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    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

    Traditional infant care practices of mothers with 6-12 month-old infants in Turkey

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    266-274The purpose of this study is to determine traditional methods applied by mothers, living in city centre of Kars, regarding infant care. Data of this descriptive study were collected from region of three family health centres located in city centre of Kars (Turkey). Sample group of the study is composed of 294 mothers. Two forms were used to collect the data. The average age of mothers is 28.10±6.20; and 49.32% received primary education. Frequently-used traditional infant care methods are 84.91%-practices for protecting from evil eye; 64.63%-swaddling practices; 54.54%-practices applied for jaundice; and 54.11%-practices for shedding of the umbilical cord. Practices for protection from evil eye, swaddling, practices applied for jaundice and practices for shedding of the umbilical cord are the most commonly used fields of traditional practices. Some of these practices can give harm to babies, and some do not provide any benefit for them
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