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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
Treatment of cerebrovascular diseases: state of the art and perspectives.
No full textIschaemic penumbra is defined as the area of brain tissue that maintains some blood flow following ischaemic accident. This zone may be rescued by both neuroprotection and arterial revascularization. Early thrombolysis has been used with encouraging results since 1995 in several trials testing both streptokinase and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-TPA): the r-TPA results are definitely more positive than those of streptokinase, despite an increased incidence of symptomatic haemorrhagic transformation, r-TPA significantly reducing death or dependency at the end of follow-up. Despite the fact that some experimental periods of application of these therapeutic strategies demonstrated real cost-effective benefits, only 1% of patients reaching hospital in time for thrombolysis are currently treated. This is because the profile of patients at risk of haemorrhagic transformation, which is definitely the most feared side-effect of thrombolysis in stroke, is yet to be clearly defined. Extended computerized tomography (CT) signs of the index stroke have been repeatedly indicated as reliable predictors of haemorrhagic transformation even if currently there are significant discrepancies in the criteria adopted by different researchers to define early CT signs. Based on experimental ischaemia, strategies for protecting the basal lamina during thrombolysis are suggested: neuroprotection is the second approach to stroke therapy; pharmacological reperfusion and brain protection are probably mutually dependent
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
Nursing documentation in the Stroke Unit,Cartella infermieristica nelle stroke units
No full textThe organization of Stroke Unit improved prognosis of stroke patient. The randomized studies emphasized the importance of nursing in such a structure. In order to improve nursing process in our Stroke Unit, we designed a nurse record which includes a neurological scale, to define dependence classes and guidelines based on Virgina Henderson's theoretical model. In this paper, we present this nurse record and we describe the various steps of its design
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