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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
Profound Health Care Discrimination Experienced by Transgender People: Rapid Systematic Review
Get PDFTransgender people experience interpersonal and structural barriers which prevent them from accessing culturally and medically competent health care. This rapid systematic review examined the prevalence of health care discrimination among transgender people in the U.S. and drew comparisons with sexual minority samples and the general U.S. population. Eight primary studies with 35 prevalence estimates were analyzed. The transgender population experience profound rates of discrimination within the U.S. health care system. Compared to sexual minorities, transgender participants appear to be more compromised in their access to health care. Service providers must change structural inequities which contribute to transgender people’s invisibilit
Factors Affecting Health Care Access among Transgender People in the United States
Get PDFTransgender people experience pervasive interpersonal and structural discrimination within the health care system, which impact their ability to access appropriate and inclusive health care. Their invisibility is sustained by a cultural milieu wherein non-trans identities are privileged and an assumption is made that all people are cisgender. Transgender populations consist of a diverse spectrum of gender and other intersecting identities. Yet, there is a paucity of research about how each subgroup experiences discrimination, especially if they belong to more than one marginalized community. More specifically, transgender men have been underrepresented in research and little is known about the factors which affect their ability to access care. Guided by the theoretical framework of intersectionality and two conceptual models of health care access, the aims of this study are to: (a) compare barriers to health care among transgender men versus transgender women and non-binary/gender queer people; (b) examine factors which may increase the risk of experiencing health care discrimination or potentiate the ability to access care; and (c) examine the interaction of gender identity with other factors that can influence health care access in the United States. It was hypothesized that transgender men were more likely to experience barriers to health care access than transgender women and non-binary/gender queer people. Additionally, it was hypothesized that racial minority group status and living in poverty were risk factors while having health insurance and disclosure of trans identity were protective factors in the ability to access health care. It was further hypothesized that transgender men’s disadvantage would be greater among racial minority group members and those living in poverty, and that the gender identity divide would be smaller among those who had health insurance or had disclosed their trans identity. Logistic regression analyses were conducted using a non-elder, adult subsample of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (N = 14, 540) which was implemented by the National Center for Transgender Equality. Results found that transgender men experienced greater disadvantage than transgender women in many dimensions of health care access. Living in poverty was a risk factor, while having health insurance was observed to be a protective factor in health care access in the United States. Disclosure of trans identity served as a protective or risk factor, depending on the outcome being examined. Moreover, a significant interaction was observed with gender identity by disclosure. There was evidence to suggest that transgender men who did not disclose their trans status experienced greater vulnerability in health care access. The results of the present study can be used to illuminate the inter and intragroup differences within the transgender population in their health care access and to extend the current knowledge base about the experiences of trans men. Social workers and other health care professionals need to increase their understanding about the complexities and multiplicities of gender, and to develop cultural competency in serving the transgender population
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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