication à l'écrit en Union des Comores au lycée et Baccalauréat
No full textThe written communication skills of high school students and the French baccalaureate assessments constitute a major consideration in our research work. the evaluation criteria, the programs and official instructions for the teaching of French, the notion of communication skills and the different models, the feelings of teachers in relation to the practice and the evaluations according to the prescribed objectives, are the levers of our work.A model of communication competence consisting of linguistic, pragmatic, sociocultural, strategic and interactional competence is used to analyze the programs, the subjects of the baccalaureate, and the speeches of the teachers through a focus group. It appears that the programs include components of communication skills dominated by pragmatics but the subjects of the baccalaureate are not sufficiently oriented towards communications skills. they are dominated by skills linked to school activities which do not allow autonomy in language use in real life situations. Teachers' speeches point out the importance of communication skills but still deplore programs that are less rich in terms of communication skills and assessments in national exams that are devoid of tools and sometimes erroneous. communication skills are theoretically present in the programs. the subjects of the baccalaureate do not reflect an educational alignment but a backwash is felt because it is through the exams that teaching is carried out but not the other way around.La compétence de communication à l'écrit des élèves du lycée et les évaluations de français au bac constituent une réflexion de taille dans notre travail de recherche. Les critères d'évaluation, les programmes et instructions officielles pour l'enseignement du français, la notion de compétence de communication et les différents modèles, les ressentis des enseignants par rapport à la pratique et les évaluations selon les objectifs prescrits, sont au coeur de notre travail.Un modèle de compétence de communication, constitué des compétences linguistique, pragmatique, socioculturelle, stratégique et interactionnelle, est retenu pour analyser les programmes, les sujets du bac, et les discours des enseignants à travers un focus groupe. Il ressort que les programmes posent comme objectifs diverses dimensions de la compétences de communication en mettant en avant le pragmatique alors que les sujets du bac s'avèrent peu orientées vers la compétence de communication. ils sont dominés par des compétences liées à des activités scolaires qui ne permettent pas une autonomie d'usage de la langue dans les situations réelles de la vie. Le discours des enseignants signale l'importance de la compétence de communication et déplore des programmes peu riches en termes de compétence de communication et des évaluations aux examens nationaux dépourvus d'outils et fournissant parfois des pistes erronées. Les sujets du bac ne reflètent pas un alignement pédagogique avec les objectifs mais un effet de backwash se fait sentir: c'est sous l'influence des examens que les enseignements s'effectuent et non l'inverse
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
Assessment of written communication skills in the Union of the Comoros at high school and Baccalauréat level
No full textLa compétence de communication à l'écrit des élèves du lycée et les évaluations de français au bac constituent une réflexion de taille dans notre travail de recherche. Les critères d'évaluation, les programmes et instructions officielles pour l'enseignement du français, la notion de compétence de communication et les différents modèles, les ressentis des enseignants par rapport à la pratique et les évaluations selon les objectifs prescrits, sont au coeur de notre travail.Un modèle de compétence de communication, constitué des compétences linguistique, pragmatique, socioculturelle, stratégique et interactionnelle, est retenu pour analyser les programmes, les sujets du bac, et les discours des enseignants à travers un focus groupe. Il ressort que les programmes posent comme objectifs diverses dimensions de la compétences de communication en mettant en avant le pragmatique alors que les sujets du bac s'avèrent peu orientées vers la compétence de communication. ils sont dominés par des compétences liées à des activités scolaires qui ne permettent pas une autonomie d'usage de la langue dans les situations réelles de la vie. Le discours des enseignants signale l'importance de la compétence de communication et déplore des programmes peu riches en termes de compétence de communication et des évaluations aux examens nationaux dépourvus d'outils et fournissant parfois des pistes erronées. Les sujets du bac ne reflètent pas un alignement pédagogique avec les objectifs mais un effet de backwash se fait sentir: c'est sous l'influence des examens que les enseignements s'effectuent et non l'inverse.The written communication skills of high school students and the French baccalaureate assessments constitute a major consideration in our research work. the evaluation criteria, the programs and official instructions for the teaching of French, the notion of communication skills and the different models, the feelings of teachers in relation to the practice and the evaluations according to the prescribed objectives, are the levers of our work.A model of communication competence consisting of linguistic, pragmatic, sociocultural, strategic and interactional competence is used to analyze the programs, the subjects of the baccalaureate, and the speeches of the teachers through a focus group. It appears that the programs include components of communication skills dominated by pragmatics but the subjects of the baccalaureate are not sufficiently oriented towards communications skills. they are dominated by skills linked to school activities which do not allow autonomy in language use in real life situations. Teachers' speeches point out the importance of communication skills but still deplore programs that are less rich in terms of communication skills and assessments in national exams that are devoid of tools and sometimes erroneous. communication skills are theoretically present in the programs. the subjects of the baccalaureate do not reflect an educational alignment but a backwash is felt because it is through the exams that teaching is carried out but not the other way around
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