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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
Effects of Collage-oriented Group Art Therapy on the Self-determination and Quality of Life of University Students with Disabilities
Full text linkIntroduction: Not only is the university student period an early stage for students with disabilities to make decisions about their future and begin their adult life, but the improvement of self-determination for successful adaptation to adult life in this period is considered a very important factor in the successful transition to adulthood and improvement of quality of life for students with disabilities.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find out how collage-oriented group art therapy affects self-determination and quality of life of university students with disabilities.
Methods: The subjects of the study were five university students with disabilities attending B University in area A. Group art therapy was conducted one to two times a week from June to July 2025, at 90 minutes per session for a total of 10 sessions.
Tools and Techniques: To verify the effectiveness of the study, self-determination and quality of life tests were conducted before and after collage-oriented group art therapy to determine any changes, and the test results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric analysis.
Results: As a result of the study, first, it was found that collage-oriented group art therapy is statistically significant changes in the overall score of the self-determination scale and the entire sub-area. Second, the physical, psychological, social, and environmental areas among the sub-areas of the quality of life scale were significantly improved as a result of performing collage-oriented group art therapy.
Conclusion: These results suggest that collage-oriented group art therapy can be usefully used as an effective intervention method to improve self-determination and quality of life for university students with disabilities
Effects of Collage-oriented Group Art Therapy on the University Life Adaptation and Life Satisfaction of University Students with Disabilities
Full text linkIntroduction: Students\u27 maladjustment to college life not only negatively affects individual psychological health and social adaptation but also increases the dropout rate, which incurs social costs such as re-admission; if this situation persists, such students may experience difficulties in adapting to college life as well as lower life satisfaction. Therefore, intervention methods are required to help students with disabilities adapt to college life and increase their life satisfaction.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate how collage-oriented group art therapy affects college life adaptation and quality of life among university students with disabilities.
Methods: The subjects of the study were nine university students with disabilities attending B University in area A. Group art therapy was conducted one to two times a week from January to February 2025, at 90 minutes per session for a total of 10 sessions.
Tools and Techniques: To verify the effectiveness of the study, college life adaptation and life satisfaction tests were conducted before and after collage-oriented group art therapy to determine any changes, and the test results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric analysis.
Results: As a result of the study, first, it was found that collage-oriented group art therapy is effective in improving the college life adaptation of university students with disabilities. Second, such therapy was effective in improving the life satisfaction of these students.
Conclusion: In conclusion, collage-oriented group art therapy proved to be an effective approach that can be applied to college life counseling scenes related to college students with disabilities. Moreover, it was confirmed that it can be applied in counseling and psychotherapy sites for these students
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
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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