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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
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
Cannabis in the treatment process : A qualitative study of treatment professionals’ experiences of changing attitudes toward cannabis
No full textFlera länder har antingen avpenaliserat, avkriminaliserat eller legaliserat cannabis. Även i Sverige visar undersökningar att tillåtande attityder mot drogen ökar trots landets strikta narkotikapolitik. Även om tillåtande attityder ökar, finns det lite forskning om hur behandlingsarbetet påverkas i Sverige. Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka behandlingspersonals upplevelser och strategier, mot en bakgrund av förändrade attityder till cannabis. Studien baserades på åtta kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer med yrkesverksamma inom missbruksvård och socialt arbete. Det empiriska analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys. För att förstå hur personalen rättfärdigar och legitimerar sina upplevelser och strategier användes Boltanski och Thévenots teori om rättfärdigande. Resultatet visar att behandlingspersonalen uppfattar en tydlig förskjutning på synen av cannabis hos både klienter och samhället i stort, vilket påverkar behandlingen genom minskad motivation och ökat motstånd hos klienterna. För att hantera förändrade attityder tvingas personalen arbeta kreativt och samtidigt balansera mellan allians, effektivitet, sociala normer och lagar. Studien visar att behandlingspersonal behöver navigera och anpassa sitt yrkesutförande genom inspirerade, - civila- och industriella livsvärldar, vilka är tre moraliska principer enligt teorin om rättfärdigande. Uppsatsen bidrar med ny kunskap om hur behandlingsarbetet kan anpassas och bemöta förändrade attityder till cannabis i Sverige.Several countries have either depenalized, decriminalized or legalized cannabis. In Sweden, surveys show that favourable attitudes towards cannabis are increasing, despite the country’s restrictive drug policy. Although this shift is evident, few studies have examined how it affects treatment staff in Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine treatment staffs’ experiences and strategies, in a context of changing attitudes toward cannabis. The study is based eight semi-structured, qualitative interviews with professionals working in substance abuse treatment and social work. The empirical data was analysed using thematic analysis. Boltanski and Thévenot´s theory on justification, was applied to understand how the staff justified and legitimized their experiences and strategies. The findings indicate that treatment staff observe a significant shift in how cannabis is perceived by both clients and society more broadly, which influences treatment by affecting client motivation and increasing resistance. To challenge these changes in attitudes, the staff had to adjust their strategies and develop creative ways to balance therapeutic alliance, effectiveness, social norms and legal frameworks. The study shows that treatment staff had to adjust their professional practice by navigating three moral principles according to the theory on justification: the inspired, civic and industrial worlds. This study contributes to new knowledge on how treatment work can adapt and manage changing attitudes toward cannabis in Sweden.
Cannabis in the treatment process : A qualitative study of treatment professionals’ experiences of changing attitudes toward cannabis
No full textFlera länder har antingen avpenaliserat, avkriminaliserat eller legaliserat cannabis. Även i Sverige visar undersökningar att tillåtande attityder mot drogen ökar trots landets strikta narkotikapolitik. Även om tillåtande attityder ökar, finns det lite forskning om hur behandlingsarbetet påverkas i Sverige. Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka behandlingspersonals upplevelser och strategier, mot en bakgrund av förändrade attityder till cannabis. Studien baserades på åtta kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer med yrkesverksamma inom missbruksvård och socialt arbete. Det empiriska analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys. För att förstå hur personalen rättfärdigar och legitimerar sina upplevelser och strategier användes Boltanski och Thévenots teori om rättfärdigande. Resultatet visar att behandlingspersonalen uppfattar en tydlig förskjutning på synen av cannabis hos både klienter och samhället i stort, vilket påverkar behandlingen genom minskad motivation och ökat motstånd hos klienterna. För att hantera förändrade attityder tvingas personalen arbeta kreativt och samtidigt balansera mellan allians, effektivitet, sociala normer och lagar. Studien visar att behandlingspersonal behöver navigera och anpassa sitt yrkesutförande genom inspirerade, - civila- och industriella livsvärldar, vilka är tre moraliska principer enligt teorin om rättfärdigande. Uppsatsen bidrar med ny kunskap om hur behandlingsarbetet kan anpassas och bemöta förändrade attityder till cannabis i Sverige.Several countries have either depenalized, decriminalized or legalized cannabis. In Sweden, surveys show that favourable attitudes towards cannabis are increasing, despite the country’s restrictive drug policy. Although this shift is evident, few studies have examined how it affects treatment staff in Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine treatment staffs’ experiences and strategies, in a context of changing attitudes toward cannabis. The study is based eight semi-structured, qualitative interviews with professionals working in substance abuse treatment and social work. The empirical data was analysed using thematic analysis. Boltanski and Thévenot´s theory on justification, was applied to understand how the staff justified and legitimized their experiences and strategies. The findings indicate that treatment staff observe a significant shift in how cannabis is perceived by both clients and society more broadly, which influences treatment by affecting client motivation and increasing resistance. To challenge these changes in attitudes, the staff had to adjust their strategies and develop creative ways to balance therapeutic alliance, effectiveness, social norms and legal frameworks. The study shows that treatment staff had to adjust their professional practice by navigating three moral principles according to the theory on justification: the inspired, civic and industrial worlds. This study contributes to new knowledge on how treatment work can adapt and manage changing attitudes toward cannabis in Sweden.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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