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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
Implications of and Policy Direction for International Trade in Health Services in the Philippines
No full textInternational trade is a growing global process driven by the perceived economic benefits to trading partners, but little is known about its negative implications for societies, particularly its adverse effects on health. Recent years have seen increasing controversies associated with trade in health services in many nations in the Asian region, specifically Thailand, India, China and Pakistan. However, these emerging problems have not been systematically investigated in most countries in the region, including smaller developing countries such as the Philippines. Trade in health services in the Philippines is flourishing. However, though it can give economic benefits to the health service providers, it has social, ethical and legal implications, such as possible exploitation of poor and marginalized Filipino people. Although the Philippine health system strives to provide equitable healthcare to all Filipinos, for a resource limited country, it is a major challenge to deal with complex global issues such as international trade in health services. More importantly, there is a research gap in understanding their various implications in order to provide evidence-based policies and mitigation strategies for the Philippines. The aim of this research is to examine the implications of international trade in health services sought by foreigners in the Philippines in order to recommend policies for the future. To this end, the research will focus on two case studies, the trade in kidney transplant services and the trade in assisted reproduction and surrogacy services. Of the health services pursued by foreigners in the Philippines, these two cases have the greatest social, ethical and legal implications, in particular the exploitation of kidney donors and surrogate mothers. The research employs a qualitative methodology. Apart from an extensive literature and document review, the researcher collected data through key informant interviews and an expert workshop. There were 51 in-depth interviews with transplant surgeons, kidney specialists, transplant ethicists, fertility specialists, would-be surrogate mothers, government officials and non-government organisation representatives between July-November, 2015, in the Philippines, followed by an expert workshop to produce the policy direction for the country. It is attended by 60 participants in December 2016 in Manila. In order to ensure the validity of the research and to consider the matter through the eyes of the interviewees, the researcher continues to follow up with some of the interviewees through emails. The researcher later became an active member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group in combatting global organ trafficking and transplant tourism and eventually participated in the Global Summit for Organ Trafficking sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican City. By connecting to this network, the researcher was able to expand the study from the Filipino interviewees to international well-known experts who have rich experience in dealing with policy and global trafficking landscape. The research findings showed that there are existing regulations to control the adverse implications of trade in kidney transplant services in the Philippines. However, there is a gap between the regulations and their enforcement. Little has been done in the monitoring of the transplant centers in the Philippines and there is no referral mechanism if a health professional suspects an illegal case of organ trafficking. The consequence of a weak regulatory enforcement is the rise of a new landscape of organ trafficking in the Philippines. Unnoticed by the Philippine government, illegal transplants have happened in the Philippines between unrelated foreign kidney recipients and foreign kidney donors and which were coordinated by a kidney broker from another country. By contrast with the trade in kidney transplant services, there is no comprehensive national law in the Philippines to regulate assisted reproduction and surrogacy services. Fertility specialists in the Philippine have the capacity to do assisted reproduction, but their practice is restricted due to the religious (Roman Catholic) convictions of most of the population. The Roman Catholic Church condemns any form of assisted reproduction. However, there are vulnerable Filipina women who advertise themselves as would-be surrogate mothers who could be the target of exploitation and trafficking. Assisted reproduction and surrogacy services are still unregulated by the Philippine government. This research provides policy recommendations as a safeguard against the adverse implications of the trade in kidney transplant services and in assisted reproduction and surrogacy services in the Philippines. It is a comprehensive policy framework anchored in international regulations and national regulations with recommended implementation by multiple disciplines and multiple levels of authority. Given the rapidly growing global trade in health services, the findings of this research should be timely and useful to developing countries facing a similar scenario faced by the Philippines.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of MedicineGriffith HealthFull Tex
Understanding Preparedness for Information System Disasters in Australian Higher Education Organisations: A Comparative Case Study Approach
No full textThe aim of this study is to determine how public organisations in the Australian higher education sector develop and validate information systems (IS) risk management (RM) strategies to address possible disasters arising from IS failures. For several decades, various management theories, decision-making frameworks, risk-management frameworks and project-management methodologies have been developed and are widely available and implemented in many organisations. Yet major IS and project failures continue to occur all over the world. Although these “rational” systems and procedures prescribed for IS risk management exist, there is little systematic knowledge – as opposed to anecdotal information – about what organisations actually do to address these risks. The research design for this study was based on a qualitative case study approach using two cases and a structured interview technique involving open and closed questions. The raw data were analysed followed by a cross-case comparative analysis using thematic analysis, looking at similarities and differences that generated various categories. The categories were then used to develop a theoretical model highlighting key findings, which includes four key themes that have an impact on shaping IS-RM strategies to avoid IS failures: level of governance; level of monitoring and enforcement of policies and frameworks; level of conformance to compliance; and level of business and IT collaboration in decision-making. The study concludes by making recommendations for future research. The theoretical contribution from this study is three-fold. First, a theoretical model is developed that can be used to manage risks proactively. Second, the development and implementation of an Information Systems Risk Management (IS-RM) Framework is proposed. Third, IS risk can be minimised through the establishment of an IS Middle-Managers Governance Group, which grows out of the IS-RM Framework.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
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
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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