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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
Celebrating the Centennial of the UTMJ: From the Archives - The Last Quarter Century
No full textThis Volume celebrates a major milestone of the University of Toronto Medical Journal (UTMJ), entry into its second century. Being the longest standing student run peer-reviewed undergraduate medical journal in North America, it has seen and reflected the ebbs and flows of movements in medicine around the world and here at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. The editorial team of the 75th Volume of the Journal issued a three-part series From the Archives, chronicling the memorable and impactful research articles, editorials, and photographs published in the UTMJ of the first 75 years of the Journal. Thus, our efforts here are to carry on this tradition by highlighting interesting themes and trends in the last quarter century: 1998-2023
Introduction to the 101st volume of the UTMJ Issue on Trial and Error
No full textIn the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare and medical research, the journey towards innovation and progress ofteninvolves navigating the intricate paths of experimentation. Navigating this journey on uncertain and unfamiliar grounds is the only way towards ground-breaking research, and this, we believe, should be celebrated. The concept of "Trial and Error" encapsulates the spirit of exploration and resilience that characterizes the medical field
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
Introduction to the 101st Volume of the UTMJ Issue on Longevity
No full textAs life expectancy continues to rise globally, the quest to live well and live longer has become a focal point of research and public interest. However, the pursuit of longevity poses its own biological, social and moral challenges. Amidst a world in chaos and an aging population in the Western world, this issue arrives in a timely manner as we race against the clock. In this issue, we present a collection of original research articles and perspectives that explore the complexities of longevity from several perspectives
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