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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
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Wrong touch regulation: the limits to effective regulation of approved mental health professionals
Full text linkApproved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) hold essential decision-making authority on whether individuals will be subject to compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007) in England and Wales. Despite exercising profound coercive powers affecting individual liberty, the regulatory architecture surrounding AMHP practice is fragmented and diffuse, with oversight distributed across the Care Quality Commission, Social Work England, and multiple professional body regulators, and with no single body holding end-to-end accountability for decision quality. The dominant regulatory approach in contemporary UK health and social care is Right-touch Regulation (RTR), developed by the Professional Standards Authority and articulated through successive iterations since 2009. RTR presents itself as a model of proportionate, targeted, and risk-based intervention: a 'third way' between heavy-handed oversight and regulatory absence. The central claim of this article is that Right-touch Regulation, as currently utilised by the PSA, is structurally unsuited to AMHP oversight. The model presupposes conditions that are not present in AMHP governance. Situating RTR within broader regulatory theories (responsive regulation, smart regulation, and harm-based regulation), the article reviews what RTR claims as lineage but omits in practice. The conclusion argues that, until the preconditions for proportionate regulation are established (visibility, ownership, feedback), the language of Right-touch continues to legitimate a system that does not effectively regulate at all
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
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The re-approval of Approved Mental Health Professionals in England and Wales: a study of local authority practice
No full textApproved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) perform a statutory role under the Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007, coordinating and authorising applications for compulsory admission to hospital and providing an independent social perspective within a predominantly medical framework. Despite their significance, the process by which AMHPs are re-approved to exercise these powers has received almost no empirical attention. This article presents the first systematic study of AMHP re-approval across all local authorities in England and Wales, using Freedom of Information data to examine how the Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) Regulations 2008 are implemented in practice. These Regulations set the eligibility and competence requirements, as well as the five-year re-approval period, forming the statutory basis for periodic approval. The findings reveal substantial variation between authority types and regions: while 93% of AMHPs were re-approved, County Councils recorded non-approval rates over six times higher than Unitary Authorities, and nearly half of all councils lacked a formal appeals process. Several authorities reported delegating approval functions to NHS Trusts, despite the statutory duty resting solely with local authorities. The analysis suggests that AMHP re-approval currently operates as a fragmented local practice rather than a coherent regulatory system, raising questions about accountability, independence, and procedural fairness in the governance of compulsory mental health powers exercised by AMHPs
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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