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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
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
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No full textdissertationIt is well accepted that communication skills are essential to providing optimal care in the oncology setting. Provider use of behaviors that facilitate disclosure of emotional concerns has been shown to decrease patient distress, a common response to a cancer diagnosis. Many of these emotionally laden conversations are spontaneous and arise during routine care. Effectively responding to patient concerns requires affective behaviors that acknowledge and assess the patient\u27s experience. Most studies describe communication occurring during doctor-patient interactions, but few studies have explored and quantified nurse responses to patients. Interactions that include negative emotions, such as anger and sadness, have been seen as more difficult by nurses. Using a theoretically based, experimental design, this study used two phases to explore nurse responsiveness to oncology patient expressions of emotion, i.e., anger and sadness. In the first phase, cognitive interviews were conducted with experienced oncology nurses, applying the constructs of the Crick and Dodge Model of social-information processing. A videotape of a simulated cancer patient expressing emotions was created in a three-step process and used as a scripted probe during the interviews. The interviews captured the nurses\u27 perceptions of the process of responding to patients and added a new construct to the theoretical model: peer support. In the second phase, nurses with oncology experience responded verbally to the simulated patient in the videotape developed in the first phase. Quantifying the audiotape nurse responses to the videotape was done with the Roter Interaction Analysis System coding system. The variables that are hypothesized to affect nurse behaviors (age, education, length or work experience, work stress, self-efficacy, and anxiety) were examined with correlations and regression analyses. The correlations between the variables were significant implying complex relationships between demographic factors, personality characteristics, and work factors. Affective behaviors could not be predicted with these variables. Communication between nurses and patients is a complex process and may influence patient adjustment to a cancer diagnosis. The cognitive interviews validated the theoretical model and added the construct of peer support. The videotape was useful in eliciting nurse responses and quantifying communication. Understanding the communication process has implications for enhancing nurse communication skills and improving patient outcomes
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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