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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
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
Сучасні підходи до типологізації та моделювання у сфері оцінки медичних технологій
No full textThe aim: to develop a typology of the current management systems for health technology assessment (HTA) based on the identification of typological features in order to scientifically and practically substantiate a typological model that combines the most stable properties and can be implemented in a variety of modifications, taking into account the dynamic development of the health care system (HCS).
Materials and methods: The study used scientific publications, official information from the websites of national or regional bodies/agencies, international organizations on HTA, reports, databases and official documents of the World Health Organization (WHO). The research used the following methods: the system analysis, content analysis, institutional analysis, structural-functional analysis, generalization, comparison, systematization, classification, synthesis, typology, and modeling. To conduct a typological analysis, 34 countries were selected in which the HTA has been implemented in the decision-making process for the use and financing of medical technologies (MTs).
Research results. An institutional analysis of national HTA systems was conducted. The status of HTA in the national health care systems of the selected countries and, in particular, the role of HTA in the decision-making process regarding the use of certain MTs were studied. The author analyzes the institutional capacity of the HTA system (availability of a special authorized body, level of centralization/decentralization, financing, regulatory framework and human resources). The functionality and areas of activity of HTA bodies (organizations), the level of accountability, openness and interaction with various stakeholders are analyzed. The systematization and generalization of foreign experience made it possible to conduct a typological analysis by characteristic features). Four types of HTA management systems are identified (starting, centralized, decentralized, and balanced).
Conclusions: The study identifies and analyzes the areas of activity of the bodies/organizations in most countries of the world that carry out HTA in terms of their mission, vision and functionality, as well as assesses the level of their openness and interaction with various stakeholders. The scientific generalization and systematization of modern approaches and models of HTA systems made it possible to typologize them on the basis of certain characteristic classification featuresМета: розробити типологію сучасних систем управління оцінкою медичних технологій (ОМТ) на основі визначення типологічних ознак з метою науково-практичного обґрунтування типологічної моделі, яка поєднує найбільш стійкі властивості та може бути реалізована в розмаїтті модифікацій, враховуючи динамічний розвиток самої системи охорони здоров’я (ОЗ).
Матеріали та методи: у процесі дослідження були використані наукові публікації, офіційна інформація з сайтів національних або регіональних органів/агенцій, міжнародних організацій з ОМТ, звіти, бази даних і офіційні документи Всесвітньої організації охорони здоров’я (ВООЗ). У дослідженні були використані методи: системний аналіз, контент-аналіз, інституційний аналіз, структурно-функціональний аналіз, узагальнення, порівняння, систематизація, класифікація, синтез, типологізація, моделювання. Для проведення типологічного аналізу було обрано 34 країни, у яких ОМТ імплементовано в процес ухвалення рішень щодо застосування та фінансування медичних технологій (МТ).
Результати дослідження. Проведено інституційний аналіз національних систем ОМТ. Досліджено статус ОМТ в національних системах охорони здоров’я обраних країн та, зокрема, роль ОМТ у процесі прийняття рішень стосовно застосування тих чи інших МТ. Проведено аналіз інституційної спроможності системи ОМТ (наявність спеціального уповноваженого органу, рівень централізації/децентралізації, особливості фінансування, наявність нормативної бази та кадрового потенціалу). Проаналізовано функціонал і напрями діяльності органів (організацій) з ОМТ, рівень підзвітності, відкритості та взаємодії з різними зацікавленими сторонами. Систематизація та узагальнення закордонного досвіду дало змогу провести типологічний аналіз за характерними ознаками). Виділено чотири типи систем управління ОМТ (стартова, централізована, децентралізована, збалансована).
Висновки: У рамках дослідження визначено та проаналізовано напрями діяльності органів/організацій більшості країн світу, які здійснюють ОМТ, з погляду їх місії, візії та функціоналу, а також проведена оцінка рівня їх відкритості та взаємодії з різними зацікавленими сторонами. Наукове узагальнення та систематизація сучасних підходів та моделей систем ОМТ дало змогу провести їх типологізацію на основі визначених характерних класифікаційних озна
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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