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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
Pharmacists' and patients' attitudes towards vaccination in community pharmacy
No full textCijepljenje je neupitno jedno od najvećih dostignuća prošlog stoljeća te predstavlja najučinkovitiju javnozdravstvenu metodu u eradikaciji i sprječavanju širenja zaraznih bolesti. Iako su prednosti i dobrobiti cijepljenja dobro poznati i dalje je prisutan trend nedostatnog cjepnog obuhvata u cijepljenju protiv gripe. Procjena je da godišnje od težeg oblika gripe u svijetu oboli od 3 do 5 milijuna, od 290 do 650 tisuća osoba ne preživi ovu bolest dok u Europi oko 70 tisuća. Cijepljenje je u nekim zemljama svijeta alocirano i na ljekarnike u javnim ljekarnama koji su prepoznati kao važne i javnosti najdostupnije karike lanca primarne zdravstvene zaštite što se pozitivno odrazilo na cjepni obuhvat i položaj farmaceuta.
Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi stavove ljekarnika i pacijenata na području Hrvatske o potencijalnoj implementaciji cijepljenja u ljekarne te vrednovanje iste. Ova presječna studija provodila se od svibnja do srpnja 2021. godine. Upitnici su dizajnirani za studiju i kao takvi prvi puta korišteni. Likertovom skalom (1 - 5) ispitanici su mogli izraziti svoje stavove na navedene tvrdnje.
U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 362 ljekarnika što je oko 13 % ukupnog broja ljekarnika zaposlenih u javnim ljekarnama. Uzorak su činili 86,7 % žena i 13,3 % muškaraca, a medijan dobi ispitanika bio je 36,0 [16,0] godina. Oko polovina ispitanika (55 %) smatra da cijepljenje treba biti omogućeno u ljekarnama. Uočena je značajna korelacija između stavova da se pacijentima treba osigurati cijepljenje u ljekarni i spremnosti na provođenje te usluge ( = 0,724, p < 0,01). Gotovo svi ljekarnici slažu se da ne bi cijepili bez edukacije, a nakon edukacije više od 60 % ljekarnika bi pristalo cijepiti pacijente. Preko 90 % ljekarnika slaže se da bi za tu uslugu trebala postojati odgovarajuća licenca koja bi se edukacijama i stručnim usavršavanjem periodički obnavljala. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 367 pacijenata. Žene su činile 62,7 % , muškarci 37,3 % ispitanika. Medijan dobi ispitanika iznosio je 41,0 [26,0].
Ljekarnici i pacijenti procjenom vrijednosti usluge cijepljenja dali su istu medijalnu vrijednost od 50 kuna neovisno od toga tko istu financira. Kod pacijenata je uočen veći interkvartilni raspon i pomaknut prema većem iznosu (35 - 100) nego kod ljekarnika (20 - 70).
Zaključno, gotovo svi uključeni ljekarnici imaju pozitivan stav prema cijepljenju općenito i gotovo dvije trećine ljekarnika spremno je cijepiti pacijente u ljekarni uz prethodnu edukaciju. S druge strane ne treba zanemariti činjenice da gotovo polovina ljekarnika nema pozitivan stav ili su neodlučni prema uvođenju cijepljenja kao usluge u ljekarnu te da oko trećina smatra da cijepljenje ne spada u ljekarničke kompetencije. Ovi rezultati upućuju na potrebu za raspravom unutar struke o ulozi ljekarnika, a koji je najdostupnijeg zdravstveni radnik, u cijepljenju.Vaccination is unquestionably one of the greatest achievements of the last century, representing the most effective public health method in eradicating and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Although the benefits of vaccination are well known, there is still a trend of insufficient vaccination coverage in influenza vaccination. It is estimated that 3 to 5 million people worldwide get the most severe form of the flu, 290.000 to 650.000 people do not survive the disease, while in Europe about 70.000. Vaccination has been allocated in some countries around the world to community pharmacists who have been recognized as important and most available health care professionals which had a positive effect on the overall coverage and role of pharmacists.
This research aimed to determine the attitudes of pharmacists and patients in Croatia about the potential implementation of vaccination in community pharmacies and to determine the value of the service. This cross-sectional study was conducted from May to July 2021. Questionnaires were designed for the study and as such was used for the first time. On the Likert scale (1 - 5), respondents were able to express their opinion on offered statements.
362 pharmacists participated in the study, which is about 13% of the total number of pharmacists employed in community pharmacies. The sample consisted of 86.7% women and 13.3% men, and the median of pharmacists' age was 36.0 [16.0] years. About half of the respondents (55%) believe that vaccination should be provided in pharmacies. A significant correlation was observed between the attitudes that the patient should be provided with vaccination in pharmacies and readiness to perform services ( = 0.724, p < 0.01). Almost all pharmacists agree that they would not vaccinate without education, and after education more than 60% of pharmacists think differently. Over 90% of pharmacists agree that there should be an appropriate license for this service, which should be periodically renewed through professional training. 367 patients participated in the study. The sample consisted of 62,7% women and 37,3%. The median of patients' age was 41.0 [26.0].
Pharmacists and patients estimated median value of vaccination services of HRK 50, regardless of who financed it. In patients, a larger interquartile range was observed and shifted to a larger amount (35 - 100) than in pharmacists (20 - 70).
In conclusion, almost all pharmacists involved in this study have a positive attitude towards vaccination in general and almost two thirds of pharmacists are willing to vaccinate patients in the pharmacy with prior education. On the other hand, we should not ignore the fact that almost half of pharmacists do not have a positive attitude or are undecided about the introduction of vaccination as a service in the pharmacy and that about a third believe that vaccination does not fall within pharmacists’ competencies. These results suggest the need for discussion within the profession about the role of the pharmacist, who is the most accessible healthcare professional, in vaccination
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
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
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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