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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
Pneumococcies : le fardeau est-il toujours aussi lourd ?
No full textEA MERS CT3 Enjeu 3International audienceThe death rate of invasive pneumococcal infections decreased by 100 fold in one century. This tremendous improvement was due mainly to antibiotic use and multiple attempts at antipneumococcal vaccinations; thus, this was true only for developed countries. However, in France, the incidence has increased, over the last 10 years, in all age classes except for children vaccinated by the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The incidence of these infections remains high, when associated to some risk factors such as HIV infection, malignant blood diseases, solid cancers, bronchial diseases, or alcohol abuse. The pneumococcal vaccine should be prescribed first to patients with those risk factors. A change of serotypes distribution has been observed in children with a decrease of vaccine serotypes and predominance of related or non-vaccine serotypes. This reflects the effectiveness of vaccination and the need of to regularly update the vaccine. Thus, pneumococcal infections have been increasing and vaccination should be more widely proposed.Le taux de mortalité des infections invasives à pneumocoque a diminué d’au moins un facteur 100 en un siècle. Cette amélioration considérable est, principalement, à mettre sur le compte à la fois de l’antibiothérapie et des multiples tentatives vaccinales ; cela ne s’applique donc qu’aux pays développés. Cependant, l’incidence a, en France, en ces dix dernières années, augmenté dans toutes les classes d’âge sauf chez les enfants vaccinés par vaccin à sept valences. L’incidence de ces infections reste très élevée en association à certains facteurs de risques : infection VIH, hémopathies malignes, cancers solides, bronchopathie, alcool. La vaccination antipneumococcique devrait être proposée en priorité dans ces populations. Chez les enfants, la répartition des sérotypes a évolué avec diminution des sérotypes vaccinaux et prédominance des sérotypes apparentés ou non vaccinaux. Cette évolution montre l’efficacité vaccinale et la nécessité d’une adaptation plus ou moins régulière du vaccin. Les infections pneumococciques sont donc en augmentation et la vaccination doit être plus largement proposée
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Issues of hospital microbiological water quality
No full textLa littérature fait suspecter mais n’indique pas clairement un lien entre la contamination du réseau d’eau et les infections nosocomiales à Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Les recommandations de prélèvements d’eau sont différentes selon les pays. Notre travail s’appuie sur les données des résultats des prélèvements d’eau et des prélèvements positifs à P. aeruginosa chez les patients (colonisation ou infections nosocomiales), réalisés au CHU de Dijon entre 2005 et 2013. Les contaminations des points d’eau étaient fréquentes (17%, IC95% 15,5-18,2). Des modèles mixtes n’ont pas montré de diminution d’incidence des cas de P. aeruginosa dans le nouveau bâtiment, moins souvent contaminé, pour les unités qui ont déménagé d’un bâtiment à un autre. La méthode de Kulldorff a permis de détecter peu d’agrégats temporels de cas. Des modèles GEE (Generalized Estimated Equations) ont montré une association positive entre la proportion de prélèvements d’eau positifs dans le trimestre dans le bâtiment et l’incidence des cas nosocomiaux. Cette association était retrouvée dans les analyses en sous-groupe des données de réanimation mais ne l’était plus lorsque les unités de réanimation et d’hématologie étaient exclues.Peu d’arguments en faveur d’un rôle du réseau d’eau dans la survenue de cas de P. aeruginosa sont apportés, en dehors des services de réanimation ou d’hématologie. En raison du coût associé aux prélèvements et aux mesures correctrices, il pourrait être proposé de limiter les prélèvements à ces unités à risque. Des études prospectives génotypiques devraient être conduites afin de mieux explorer l’association entre qualité microbiologique de l’eau à l’hôpital et infections nosocomiales.Scientific literature allows suspecting but does not clearly indicate a link between water network contamination and Pseudomonas aeruginosa healthcare-associated infections. Guidelines for water samples vary across countries.Our work is based on water samples and P. aeruginosa patients’ samples (healthcare-associated colonizations or infections) in Dijon University hospital between 2005 and 2013.Water outlets contaminations were frequent (17%, CI95% 15.5-18.2). Mixed models on units that moved from a building to another did not show a lower incidence of P. aeruginosa cases in the new building than in the others, although it was less contaminated. Kulldorff’s method allowed detecting few temporal clusters of cases. GEE (Generalized Estimated Equations) models showed a positive association between the proportions of positive water samples in the building in the quarter and the incidence of healthcare-associated cases. This association was still observed in subgroup analyses of intensive care units but was no more observed in the database excluding hematology and intensive care units. Few arguments for an association between water network contamination and P. aeruginosa healthcare-associated colonizations or infections are provided, except in hematology and intensive care units. Given the costs associated with the samples and correctives measures, it could be proposed to limit the samples to these units at risk. Prospective studies with molecular typing methods should be conducted in order to better understand the association between hospital water network microbiologic quality and healthcare-associated infections
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