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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
Sexual exploitation: swimming coaches' perceptions and the development of role conflict and role ambiguity
No full textPublic awareness about sexual abuse and sexual harassment in sport has greatly
increased over the last 10 years. In England, the sport of swimming has been especially
affected, first because of several high profile cases of swimming coaches being
convicted of sexual abuse, and secondly because the Amateur Swimming Association
(ASA) has taken a proactive stance to protect children in swimming. Much of the
previous research examining sexual exploitation in sport has been from the perspective
of the athlete. This qualitative study was designed to examine swimming coaches'
constructions of appropriateness about coach/swimmer sexual relationships. Nineteen
coaches participated in either an elite, national, or county level focus group. Coaches
discussed the appropriateness of coach/athlete relationships as presented in 7 vignettes.
Analysis was conducted in accordance with the constructivist revision of Grounded
Theory (Charmaz, 1990; Strauss & Corbin, 1998) and organised with the assistance of
the software programme, QSR NVIVO. The coaches report that sex with an athlete
below the legal age of consent is inappropriate. Coaches' perceptions regarding "legal"
relationships vary according to whether the coach is talking about himself versus other
coaches. The emergent themes influencing perceptions of appropriateness are: reducing
opportunities for false allegations, the influence of public scrutiny, evaluating
consequences of relationships, maintaining professional boundaries, and reluctance to
judge fellow coaches. After completing the initial analysis, the emergent themes were
further explored in individual unstructured interviews with three purposively selected
coaches. One coach was in a long-term relationship with a swimmer, another served a
prison term for child sexual abuse of a swimmer he coached, and the third had
allegations against him dropped. The secondary analysis reveals that the themes about
appropriateness relate to the broader issue of coaches' attempts to resolve perceived
role conflict and role ambiguity that has arisen from increased awareness of child
protection. This is examined with reference to how awareness of sexual abuse in sport
has provoked coaches to question their roles and coaching boundaries. Results are
discussed in relation to organisational psychology theories of role conflict and role
ambiguity and directions for future research are suggested
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
Perinatal Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in fathers and COVID-19 related PTG in mothers during the perinatal period
Get PDFThis thesis focused on posttraumatic growth (PTG) in parents during the perinatal period. PTG is defined as positive changes as a result of experiencing a traumatic or significant event that disrupts a person’s previous held beliefs about the world, themselves, or other people. Domains of growth in PTG include changes to a person’s beliefs about their psychological strength, appreciation of life, relationships with other people, recognising new possibilities for their life, and spiritual changes. The systematic review synthesised perinatal related PTG in fathers, and the empirical study examined PTG growth related to the COVID-19 pandemic in mothers. In the systematic review, perinatal is defined as the period from conception to 2 years after birth in recognition of the importance of the first 1,000 days of life. There may also be individual and contextual differences in the amount of time required for PTG to develop, thus this extended time period includes longitudinal studies. Data for the empirical paper was drawn from the Maternal Wellbeing, Mental Health and Life Experiences (MWMHLE) study led by the National Centre for Mental Health. As such, the perinatal period in the empirical paper refers to conception to 1 year after birth, which corresponds with the recruitment criteria for the MWMHLE study.
The systematic review contributes to the evidence base in perinatal related PTG by focusing on fathers, who compared to mothers, have been underrepresented in previous systematic research. The aim of this review was to identify the degree of PTG among fathers following exposure to a stressor during the perinatal period and to identify factors that predict higher levels of PTG. A secondary aim was to summarise differences between mothers and fathers in PTG. A systematic review protocol was developed, registered with PROSPERO, and followed. Five databases were searched using terms related to posttraumatic growth, perinatal period, perinatal and paediatric trauma events, and father or parent. Studies were included if they reported fathers’ levels of PTG. If data from mothers were included, these findings were also summarised. Eighteen of the 215 unique studies identified in the database search met the eligibility criteria for the review. Using an evidence based risk of bias and quality assessment tool, one study was judged to be of poor quality, ten fair, and seven good. The review demonstrated that fathers experienced a small to moderate level of PTG in relation to a perinatal stressor, which was generally lower than what mothers exposed to the same type of stressor reported. The studies used 38 different questionnaires to measure a wide range of factors that could be related to PTG across four broad categories of stressful events: infant hospitalisation, pre-term birth, infant death, and transition to parenthood. Heterogeneity in study designs and measures limited the ability to synthesise findings and draw strong conclusions. Based on initial evidence from a few studies examining similar factors, PTG in fathers was positively associated with parental attachment anxiety, coping, parental stress, social support, and grief. Generic measures of anxiety and depression were not consistently associated with perinatal related PTG.
Previous research has provided evidence that pregnant and postnatal women experienced significant rates of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research in non-perinatal populations found evidence for COVID-19 related PTG, but very little research has been published to date on perinatal populations experience of COVID-19 related PTG. Pregnant and postnatal participants (n =
382) who had due dates, or gave birth, between May 2020 and December 2022 completed a range of online questionnaires covering mental health, social support, and their experience of COVID-19. The majority of participants reported experiencing COVID-19 related distress with two-thirds of the sample experiencing some PTG, although mostly very small to small amounts. Higher levels of worry and rumination about COVID-19, higher levels of perceived social support, and lower levels of depression were associated with higher degrees of PTG. The degree of PTG reported in this sample was smaller than comparative perinatal samples. Possible reasons for this are explored, and suggestions for improving the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of future perinatal samples recruited for research are provided.
This thesis provides a new contribution to the literature by synthesising research on PTG in fathers during the perinatal period and providing new data on mothers’ COVID-19 related PTG. Taken together these studies demonstrate that it is possible to experience PTG as a result of adverse events and stressors during the perinatal period. In both the systematic review and the empirical study, higher levels of perceived social support were a key factor associated with a greater degree of PTG. Policy makers should consider the importance of social support when setting policies that impact on the perinatal period, especially in future pandemics. Clinicians should consider interventions that may lead to increasing social support. Future research on perinatal related PTG would be improved by a theory driven approach and by using measures that are more specific to the stressor being studied, rather than using generic measures
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
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