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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
Alkuperäiskansat ja dementia Pohjoismaissa
No full textHyvä esimerkki pohjoismaisesta yhteistyöstä ja sen hyödyistä on pohjoismainen yhteistyö sosiaalipoliittisissa kysymyksissä koskien alkuperäiskansoja. Tässä yhteistyössä on mukana pieni joukko maita, joilla on suurelta osin yhteisiä haasteita, kuten väestön ikääntyminen, henkilöresurssien puute ja suuret maantieteelliset etäisyydet. Pohjoismaisen hyvinvointikeskuksen koordinoima dementiayhteistyö on tuonut esiin tarpeen luoda tietopohja ja vaihtaa kokemuksia säännöllisesti. Lisäksi on tarve perustaa alusta, jolla voidaan keskustella siitä, mitä kaikkea muistisairaiden saamelaisten ja inuiittien hyvä hoito ja hoiva pitävät sisällään. Muistisairaiden saamelaisten ja inuiittien hoitoa ja hoivaa koskeva tutkimus ja näyttöön perustuva tieto on puutteellista, mutta aloitteita ja tutkimushankkeita on käynnissä jonkin verran niin Suomessa, Norjassa, Ruotsissa kuin Grönlannissa. Tässä raportissa esitetään yhteenveto työryhmien päätelmistä ja ehdotuksista, jotka laadittiin ensimmäisessä pohjoismaisessa alkuperäiskansoja ja dementiaa käsitelleessä konferenssissa. Konferenssin järjestivät Öresundissa (eteläsaameksi Staare) vuoden 2018 syksyllä Pohjoismainen hyvinvointikeskus, Jämtlandin ja Härjedalenin alue sekä saamelaisten juhlavuosi Staare 2018. Konferenssin loppupäätelmät ja ehdotukset käsittelivät muun muassa tiedon jakamista maiden välillä sekä uuden tiedon soveltamista käytäntöön. Ehdotuksissa esitettiin konkreettisia toimia ja muutoksia, joita tarvittaisiin, jotta alkuperäiskansataustaiset ja muistisairaat henkilöt voisivat saada parempaa tukea ja palvelua pohjoismaisissa kunnissa. Työryhmien työskentely perustui Pohjoismaisen hyvinvointikeskuksen laatimiin näkökulmiin. Näkökulmat eivät kuitenkaan välttämättä edusta Pohjoismaisen hyvinvointikeskuksen tärkeysjärjestyksiä tai suosituksia asiassa. Pohjoismaisen hyvinvointikeskuksen tehtävänä on olla mukana edistämässä hyvinvointialan kehitystä Pohjoismaissa kokoamalla ja levittämällä tietoa sekä luomalla mahdollisuuksia verkostoitumiselle ja tutkimusyhteistyölle. Vuoden 2019 keväällä perustettiin uusi pohjoismainen dementian ja alkuperäiskansojen verkosto, jossa on mukana viranomaisedustajia, tutkijoita ja ammatinharjoittajia hoito- ja hoiva-aloilta Suomesta, Norjasta, Ruotsista ja Grönlannista. Tämän raportin tarkoituksena on luoda perusta painopistealueille, joiden pohjalta keskustelua tulisi paikallisesti ja eri maissa kunnallisella ja kansallisella tasolla käydä alkuperäiskansoista ja dementiasta, näihin liittyvistä ensisijaisista tavoitteista ja kansallisen tason toimenpiteistä. Ehdotusten taustaksi kerrotaan raportin alussa lyhyesti alkuperäiskansoja ja dementiaa koskevasta tämänhetkisestä tiedosta
Indigenous peoples and dementia in the Nordic region
No full textCollaboration on social policy issues from the perspective of indigenous peoples is a good example of Nordic added value. The communities served by the policies are relatively small and live in countries that, to a large extent, share common challenges such as ageing populations, personnel shortages and large geographic distances. In the field of dementia, the Nordic countries’ collaborations are coordinated by the Nordic Welfare Centre. Said collaborations have demonstrated a need to: establish baseline knowledge; systemise exchanges of findings; and, create an arena for discussing what is good care and welfare for Sámi and Inuit dementia sufferers. As regards said care and welfare, there is a lack of research and evidence-based knowledge. However, certain initiatives and research projects are under way in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Greenland. This report summarises conclusions and proposals from group work at the first Nordic conference on indigenous peoples and dementia. Jointly organised by the Nordic Welfare Centre, Region Jämtland Härjedalen (Jïemhten Herjedaelien Dajve in South Sámi) and Staare 2018 (an event celebrating a Sámi centenary), the conference was held in Östersund (Staare in South Sámi) in autumn 2018. Amongst other things, this report covers: the concrete measures and changes necessary for indigenous dementia sufferers to receive better support and service in Nordic municipalities; how knowledge can be shared across municipalities and countries; and, how new knowledge can be implemented in practice. Although compiled by the Nordic Welfare Centre, the working groups’ views do not express any prioritisations or recommendations on the centre’s part. The Nordic Welfare Centre has been assigned the task of contributing to the development of welfare measures in the Nordic countries. This is to be done by: compiling and spreading knowledge; and, creating arenas for networks and research collaborations. In spring 2019, a new Nordic network was established in the field of indigenous peoples and dementia. It comprises public authority representatives, researchers and care and welfare professionals in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Greenland. This report is intended as input for: discussions on prioritisations in Nordic collaborations centred on indigenous peoples and dementia; and, local and national debates on measures at municipal and national levels. To provide some background to the proposals, the report begins by sketching out the present state of knowledge in respect of indigenous peoples and dementia in the Nordic region
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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