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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
Care-related questions for specialized outpatient palliative care teams when faced with requests for assisted suicide: A case series
No full textZusammenfassung Einleitung Seit der Aufhebung des § 217 StGB Anfang 2020 stellen sich auch in der spezialisierten ambulanten Palliativversorgung (SAPV) neue Herausforderungen im Umgang mit Wünschen nach Suizidassistenz, die bislang kaum systematisch untersucht wurden. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, Fälle mit einem Wunsch nach Suizidassistenz in der SAPV darzustellen und zu analysieren. Auf dieser Grundlage sollen zentrale Herausforderungen in der Versorgung identifiziert und Ansatzpunkte für Strategien zum Umgang mit diesen Wünschen entwickelt werden. Methoden Es wurde eine retrospektive Fallanalyse aller Patient:innen durchgeführt, die zwischen 02/2020 und 08/2025 durch das SAPV-Team der Uniklinik Köln betreut wurden und einen expliziten Wunsch nach Suizidassistenz geäußert haben. Die Daten wurden aus der elektronischen Dokumentation (PalliDoc®) extrahiert. Versorgungspraktische und -ethische Fragestellungen wurden im multiprofessionellen Team abgeleitet. Ergebnisse Insgesamt wurden sechs Patient:innen eingeschlossen. Fünf litten an amyotropher Lateralsklerose, eine Person an einer fortgeschrittenen onkologischen Erkrankung. Drei Patient:innen nahmen externe Suizidassistenz in Anspruch. Diskussion Zentrale Herausforderungen in der Versorgung betrafen die Rollenklärung der SAPV, die Kommunikation über Suizidassistenz, die Begleitung von Nahestehenden sowie den Versorgungsabschluss. Eine klare organisationsinterne Haltung sowie definierte Kommunikationswege im Team und gegenüber Patient:innen sowie deren Nahestehenden wirken unterstützend. Die Arbeit formuliert praxisrelevante Fragestellungen zur konzeptionellen Weiterentwicklung des Umgangs mit Wünschen nach Suizidassistenz.Abstract Introduction Following the repeal of § 217 of the German Criminal Code in early 2020, new related challenges have also emerged in specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) regarding how to address requests for assisted suicide that have so far received little systematic investigation. The aim of this study is to describe and analyze cases involving requests for assisted suicide within SAPV. On this basis, key challenges in care are identified and potential strategies for dealing with such requests are developed. Methods A retrospective case analysis was conducted of all patients who were cared for by the SAPV team at the University Hospital Cologne between February 2020 and August 2025 and explicitly expressed a wish for assisted suicide. Data were extracted from the electronic documentation system (PalliDoc®). Practical and ethical issues related to care were derived within the multiprofessional team. Results A total of six patients were included. Five patients suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and one patient had advanced oncological disease. Three patients made use of external assisted suicide services. Discussion Central challenges in care concerned clarification of the role of SAPV, communication about assisted suicide, support of relatives, and the conclusion of care. A clear internal organizational position, as well as defined communication pathways within the team towards patients and their relatives, proved to be supportive. This study formulates practice-relevant questions for the conceptual further development of approaches to requests for assisted suicides.Zusammenfassung Einleitung Seit der Aufhebung des § 217 StGB Anfang 2020 stellen sich auch in der spezialisierten ambulanten Palliativversorgung (SAPV) neue Herausforderungen im Umgang mit Wünschen nach Suizidassistenz, die bislang kaum systematisch untersucht wurden. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, Fälle mit einem Wunsch nach Suizidassistenz in der SAPV darzustellen und zu analysieren. Auf dieser Grundlage sollen zentrale Herausforderungen in der Versorgung identifiziert und Ansatzpunkte für Strategien zum Umgang mit diesen Wünschen entwickelt werden. Methoden Es wurde eine retrospektive Fallanalyse aller Patient:innen durchgeführt, die zwischen 02/2020 und 08/2025 durch das SAPV-Team der Uniklinik Köln betreut wurden und einen expliziten Wunsch nach Suizidassistenz geäußert haben. Die Daten wurden aus der elektronischen Dokumentation (PalliDoc®) extrahiert. Versorgungspraktische und -ethische Fragestellungen wurden im multiprofessionellen Team abgeleitet. Ergebnisse Insgesamt wurden sechs Patient:innen eingeschlossen. Fünf litten an amyotropher Lateralsklerose, eine Person an einer fortgeschrittenen onkologischen Erkrankung. Drei Patient:innen nahmen externe Suizidassistenz in Anspruch. Diskussion Zentrale Herausforderungen in der Versorgung betrafen die Rollenklärung der SAPV, die Kommunikation über Suizidassistenz, die Begleitung von Nahestehenden sowie den Versorgungsabschluss. Eine klare organisationsinterne Haltung sowie definierte Kommunikationswege im Team und gegenüber Patient:innen sowie deren Nahestehenden wirken unterstützend. Die Arbeit formuliert praxisrelevante Fragestellungen zur konzeptionellen Weiterentwicklung des Umgangs mit Wünschen nach Suizidassistenz.Abstract Introduction Following the repeal of § 217 of the German Criminal Code in early 2020, new related challenges have also emerged in specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) regarding how to address requests for assisted suicide that have so far received little systematic investigation. The aim of this study is to describe and analyze cases involving requests for assisted suicide within SAPV. On this basis, key challenges in care are identified and potential strategies for dealing with such requests are developed. Methods A retrospective case analysis was conducted of all patients who were cared for by the SAPV team at the University Hospital Cologne between February 2020 and August 2025 and explicitly expressed a wish for assisted suicide. Data were extracted from the electronic documentation system (PalliDoc®). Practical and ethical issues related to care were derived within the multiprofessional team. Results A total of six patients were included. Five patients suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and one patient had advanced oncological disease. Three patients made use of external assisted suicide services. Discussion Central challenges in care concerned clarification of the role of SAPV, communication about assisted suicide, support of relatives, and the conclusion of care. A clear internal organizational position, as well as defined communication pathways within the team towards patients and their relatives, proved to be supportive. This study formulates practice-relevant questions for the conceptual further development of approaches to requests for assisted suicides
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
On memory: Body, devices, material. Towards a new practice of MediaArchitecture
No full textGeneration Y marks the transition between a world with and without fully implemented Internet: A new kind of virtual space is formed and is impacting the way we live in this world, the way we perceive it, and the way we interact with it. Mobile devices, such as phones, build a new form of electronic technology type we interact with. This thesis investigates how this new form of relation can give insights to the way we are situated in this world with all its complexities and levels.
In a case study, the author focuses on the relationship with mobile devices in the context of memory (making and recalling), materiality (haptic and metaphoric) and the human body itself (perception and sensory system). By developing a practice and contextualizing it in terms of space-theoretical and phenomenological concepts, this thesis aims to start a discourse on our human, (un-)conscious relation to mobile devices in place and time. Is it time for an imperfect, humane view towards the era of information from a Millennial perspective
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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