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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
Exploring the Impact of Family Experiences and Psychological Indexes on Behaviour towards Antibiotics: A Self-Report Study on an Italian Sample
No full textAntibiotic resistance represents a worldwide health concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated around 10 million deaths by 2050 caused by this phenomenon. The main cause for the development of resistance is the prolonged and inappropriate use of antibiotics, which can also affect the individual psychophysiological balance and several biological indices. Given the large number of factors involved in medicine adherence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours of the general population toward antibiotics, through an online investigation, with the aim to identify dispositional factors and personal experiences which influence antibiotics misuse. A sample of 100 responders (74 females, mean age 33.37) completed an online battery of validated scales administered to assess several psychological indexes (Big Five Questionnaire, BFQ-R; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI; Perceived Stress Scale, PSS; Psychosomatic Problem Scale, PPS), together with a revised form of a WHO survey investigating attitude, knowledge and practice towards antibiotics, and a series of ad hoc questions to investigate disease behaviour and individual and family-related past experiences with antibiotics. Significant correlations between intake behaviour, awareness and individual attitude emerged: having had a family of origin which has demonised antibiotics negatively correlates with the quantity of antibiotics taken in the last year and the personal attitude toward antibiotics, while a family of origin which has used antibiotics improperly positively correlates with the amount of antibiotics taken, and negatively both with the knowledge of good practices of intake and the awareness about antibiotics. Moreover, a good personal past compliance with antibiotic prescription is positively correlated with a family which has used antibiotics correctly. Also, significant correlations emerged between psychological facets and antibiotic behaviour: the personality traits of conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness are positively correlated to antibiotics awareness, on the contrary of indexes of psychological balance (i.e., anxiety, perceived stress and psychosomatization), which correlate negatively to awareness. Moreover, the moderator role of anxiety in the relationship between a negative family approach towards antibiotics and antibiotics intake, and the mediator role of individual awareness in the relationship between a familiar positive approach to antibiotics and individual past compliance to doctor’s prescription emerged. Subsequently, regression analysis revealed the role of anxiety, stress and psychosomatization as predictors of individual antibiotics awareness, suggesting that people with a lower psychological well-being may consume antibiotics in a less responsible way. In summary, the present study shed the light on how family experiences and individual psychological factors may play crucial roles in shaping behaviours and attitudes towards antibiotics. These findings can be utilized to formulate patient-centred strategies for therapeutic communication and education
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
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