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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
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
Personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic-AUBMC experience
Get PDFWorldwide healthcare systems have been under very stressful conditions since the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Rapid response services to this pandemic by healthcare providers (HCP) have been very challenging. The high infectivity rate of COVID-19 urged the presence of high level protection to control the transmission of the virus. The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) has been at the front line of defense in overcoming and mitigating the severity of this pandemic both at the physical and mental levels. In this review, we present the different strategies and principles developed for the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by HCPs globally in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. We summarize the worldwide recommendations and we highlight the protocols and policies adopted by the department of anesthesiology at AUBMC. © 2020, American University of Beirut. All rights reserved
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
Translation, Cross Cultural Adaptation and Validation of an Arabic Version of Short Form-2-Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ-2)
Get PDFObjectives: The aim of our study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Lebanese Arabic version of the short form 2 of McGill pain questionnaire in patients complaining of low-back pain. Methods: 170 patients (>18 years) diagnosed with low back pain and treated by our pain service at the American University of Beirut Medical Center completed the McGill pain questionnaire. Patient demographic data was collected. The duration of pain symptoms was obtained, home medications list was reviewed, and the number of pain medications taken was recorded and divided into five categories. Results: The mean age was 58.7 ± 17 years. The average low back pain score reported was 6 ± 1.1 (median 6.00 [5.00-6.00]) on a 0 to 10 NRS scale. The majority of the patients included have lumbar disk disease (64.5%). Internal consistency was 0.821 for the total 22 descriptors. Pearson’s r coefficient compared to NRS average pain score was 0.24, p<0.001. Factor analysis showed that the descriptors loaded on two factors. The alpha coefficient was 0.862 and 0.765 for factor 1 and factor 2, respectively. Loadings of the first factor ranged between 0.5 and 0.8, which retained 12 descriptors, and the second factor between 0.45 and 0.8, which retained six descriptors. Discussion: The translated Lebanese Arabic version of the SF-MPQ-2 is a reliable and valid for low-back pain assessment with adequate cultural sensitivity. © 2022, American University of Beirut. All rights reserved
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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