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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
No full text“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
Análise da tele-educação interativa em tuberculose no Município de Praia Grande
No full textA Telessaúde (TS) desponta como uma das possibilidades das tecnologias de
informação e comunicação (TIC) aplicada à saúde humana. Assim, a tele-educação, foco deste
estudo, insere-se como uma das ações da telessaúde. Parte-se do pressuposto que essa
ferramenta tem permeado todo o processo de construção do Programa Telessaúde Brasil -
Redes, principalmente por se tratar de um programa que tem como premissa contribuir para a
educação permanente dos profissionais de saúde. Considerando que as ações da tele-educação
promovem a integração entre as instituições de ensino superior (IES) e os serviços de saúde e
que esse processo pode resultar em transformações nas práticas do cotidiano profissional, a
Universidade Católica de Santos (Unisantos) vislumbrou a possibilidade da elaboração de um
curso em educação a distância (EaD), disponibilizando-o ao município de Praia Grande, no
Estado de São Paulo. Por conseguinte, o presente estudo busca conhecer o processo da
implantação da tele-educação interativa sobre tuberculose, como ferramenta da telessaúde no
referido Município. Outros objetivos somam-se a esse objetivo maior, a saber: a) caracterizar
a utilização da tele-educação interativa pelos profissionais de saúde; b) identificar as
facilidades e dificuldades vivenciadas pelos profissionais no uso dessa ferramenta; c) verificar
o impacto da tele-educação interativa no cotidiano de trabalho dos profissionais de saúde; d)
analisar a inserção da telessaúde como política pública. Na direção de alcançar a realização
desses objetivos, o percurso metodológico deste estudo se constitui por pesquisa descritiva
exploratória com abordagem predominantemente qualitativa. Foi também realizada a análise
descritiva das variáveis do estudo. A amostra não probabilística da pesquisa está constituída
por onze profissionais da atenção primária à saúde que participaram do curso sobre
tuberculose na modalidade a distância e por quatro gestores da atenção básica. A coleta de
dados se realiza por meio de um questionário semiestruturado com questões que podem
fornecer os elementos necessários à pesquisa. As entrevistas estão processadas à luz da teoria
da análise do conteúdo. O estudo revela a necessidade de constante atualização dos
conhecimentos. Além de apontar a praticidade no acesso à informação, os sujeitos enfatizam a
ferramenta como um artifício que evita o deslocamento e, portanto, facilita o seu cotidiano de
trabalho. Referem, também, a aquisição de novos conhecimentos e a atualização do conteúdo
já aprendido na graduação. Mencionam o desenvolvimento da reflexão crítica em relação às
informações adquiridas, no intuito de aplicá-las, posteriormente, no seu cotidiano de trabalho.
A maioria dos sujeitos da pesquisa relata modificações no desempenho profissional após o
curso, verbalizando exemplos concretos. Mudanças na abordagem do paciente, bem como
troca de experiências entre profissionais e maior reflexão do seu papel no controle da
tuberculose são alguns dos itens referidos. O estudo demonstra, ainda, que aspectos
estruturais, organizacionais e políticos são fatores que dificultam a implementação e a
ampliação da telessaúde no Brasil. No que diz respeito ao aspecto estrutural, discute-se a
dificuldade de acesso à internet e o número insuficiente de computadores nas unidades de
saúde. O aspecto organizacional refere-se a um novo processo de trabalho e à mudança de
paradigma relacionado à aceitação tecnológica. No plano político, evidencia-se o papel tanto
do gestor local dos serviços de saúde como o dos gestores da atenção básica, atores-chave
nesse processo. Observa-se a insuficiência da produção científica, principalmente no que se
refere ao impacto econômico gerado para as redes de saúde. Evidencia-se, ainda, a fragilidade
da inserção da telessaúde como política pública e sua relação com outros programas de
qualificação profissional que apontam para a necessidade de ampliar os estudos nessas linhas
temáticas.The Telessaúde (Tele-health) emerges as one of the possibilities of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) applied to human health. Thus, tele-education is implemented as one of the actions for tele-health and it is the focus of this study. It starts from the assumption that this tool has permeated the whole building process of the Programa Telessaúde Brasil Redes (Brazil Tele-health Program ¿ Networks), mainly because it is a program with the goal of contributing to the continuing education of healthcare professionals. Whereas the teleeducation
actions promote the integration between Higher Education Institutions (IES) and
the healthcare services, and that this process may result in changes of practices in daily professional routine, Santos Catholic University (Unisantos) sees its potential with the development of a distance learning course. This educational modality is made available to the municipality of Praia Grande, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Therefore, this study aims to know the process to implement the interactive tele-education on tuberculosis as a tele-health tool in the municipality of Praia Grande. Other goals are added to this research with the purpose of: a) explaining the use of interactive tele-education by the healthcare providers; b) identifying the strengths and difficulties experienced by the healthcare providers in the use of this tool; c) reviewing the impact of interactive tele-education in healthcare providers daily
work; and d) analyzing the implementation of tele-health as a public policy. In the course of meeting these goals, the methodological approach to this study is the exploratory descriptive research with qualitative approaches. The descriptive analysis of the study variables was also done. The research universe is comprised of eleven professionals from the primary healthcare sector who participated in the distance learning course on tuberculosis, and four administrators from the basic healthcare sector. Data collection is performed using a semistructured
questionnaire with questions that can provide with the necessary components to the
research. The interviews are processed in light of the content analysis of the theory. The study reveals the need for constant updating of knowledge. In addition to reporting the convenience of access to information, the individuals emphasize the tool as a mean to avoid relocating and, therefore, it facilitates their daily work. The individuals also refer to the acquisition of new knowledge and the updating of the content already learned in college. They mention the development of critical thinking about the information acquired in order to apply it later in their daily work. Most of the research subjects report changes in work performance after the course through actual examples. Changes in the patient approach and exchange of experiences
among professionals, and further reflection of their role in tuberculosis control are some of the examples mentioned. The study also shows that structural, organizational, and political aspects are also factors that hinder the implementation and expansion of tele-health in Brazil.
With regard to the structural aspect, they mention the difficulty of access to the internet and the limited number of computers in healthcare facilities. The organizational aspect refers to a new process of work, and the paradigm shift related to technology acceptance. Politically, it highlights the role of both the local healthcare services administrator as well as of the basic healthcare services administrators as key parts in this process. It is further observed the lack
of scientific production, especially in reference to the economic impact generated for the healthcare networks, as well as the analysis of the tele-health implementation as a public policy and its relationship with other professional training programs that link the need to expand the studies in these thematic areas.Universidade Católica de Santos - Católica de Santo
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
No full textWe 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
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
No full textIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
No full textAbstract
The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Mapping the Discipline of the Olympic Games An Author-Cocitation Analysis
No full textThe authors conducted an author cocitation analysis on prominent authors writing about the Olympics during the 1990s. Author cocitation is an established bibliometric technique that can be used to measure the relative similarities of topics written about by the cited authors. This enables a visual representation of the “intellectual space” of the discipline, in this case the Olympics, to be created for the period under review. So core and peripheral research areas are identified, along with their major contributors. The representation appears as a two-dimensional cluster-enhanced map. Subject expertise was then applied to the results to place labels on the generated clusters of authors and their topics
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