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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
Do “CARE” labelled canine patients get a lower standard of nursing care compared to other canine patients?
Full text linkAggressive canine patients are not rare to encounter in practice as current surveys show that 7% of UK owners’ dogs demonstrate aggressive behaviour towards strangers (Casey et al. 2014), with human-directed aggression as the main presentation of canine aggression reported to veterinary behaviourists (Bamberger and Houpt, 2006 ). Veterinary staff come into close contact with canine patients and so are more likely targets of aggression (Fatjo, 2007). However, despite the risks aggressive behaviour brings to veterinary personnel, the RVN must ensure the patient receives adequate care. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 ensures animal needs are met by the person responsible for their care (GOV UK, 2006), therefore this responsibility extends to RVNs during their hospitalization. Under the RCVS code of professional conduct, the duty of RVNs is to make animal health and welfare their first consideration by providing appropriate and adequate nursing care (RCVS, 2017). This study aimed to identify if the standard of nursing care differs between CARE-labelled canine patients and other canine patients with an objective to determine if the patient type of CARE or NON-CARE is associated with any statistically significant difference in nursing care. The hypothesis for this project was “Canine patients labelled as aggressive receive a lower quality of nursing care compared to non-aggressive canine patient
The Need for Recovery: An investigation into short-term work-related fatigue in veterinary nurses
Full text linkVeterinary nursing is physically and emotionally demanding, putting veterinary nurses at risk of acute work-related fatigue, with potentially negative consequences including chronic occupational syndromes such as burnout. The Need for Recovery (NFR) scale measures inter-shift fatigue and the need to recuperate from this. The growing demand for veterinary services has increased research into retention and recruitment in the profession; whilst there has been improved recognition of the impact of burnout and compassion fatigue in recent years, few studies have investigated how short-term fatigue affects individuals and their intentions to leave the profession. An anonymous online survey open to all UK-based registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) was distributed via email and social media to investigate individuals’ work patterns, hobbies outside of work, opinions and intentions to remain in the veterinary profession over the next year. An English translation of the NFR scale was used to quantify short-term work-related fatigue. The median NFR score from 387 responses was 81.8, indicating high levels of work-related fatigue in this population. Long shifts, sole-charge work and overtime were associated with higher levels of fatigue. Having additional responsibilities and hobbies outside of work were associated with lower levels of fatigue. RVNs reporting more help and support at work, better work-life balance and higher levels of work enjoyment had lower NFR scores. Whilst intentions to leave the profession are multifactorial, increasing levels of fatigue were significantly correlated with intention to leave the profession, suggesting this is an important factor in the retention of RVNs
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
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