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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
A Taxonomy of Constitutional Arguments
Full text linkThis article explores how the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (and the House of Lords) has generally appealed to four forms of constitutional arguments when interpreting the Human Rights Act 1998: (i) textual arguments, (ii) historical arguments, (iii) precedential arguments, and (iv) consequentialist arguments. The author will also illustrate how the various types of constitutional arguments are substantially interdependent and interrelated, such that they often dovetail with one another to reach a reasonably coherent and defensible legal result.postprin
Indeterminate Causes of Personal Injuries and Probabilistic Risk-Based Assessments
No full textIn this article, the author proposes the following doctrinal rule to explain those leading Commonwealth cases that involve issues of causal uncertainty arising from the limits of scientific knowledge: where it is scientifically impossible for causation to be proved on a balance of probability, causation should nonetheless be deemed established when the defendant's breach of duty has materially increased the risk of an injury that had transpired or where the statistical probability that the defendant caused the injury in question is material
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
Section 377A and Equal Protection in Singapore: Back to 1938?
No full textIn Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General [2013] 3 SLR 118, the High Court of Singapore upheld an Art 12 challenge against s 377A of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed). The court held that there was a complete coincidence between the differentia underlying the classification prescribed by s 377A and the legislative purpose of the impugned provision as established in 1938, and the purpose of the law was not illegitimate. In this commentary, the author explains why s 377A cannot be upheld on the basis advanced by the learned judge.link_to_OA_fulltex
Making Sense of Trade Mark Use
No full textThis author argues that the European Court of Justice has indeed declared that an unauthorized trade mark user must be using a registered sign as an indicator of the trade origin of his goods before trade mark infringement can be established. Secondly, he proposes that in determining whether trade mark use by the junior user exists, one should look, not at the intention of the alleged infringer, but whether the relevant public would perceive his use as an indicator of the trade origin of his own wares
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