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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
An evaluation of the wastes and obstacles within the context of lean management in emergency services
Get PDFThe objective of this study is to evaluate the types of waste within the context of lean management practices in emergency departments and to provide recommendations for addressing the challenges associated with their implementation. The aim is to enhance the effectiveness of performance improvement processes and to improve patient satisfaction. The opinions of 8 experts in the field were collected and analyzed using fuzzy AHP. The analysis revealed that defects (29%) are the most common type of waste in emergency departments, with a significant impact on efficiency and patient safety. This is followed by extra handling (15%) and waiting time (13%). Addressing these issues, along with other types of waste such as wasted talent, movement, transportation, inventory, and overproduction, is critical to improving overall operational performance. The overcoming of integration challenges necessitates the implementation of a multifaceted strategy, which should encompass the commitment of leadership, the engagement of staff, and the establishment of a culture of continuous improvement. The success of lean management is contingent upon several factors, including leadership support, multidisciplinary collaboration, process streamlining, and the ability to navigate resistance to change
Bridging borders in healthcare: A bibliometric insight into migration, health, and cultural awareness
Get PDFThis study aims to analyse studies conducted on the migration, health, and cultural awareness triangle and published in the Web of Science (WoS) database using bibliometric methods. 405 open-access research articles published between 2014 and 2024, using the specified keywords, were identified and examined. Analyses were conducted using the Bibliometrix (4.3.0) package and the Biblioshiny tool in R Studio. There is a continuous increase in the number of studies on the subject. Indeed, an average increase of 17.63% has been observed since 2014. The affiliations producing the most articles were the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (34), the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (22), and McGill University, Canada (21). The findings indicate that migrant and refugee health is increasingly prominent on the global health agenda, with cultural awareness, health literacy, and service delivery becoming central themes. The most central and relevant concept in the studies included in the analysis is "cultural competence." Strong matches were found around this theme with the themes "qualitative research," "migrants," and "health communication." The second most concentrated focus is "migration," with matches found with the themes "refugee," "mental health," and "primary care." Consequently, the relatively small number of studies conducted in immigrant-receiving countries like Turkey is striking. This suggests that directly affected countries need to contribute more strongly to the global academic literature. Increasing interdisciplinary research at the national level will contribute to the transformation of healthcare services into a more inclusive and culturally sensitive framework for immigrants.This study aims to analyse studies conducted on the migration, health, and cultural awareness triangle and published in the Web of Science (WoS) database using bibliometric methods. 405 open-access research articles published between 2014 and 2024, using the specified keywords, were identified and examined. Analyses were conducted using the Bibliometrix (4.3.0) package and the Biblioshiny tool in R Studio. There is a continuous increase in the number of studies on the subject. Indeed, an average increase of 17.63% has been observed since 2014. The affiliations producing the most articles were the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (34), the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (22), and McGill University, Canada (21). The findings indicate that migrant and refugee health is increasingly prominent on the global health agenda, with cultural awareness, health literacy, and service delivery becoming central themes. The most central and relevant concept in the studies included in the analysis is "cultural competence." Strong matches were found around this theme with the themes "qualitative research," "migrants," and "health communication." The second most concentrated focus is "migration," with matches found with the themes "refugee," "mental health," and "primary care." Consequently, the relatively small number of studies conducted in immigrant-receiving countries like Turkey is striking. This suggests that directly affected countries need to contribute more strongly to the global academic literature. Increasing interdisciplinary research at the national level will contribute to the transformation of healthcare services into a more inclusive and culturally sensitive framework for immigrants
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
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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