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sj-doc-1-chi-10.1177_17423953211073368 - Supplemental material for Navigational health literacy among people with chronic illness
Supplemental material, sj-doc-1-chi-10.1177_17423953211073368 for Navigational health literacy among people with chronic illness by Lennert Griese, Doris Schaeffer and Eva-Maria Berens in Chronic Illness</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
“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
We 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
Health literacy and chronic disease: a comparison of somatic and mental illness
BackgroundHealth literacy (HL) is increasingly recognized as essential for preventing and managing chronic illness but also for strengthening health resources and skills. However, studies on HL of people with chronic illness that adopt a multidimensional approach encompassing the three HL domains health care, disease prevention, and health promotion, remain scarce. This study aims to (a) compare HL across these three domains in individuals with chronic somatic illness, chronic mental illness and those without any chronic illness, (b) to explore where difficulties in managing health-related information occur and how these differ between groups, and (c) to analyze the relationship between demographic, social, and psychological factors and HL.MethodsData from a quantitative cross-sectional survey in Germany were stratified according to respondents with at least one chronic somatic illness, at least one chronic mental illness and without chronic illness. The survey was conducted by means of paper-assisted personal interviews. HL was measured in three domains health care, disease prevention and health promotion. Age, educational level, social status, financial resources, number of chronic illnesses, social support, and self-efficacy were included in the analysis as potential determinants of HL. Differences between groups were analyzed using bivariate statistics; multiple linear regressions were calculated to examine relationships between potential determinants and HL.ResultsRespondents with chronic mental illness showed lowest HL, followed by those with chronic somatic illness. Respondents without chronic illness achieved highest HL. This pattern was consistent across all three HL domains. Among all groups, HL was lowest in the domain of health promotion. Notable differences emerged in perceived difficulties, with respondents with mental illnesses reporting the most significant challenges. Self-efficacy and education level showed a positive association with HL across all groups, while social support was positively associated with HL among individuals with chronic mental illness. For respondents with chronic somatic illness, age was negatively associated with HL, whereas social status showed a positive association. Female respondents without chronic illness and those with chronic somatic illness demonstrated higher HL compared to male respondents.ConclusionThis study advances the understanding of HL among individuals with chronic illness and highlights the need for a greater differentiation among disease groups and HL domains in future research. Particular attention should be paid to people with chronic mental illness, whose lower HL levels increase their vulnerability
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We 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
We 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.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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