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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
Reflecting on Advances in Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Injury Prevention : Insights from Our Special Issue
No full textIt is with great pleasure that we present this Editorial, marking the completion of our Special Issue on Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Injury Prevention [...
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
Documentation of strength training for research purposes after ACL reconstruction
No full textPurpose The purpose of this systematic literature reviewwas to evaluate strength training protocol documentationduring rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)reconstruction. The aim was further to present recommendationsconcerning what components (i.e. methods,principles and training variables) could be considered vitalto document when it comes to strength training for researchpurposes after ACL reconstruction.Methods A search of the PUBMED/MEDLINE, CINAHLand SportDiscus databases was made of relevant literaturerelating to strength training after ACL reconstruction. Thedatabase search was based on relevant medical subjectheadings terms (strength/resistance/weight training, anteriorcruciate ligament reconstruction/rehabilitation). Theliterature was reviewed regarding the way methods andvariables were documented in strength training protocolsduring rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction in peerreviewedoriginal prospective articles.Results The systematic literature search identified 139citations published between January 1983 and May 2012.Six studies contained a strength training programme-part ofthe rehabilitation protocol after ACL reconstruction thatmet the inclusion criteria. Basic information (i.e. trainingfrequency, intensity, volume, progression or the duration ofthe training period) regarding the strength training protocolsused during rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction was notdocumented in full in four of the studies.Conclusion The results clearly indicate the need of amore standardised and detailed way of documentingstrength training for research purposes after ACL reconstructionin order to increase the value of future studies onthis subject. This review gives recommendations onstrength training protocol documentation after ACLreconstruction to facilitate this goal.</p
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