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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Health Policy Evaluation Guideline
Get PDFThis guideline serves as a foundational tool to support evidence-informed policymaking. It offers a practical and structured approach for evaluating health policies across their lifecycle—from early planning and implementation to long-term impact assessment. By embedding evaluation within the health policy
process, we can ensure that decisions are data-driven, resources are used efficiently, and programs are continuously refined to deliver the best possible outcomes for the Saudi population. The guideline draws on global best practices while remaining firmly grounded in the Saudi context. It provides clarity on the types of evaluations that can be conducted, the steps to follow, and the standards that must be upheld to ensure transparency, accuracy, and accountability. It also highlights the importance
of inclusive stakeholder engagement and the use of logic models to clarify assumptions and causal pathways
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Unifying the death notification form: Recommendations by the Saudi Health Council task force
No full textالملخص: أهداف البحث: تعد نماذج الإبلاغ عن الوفاة وإصدار الشهادات جزءا أساسيا من سياسات الرعاية الصحية للبلد. هناك العديد من التحديات المتعلقة بالإبلاغ عن الوفيات وإصدار الشهادات في المملكة العربية السعودية. طرق البحث: صممت الأمانة العامة للمجلس الصحي السعودي في عام ٢٠١٩، مشروع بحث نوعي يهدف إلى تقديم توصيات لتوحيد إخطارات الوفاة. شكل المجلس فريق عمل من الأطباء ومسؤولي الرعاية الصحية لتصميم وتطبيق بحث نوعي لمراجعة سياسات المجلس الصحي السعودي المتعلقة بشهادة الوفاة وللتحقق من الوسائل المختلفة لتحسينها. كما أجرى فريق العمل مراجعة شاملة للأدبيات والممارسات الحالية في المملكة العربية السعودية. النتائج: اقترح فريق العمل مجموعة من التوصيات القوية لتصحيح المشكلات التي تؤثر على الأنظمة الحالية للإبلاغ عن الوفيات وشهادات الوفاة. الاستنتاجات: يعرض هذا التقرير منهجية العمل وتوصيات فريق العمل. Abstract: Objectives: Death reporting and certification forms are essential elements of a country's healthcare policies. KSA faces several challenges regarding death reporting and certification. This study aims to provide recommendations to unify death notifications in Saudi Arabia. Methods: In 2019, the General Secretariat of the Saudi Health Council designed a qualitative research project that aimed to provide recommendations to unify death notifications. The council convened a task force of physicians and healthcare administrators to design and conduct qualitative research to review the Saudi Health Council's policies related to death certification and investigate potential methods of improvement. In addition, the task force performed an extensive review of the literature and current practices in KSA. Results: The task force proposed a set of robust recommendations to correct the issues affecting the current systems of death reporting and certification. Conclusions: This report presents the working methodology and recommendations of the task force
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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