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Appendix_Table_of_sources_SSS_article – Supplemental material for Polygenic risk-stratified screening for cancer: Responsibilization in public health genomics
No full textSupplemental material, Appendix_Table_of_sources_SSS_article for Polygenic risk-stratified screening for cancer: Responsibilization in public health genomics by Anne Kerr, Tineke Broer, Emily Ross and Sarah Cunningham Burley in Social Studies of Science</p
Translations and Transformations in Patienthood: Cancer in the Post-genomics Era, 2015-2021
No full textThe project researched how patients and patient experiences have been impacted by transformed cancer treatments as a result of the post-genomic revolution. Social scientists have tended to focus on the social and ethical dimensions of genomic research, informed consent and expectations in emergent markets. The ultimate aim of this project, though, is to explore where and how patients feature in cancer research, clinical practice, service reorganisation, advocacy work and public health. It is an interdisciplinary project with science and technology studies, medical sociology and bioethics. This is a Senior Investigator Award awarded jointly to Anne Kerr (PI Leeds then Glasgow) and Sarah Cunningham-Burley (PI Edinburgh). The collection consists of interviews with patients, former patients, carers, advocates and professionals about their perspectives and experiences of targeted treatments for cancer.The project researched how patients and patient experiences have been impacted by transformed cancer treatments as a result of the post-genomic revolution. Social scientists have tended to focus on the social and ethical dimensions of genomic research, informed consent and expectations in emergent markets. The ultimate aim of this project, though, is to explore where and how patients feature in cancer research, clinical practice, service reorganisation, advocacy work and public health. It is an interdisciplinary project with science and technology studies, medical sociology and bioethics. This is a Senior Investigator Award awarded jointly to Anne Kerr (PI Leeds then Glasgow) and Sarah Cunningham-Burley (PI Edinburgh)</p
Public Acceptability of Cross-Sectoral Data Linkage:Deliberatative Research Findings
Full text linkThis report describes the results of a consultation exercise undertaken for the Scottish Government as part of its consultation for a proposed 'Scotland-wide Data Linkage Framework for Statistics and Research' (Scottish Government 2012) and a set of ‘Guiding Principles’ for linkage. They commissioned Ipsos MORI Scotland and social reseachers Dr Claudia Pagliari and Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley from the University of Edinburgh, to undertake a series of public deliberative events. The aim was to explore the views of the public on the acceptability of linking personal data for statistical and research purposes, thereby identifying particular sensitivities and potential barriers to public confidence and exploring mechanisms for overcoming concerns
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
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