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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
TRANSPARENCY AND MONITORING OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACT PERFORMANCE
Full text linkThis study analyzes the monitoring of public procurement contracts' performance in six countries under EU public procurement rules: Finland, Portugal, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, and Serbia. Through an in-depth comparative analysis, we explore the nexus between perceived corruption in these countries and the contract performance monitoring systems established or in the making. The analysis centers on four key aspects: the organizational framework, the redress system, the IT infrastructure, and the level of data publicity in each country's procurement landscape. Expert evaluations conducted by national specialists unveil which countries pay less attention to public contract performance monitoring and transparency. Our findings indicate that countries facing higher corruption rates tend to place greater emphasis on transparency and contract performance monitoring. Moreover, countries greatly differ in their organizational setup, objectives, and monitoring tools, including IT adoption. The insights derived from this study can influence policy and reform efforts focused on the contract phase of public procurement, leading to a more accountable and efficient procurement landscape across Europe
Acute stress reactions and associated factors in the help-seekers after the L'Aquila earthquake.
No full text"Background: The assessment of acute stress reactions and psychiatric. symptomatology shortly after the occurrence of a traumatic catastrophic event,. like an earthquake, is essential for implementing relief activities and for the. identification of the long-term aftermath. The aim of our study was to assess the. psychological distress and the occurrence of acute stress disorder (ASD) among. individuals seeking help at the General Hospital Psychiatric Unit at San. Salvatore Hospital following the earthquake at L'Aquila. Factors. (sociodemographic, coping strategies, event-related and postevent variables). associated with the acute stress reactions were also assessed. Methods: For the. first 4 weeks following the earthquake, 122 help-seekers were assessed with a. checklist of traumatic-event-related variables. Measurement instruments included . the Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Questionnaire (SASRQ) for the detection of ASD. according to DSM-IV criteria, the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). for assessing psychological distress, and the Brief Cope questionnaire for. assessing coping strategies. Results: Despite the high level of psychological. distress (GHQ-12 ‚â•20, cut-off value) found in 65.6% of the subjects, only 6. subjects (4.9%) could be considered affected by 'full' ASD, whereas 48 subjects. (39.3%) could be considered affected by 'partial' ASD, which is defined as. showing at least one symptom on each DSM-IV criterion as evidenced by scoring. higher than 3 on each SASRQ scale. The strongest predictor of traumatic stress. reactions among all the predictor variables included in our study was having been. trapped/injured under rubble during the earthquake, and among earthquake. stressors (explaining 20% of variance in our model), a weaker predictor was the. loss of personal privacy because of home displacement. In our model, more. variance (39%) was explained when individual psychopathological variables and. coping styles were also included as predictors. Showing coping strategies as. exhibiting 'behavioural disengagement' or 'requesting emotional support from. others' were found to increase the likelihood of a positive estimate of being an . 'ASD case', while the adoption of an 'acceptance' coping style seemed to reduce. the likelihood of the positive estimate of being an 'ASD case'. Conclusions: This. study underlines the importance of identifying ASD subsyndromal cases and taking . appropriate intervention/prevention measures that focus on giving psychological. support to individuals trapped/injured under rubble, showing a low acceptance of . reality. A relevant underestimated source of distress was the dislocation in. large accommodation settings (such as large tent camps) in which individuals lack. privacy.
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