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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
Measuring Critical Thinking in Midwifery Students
No full textWell-developed critical thinking skills are essential for autonomous midwifery practice but
strategies to develop these skills are often not made explicit in undergraduate education.
There is a dearth of studies investigating the development of critical thinking in
undergraduate midwifery students and no published tools that specifically measure critical
thinking in relation to midwifery practice.
This program of work aimed to evaluate and measure midwifery students’ critical thinking
skills in preparation for autonomous midwifery practice. The thesis is presented as a series
of published and unpublished works, comprising of six sequential and interlinked studies
with five overarching aims.
The methodology used in this body of work was a sequential mixed methods design, where
the data and results from one study provided a basis and direction for the next study. Initially,
a pilot study examined the effectiveness of an innovative assessment item involving root
cause analysis on the development of critical thinking abilities of undergraduate midwifery
students. Although the results indicated that this assessment item increased critical thinking
skills, only participants’ perceptions were measured and there was no validated measure of
critical thinking. There was also no baseline and post-intervention measure of critical
thinking to demonstrate causal effects of the teaching intervention.
In recognition of the need to use robust, reliable and valid tools to measure critical thinking,
the second study involved a systematic review of the literature. This review aimed to identify
an appropriate tool to measure critical thinking in midwifery. The review is presented in two
publications on 1) the reliability and validity of tools used to measure critical thinking in
nursing and midwifery undergraduate students; and 2) the efficacy of teaching methods
used to improve critical thinking in nursing and midwifery undergraduate education. These
systematic literature reviews found no measures specifically for midwifery and no tools that
measured the application of critical thinking in midwifery practice. Conclusions of the
reviews established the need to develop discipline specific instruments to explicitly measure
the application of critical thinking in midwifery practice. Given the complexity of critical
thinking in midwifery practice, a multimethod approach to the measurement of students’ critical thinking was chosen.
The next three studies involved the development, piloting and testing of three tools designed
to measure critical thinking in midwifery practice for undergraduate midwifery students. The
tools were named the Carter Assessment of Critical Thinking in Midwifery (CACTiM) -
(Preceptor/Mentor, Student, and Reflection). Psychometric testing of the three tools during
each pilot study provided preliminary evidence that all tools were reliable and valid measures
of critical thinking skills in midwifery practice.
The final study aimed to further establish the validity and reliability of the three CACTiM
tools. A matched cohort of students (n = 55) was used. Positive correlations were found
between the three scales and student characteristics, including Grade Point Average, year
level and previous qualifications. Results also indicated good reliability and concurrent
validity.
Critical thinking skills are vital for safe and effective midwifery practice. Assessment of
midwifery students’ critical thinking development throughout their degree program makes
these skills explicit, and could guide teaching innovation to address identified deficits.
Adopting a multimethod approach to the measurement of critical thinking in midwifery
captures the complexity of critical thinking in midwifery practice, and provides students with
useful and objective feedback from multiple sources. The use of reliable, valid and freely
available tools promotes and facilitates ongoing research into the development of critical
thinking in education and practice. It is therefore recommended that the three CACTiM tools
are implemented routinely and used in the longitudinal measurement of students’ critical
thinking development throughout midwifery education programs. The tools could also be
used to measure critical thinking for midwifery graduates and midwives in practice. Further testing of these tools with a larger, more diverse student sample is recommended.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Nursing & MidwiferyGriffith HealthFull Tex
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
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
Structures and Processes that Influence International Board Certified Lactation Consultants to Advance Practice
No full textClinicians are responsible for ensuring that their knowledge and skills are aligned with contemporary evidence and practice. This responsibility is reflected in the objectives of regulatory bodies such as the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). However, there is no research evidence indicating what influences International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) to continue to advance their practice. This study sought to address this gap in knowledge by investigating the IBCLCs perceptions of the structures and processes that influenced them in advancing their practice beyond initial certification.
An interpretive approach was used to gain an in-depth understanding of the complex and contextualised interplay of the professional, cultural, personal, financial and other influential factors that affected the advancement of IBCLCs’ clinical practice. Donabedian’s structure–process–outcome conceptual model was used to guide the study. Exploratory sequential, mixed methods case study and qualitative– quantitative studies were conducted in two phases. Phase 1 comprised two pilot interviews, six focus groups of 37 IBCLCs from 10 different countries and seven staff interviews; the analysis involved thematic analysis. Phase 2 was an online questionnaire survey with fixed choice and open-ended questions, which was piloted and then emailed to 26,173 IBCLCs from 94 countries; the data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Nursing and MidwiferyGriffith HealthFull Tex
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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