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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
'A salutary lesson': male nurses and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Full text linkThis thesis is the first sociological examination of sex-based differences in referral and outcome for nurses that are subject to Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Fitness-to-Practise (FtP) hearings. Despite male nurses only accounting for 10.8% of the nursing population in 2017, they also accounted for 23.8% of all those referred to the NMC over concerns about their conduct and 36.6% of all those struck-off as a result (NMC, 2017b). To date there has only been a limited number of sociological studies that have analysed the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK (Currie et al., 2018). This research therefore helps fills a gap in the current sociological literature concerning both male nurses and the way that nurses are regulated in the UK.
This was achieved by analysing the NMC FtP process through non-participant observations of NMC FtP hearings and the documentary analysis of the official hearing reports produced by NMC FtP panels that outline their decision. This observational fieldwork took place over a twelve-month period and was followed by the documentary analysis of one-month of official hearing documents produced by NMC FtP panels.
The findings of this research suggest that the quasi-legal nature of NMC FtP hearings is problematic for registrants when defending themselves against allegations. There also appears to be certain types of misconduct that male and female nurses are potentially more likely to commit. This research found that there is a highly prescriptive form of remediation required in order to remedy one’s misconduct. The expression of emotion (or lack of expression) appears to play a key role in remediation and potentially contributes to male nurses being more likely to be struck-off compared to female nurses. The role of public interest was also examined and was found to potentially influence both the transparency present in the NMC FtP process and the subsequent outcomes of NMC FtP hearings. The findings of this research suggest that the current model of state sanctioned bureaucratic regulation of healthcare professionals (Waring et al., 2010) may possibly contribute towards the over-representation of male nurses in the NMC statistics.
These findings contribute to the current knowledge on the role of male nurses in the nursing profession, the professional regulation of nurses and the wider knowledge concerning the sociology of health in this otherwise under researched. This thesis concludes by offering itself as a potential resource for reflection upon the current processes of nursing regulation in the UK
'A salutary lesson': male nurses and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Full text linkThis thesis is the first sociological examination of sex-based differences in referral and outcome for nurses that are subject to Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Fitness-to-Practise (FtP) hearings. Despite male nurses only accounting for 10.8% of the nursing population in 2017, they also accounted for 23.8% of all those referred to the NMC over concerns about their conduct and 36.6% of all those struck-off as a result (NMC, 2017b). To date there has only been a limited number of sociological studies that have analysed the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK (Currie et al., 2018). This research therefore helps fills a gap in the current sociological literature concerning both male nurses and the way that nurses are regulated in the UK.
This was achieved by analysing the NMC FtP process through non-participant observations of NMC FtP hearings and the documentary analysis of the official hearing reports produced by NMC FtP panels that outline their decision. This observational fieldwork took place over a twelve-month period and was followed by the documentary analysis of one-month of official hearing documents produced by NMC FtP panels.
The findings of this research suggest that the quasi-legal nature of NMC FtP hearings is problematic for registrants when defending themselves against allegations. There also appears to be certain types of misconduct that male and female nurses are potentially more likely to commit. This research found that there is a highly prescriptive form of remediation required in order to remedy one’s misconduct. The expression of emotion (or lack of expression) appears to play a key role in remediation and potentially contributes to male nurses being more likely to be struck-off compared to female nurses. The role of public interest was also examined and was found to potentially influence both the transparency present in the NMC FtP process and the subsequent outcomes of NMC FtP hearings. The findings of this research suggest that the current model of state sanctioned bureaucratic regulation of healthcare professionals (Waring et al., 2010) may possibly contribute towards the over-representation of male nurses in the NMC statistics.
These findings contribute to the current knowledge on the role of male nurses in the nursing profession, the professional regulation of nurses and the wider knowledge concerning the sociology of health in this otherwise under researched. This thesis concludes by offering itself as a potential resource for reflection upon the current processes of nursing regulation in the UK
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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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