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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
Building a Culture of Academic Integrity [Cornish]
Full text linkAs an assistant professor in my third year on the faculty, I have seen academic integrity issues in the classroom and am considering strategies to reduce the number that occur. The interesting thing that I “discovered” upon beginning teaching is that most of the teachers in academia weren’t trained to be teachers. I was trained how to do public health, how to do the thing, but not how to teach how to do the thing. In the midst of learning how to convey content in a meaningful way, it was easy to let academic integrity fall by the wayside while other “more important” content took priority. It was easy to take for granted that students would know what I knew about academic integrity and that we were starting in the same mental space regarding that issue. When I started teaching I was very much in the graduate school, doctoral program, academia frame of mind. And when I tried to put myself in the shoes of my undergraduate students, I unconsciously stepped into the shoes of a doctoral student, not an undergraduate. That was another factor that led to my taking some things for granted and making assumptions about our shared priorities. I was, admittedly, a little overwhelmed. There was a lot swirling around when I first started. Plagiarism, academic integrity, those were things that definitely got put on the back burner in the face of new preps and learning the ropes
Theoretical Context of a Common Reproductive Health Behavior: Vaginal Douching Among a National Sample of Young Adult Women
Full text linkCurrent research suggests that up to 75% of American women have engaged in vaginal douching during their lives. Prevalence of the behavior is disproportionately high among minority women (especially African American) and women of low SES. Two bodies of research present conflicting results regarding the benefits or risks to reproductive health that are posed by vaginal douching, although the majority of research on this topic suggests that douching is associated with negative health outcomes. Although studies have suggested prevalence rates, behavioral correlates, and biological associations of vaginal douching, very few studies have used behavioral theory when examining the practice. The current research analyzed data from a national sample of 18- to 24-year-old women to gain a better understanding of the behavior throughout the nation. Results support previous research which suggests douching is practiced disproportionately by women with low educational attainment and African American women. Young women who report current douching are at higher risk for diagnosis with some STIs and gynecologic conditions and are at higher risk for using other feminine hygiene products which may compound the adverse outcomes already associated with vaginal douching. Regarding theoretical variables, never douchers had higher scores on cons of douching and lower scores on pros of douching (they were more likely to think of douching negatively than their currently douching counterparts). Younger and older women did not differ significantly regarding most indicators of general and reproductive health, although younger women were more likely than older women were to report they always used condoms during sex and went to the doctor more often. Future research should examine the shift in risk for vaginal douching from younger to older women, tailor interventions to the changing profile of women at risk for douching, and examine the theoretical context of vaginal douching with greater power
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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