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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
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
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the revised neurophysiology of pain questionnaire
No full textpeer reviewedBackground: Understanding pain and its mechanisms can play an important role in (post-) cancer rehabilitation. In order to test patient's knowledge of pain, the Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was developed and translated into Dutch (RNPQ-NL). However, its psychometric properties have not been examined yet. Objective: The goal is to examine the psychometric properties of the RNPQ-NL as a tool to measure the knowledge of pain; in addition, its cross-cultural validity between Belgian and Dutch participants is examined. Methods: 277 persons from Belgium and the Netherlands participated in this study. Cancer patients and survivors (CPaS) (n = 115) were compared to a group of experts with medical training (n = 97). Highly educated individuals without medical background (n = 65) served as control group. The RNPQ-NL was filled out twice and scores analysed in accordance with the COSMIN-recommendation for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status instruments. Results: The RNPQ-NL was able to distinguish between high and low knowledge of pain. The CPaS group scored significantly lower on the RNPQ-NL compared to the expert group (p < 0.001), but not in comparison to the control group (p=1.00). The Belgian CPaS scored lower than the Dutch CPaS (p=0.001), with a medium effect size (d = 0.481), showing acceptable cross-cultural validity. The Cronbach's α was 0.625, showing some heterogeneity of the items. The test-retest reliability was adequate (ICC = 0.794). Conclusion: This study supports the interpretability, test-retest reliability, discriminative, and cross-cultural validity of the RNPQ-NL. Internal consistency is suboptimal but acceptable for measuring the knowledge of pain in CPaS
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
Shifting chronic pain perspectives: Fostering biopsychosocial attitudes in Healthcare Professionals
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Chronic pain is a common condition, affecting around 23% of the Belgian population. It
imposes a significant burden on patients, healthcare professionals, and society, being a
leading cause of disability, work absenteeism, and productivity loss, and significantly reducing the quality of life for those affected. Advances in clinical science have highlighted the necessity for a paradigm shift from a biomedical approach to a biopsychosocial one, taking into account that biomedical, psychological, and social factors significantly influence chronic pain and pain-related disability. However, translating clinical science into practice remains challenging, in part due to educational programmes that often fall short in fostering biopsychosocial perspectives among healthcare providers in chronic pain management. As a result, both healthcare professionals and patients with chronic pain often find chronic pain management to be inadequate.
This dissertation aims to contribute to understanding healthcare professionals’ perspectives on chronic pain management, provide insights into developing an educational programme for healthcare professionals, and assess the impact on healthcare professionals’ perspectives towards chronic pain management.
Chapter 1 compares undergraduate physiotherapists’ perspectives and clinical
recommendations regarding chronic pain management between 2013 and 2020. The findings suggest a small but positive shift towards a more biopsychosocial approach between 2013 and 2020. However, the shift was institution-dependent, and many clinical recommendations still did not align with clinical guidelines, indicating substantial room for improvement in fostering biopsychosocial perspectives in undergraduate physiotherapists.
Chapter 2 focuses on translating the Knowledge and Attitudes about Pain (KNAP)
questionnaire into French to assess healthcare professionals' perspectives on modern pain science comprehensively. The resulting French version of the KNAP questionnaire,
demonstrated good validity and reliability in assessing pain knowledge and attitudes among both graduated and undergraduate medical doctors and physiotherapists in Belgium and other French-speaking regions.
Chapter 3 offers insights into developing and implementing an interdisciplinary training
programme about chronic pain management for various healthcare professionals. It identifies various barriers and facilitators to chronic pain management and educational programmes. Considering these, an interdisciplinary training program was implemented to enhance healthcare professionals' competencies to integrate biopsychosocial chronic pain management with a cognitive behavioural approach into clinical practice.Chapter 4 examines the short- and mid-term changes in perspectives and clinical recommendations among healthcare professionals who participated in the developed interdisciplinary training programme. The results show stronger biopsychosocial pain perspectives and more guideline-adherent recommendations both immediately after the programme and six months later across the various disciplines. However, some biomedical perspectives persisted. The findings emphasize the need for adequate training programmes to foster biopsychosocial perspectives and ongoing refinement of educational programmes to shift these perspectives further.
Conclusion
Over the past decade, there have been modest improvements in biopsychosocial perspectives towards chronic pain among Belgian undergraduate and graduate healthcare professionals across various disciplines. Many still adhere to traditional biomedical perspectives, such as recommending bed rest and restricting activities and work. The development and implementation of interdisciplinary training programs hold promise in addressing these misconceptions and fostering a more comprehensive biopsychosocial understanding of chronic pain management. However, persistent biomedical perspectives underscore the importance of continuing to implement, evaluate and refine educational initiatives for both undergraduate and graduated healthcare professionals to improve biopsychosocial approaches to chronic pain management further.Implementation of Belgian recommendations for the management of chronic pai
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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