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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
Exploring the impact of ward climate and the development of a tool to measure staff culture in forensic community homes
Get PDFBackground: Secure settings have a distinct environment. They are intended to manage risk whilst balancing a therapeutic approach. This thesis provides an investigation into organisational factors that impact on staff and patient outcomes in secure and community settings; specifically ward climate and staff culture. Ward climate is a multifactorial construct comprised of the material, social and emotional conditions of a ward and the interaction between these. Culture can be summarised as jointly held views, beliefs, and behaviour across a workplace. Staff culture is multidimensional, ranging from broad organisational levels to within-team facets. Research studies evidence the influence of organisational factors on patient rehabilitation and staff burnout.
Aims: Healthcare staff in forensic settings experience some of the highest levels of violence compared to other healthcare professionals. Research has evidenced patient violence has significant impact on rehabilitation, other patients, and staff. The first aim of the thesis was to explore published literature of ward climate, focusing on the impact on patient aggression and staff burnout in secure hospitals.
There is a paucity of research on organisational factors that can impact rehabilitation in forensic community homes. To enable future research to explore the impact of organisational factors, the thesis aimed to develop a tool that can measure staff culture in community settings.
Method: A review of key concepts, definitions and models was first carried out to provide an overview of the thesis and the background for the research (chapter one). It followed by a systematic review that explored the impact ward climate has on two important issues in secure hospitals; patient aggression and staff burnout.
Chapter three provides an overview of the methods considered within the development of the tool to measure staff culture. Chapter four explores staff experiences of working in or supporting forensic community homes. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and sub-themes relating to culture from interviews undertaken with members of a multidisciplinary team. Findings were used to inform the development of the Cultural Assessment of Staff Teams (CAST), a psychometric tool measuring staff culture. Chapter five describes further development and validation of the CAST tool. It outlines the processes to ascertain face and content validity of items. Item reduction and re-wording were completed following the scoring of the expert feedback. Following cognitive interviews with a sample of the target population (support workers) final amendments were made to the tool.
Results: The thesis contributes to the research regarding organisational factors in forensic settings. The systematic review found mixed results. There was an overall finding that the higher the security of the ward the greater the impact ward climate had on patient aggression. Staff burnout and sickness were associated with ward climate.
Regarding the tool development, the domains identified to measure staff culture in community settings were ’The Organisation‘, ’Home Manager‘, ’Care Team‘, and ’Risk Management‘. The first version of the tool had 129 items. Once the face and content validity were scored and cognitive interviews were facilitated, the numbers of items decreased to 86.
Discussion: This thesis emphasises the importance of forensic settings measuring and responding to organisational factors. The thesis provides an insight into the concepts of staff culture in forensic community homes and has informed the development of the CAST. Compared to inpatient settings there is a lack of published work on the impact of organisational factors in forensic community settings. The CAST will enable further research to be undertaken to identify relationships between staff culture and resident outcome
Exploring the impact of ward climate and the development of a tool to measure staff culture in forensic community homes
Get PDFBackground: Secure settings have a distinct environment. They are intended to manage risk whilst balancing a therapeutic approach. This thesis provides an investigation into organisational factors that impact on staff and patient outcomes in secure and community settings; specifically ward climate and staff culture. Ward climate is a multifactorial construct comprised of the material, social and emotional conditions of a ward and the interaction between these. Culture can be summarised as jointly held views, beliefs, and behaviour across a workplace. Staff culture is multidimensional, ranging from broad organisational levels to within-team facets. Research studies evidence the influence of organisational factors on patient rehabilitation and staff burnout.
Aims: Healthcare staff in forensic settings experience some of the highest levels of violence compared to other healthcare professionals. Research has evidenced patient violence has significant impact on rehabilitation, other patients, and staff. The first aim of the thesis was to explore published literature of ward climate, focusing on the impact on patient aggression and staff burnout in secure hospitals.
There is a paucity of research on organisational factors that can impact rehabilitation in forensic community homes. To enable future research to explore the impact of organisational factors, the thesis aimed to develop a tool that can measure staff culture in community settings.
Method: A review of key concepts, definitions and models was first carried out to provide an overview of the thesis and the background for the research (chapter one). It followed by a systematic review that explored the impact ward climate has on two important issues in secure hospitals; patient aggression and staff burnout.
Chapter three provides an overview of the methods considered within the development of the tool to measure staff culture. Chapter four explores staff experiences of working in or supporting forensic community homes. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and sub-themes relating to culture from interviews undertaken with members of a multidisciplinary team. Findings were used to inform the development of the Cultural Assessment of Staff Teams (CAST), a psychometric tool measuring staff culture. Chapter five describes further development and validation of the CAST tool. It outlines the processes to ascertain face and content validity of items. Item reduction and re-wording were completed following the scoring of the expert feedback. Following cognitive interviews with a sample of the target population (support workers) final amendments were made to the tool.
Results: The thesis contributes to the research regarding organisational factors in forensic settings. The systematic review found mixed results. There was an overall finding that the higher the security of the ward the greater the impact ward climate had on patient aggression. Staff burnout and sickness were associated with ward climate.
Regarding the tool development, the domains identified to measure staff culture in community settings were ’The Organisation‘, ’Home Manager‘, ’Care Team‘, and ’Risk Management‘. The first version of the tool had 129 items. Once the face and content validity were scored and cognitive interviews were facilitated, the numbers of items decreased to 86.
Discussion: This thesis emphasises the importance of forensic settings measuring and responding to organisational factors. The thesis provides an insight into the concepts of staff culture in forensic community homes and has informed the development of the CAST. Compared to inpatient settings there is a lack of published work on the impact of organisational factors in forensic community settings. The CAST will enable further research to be undertaken to identify relationships between staff culture and resident outcome
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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