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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
Positive change for wellbeing : Maintained intervention-induced behaviors and healthier lifestyles
No full textLifestyle behaviors such as increased private car use, stress, low physical activity, and unhealthy eating negatively affect individual and global health, environment and economy. We must change behavior, not only to decrease suffering and economical costs, but to promote wellbeing for flourishing human beings on a living planet. It may not be simple to change ingrained behaviors. Nevertheless, with aid from interventions, the success rate for behavioral change is high, yet not automatically lasting. Despite growing harm, and that brief change generates brief effects, research on maintained intervention-induced behavior is scarce. Due to this research gap, this thesis aims to broaden understanding of psychological mechanisms involved in health- and lifestyle-related intervention-induced behavior and maintenance and suggest potential development for intervention initiators and participants. The aim is approached through three field studies: Study I uses a quantitative approach to investigate motives for intervention participation, as well as psychological mechanisms in early phases of behavior adoption, in relation to immediate behavior change in a travel-intervention setting using incentives. Study II uses a quantitative approach to investigate psychological mechanisms in adopting and maintaining behavior in a mandatory, wellbeing intervention setting. Study III uses a mixed-methods approach to investigate psychological mechanisms on a deeper level, in a fee-based lifestyle intervention. For maintained intervention-induced behavioral change, the main findings indicate the importance of: Focusing on behavior goals; undergoing positive experiences during an intervention; experiencing gains from immediate outcomes; and learning to apply a flexible approach that meets shifting conditions and responses through the different intervention phases.Lifestyle behaviors such as increased private car use, stress, low physical activity, and unhealthy eating negatively affect individual and global health, environment and economy. We must change, not only to decrease suffering and economical costs, but to promote wellbeing for flourishing human beings on a living planet. It is not simple to change ingrained behaviors, but the success rate for behavior change interventions is high, yet not automatically lasting. Despite growing problems and brief change generating brief effects, research on maintained intervention-induced behavior is scarce. Due to this research gap, this thesis aims to broaden understanding of psychological mechanisms involved in maintained lifestyle-related intervention-induced behavior and suggest potential development for initiators and participants. This aim is approached through three field studies involving travel behavior, wellbeing activities, physical activity and healthy eating. For maintained intervention-induced behavior change, the main findings imply the importance of: Focusing on behavior goals; undergoing positive experiences during an intervention; experiencing gains from immediate outcomes; and learning to apply a flexible approach meeting shifting conditions throughout the intervention phases
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
Positive change for wellbeing : Maintained intervention-induced behaviors and healthier lifestyles
No full textLifestyle behaviors such as increased private car use, stress, low physical activity, and unhealthy eating negatively affect individual and global health, environment and economy. We must change behavior, not only to decrease suffering and economical costs, but to promote wellbeing for flourishing human beings on a living planet. It may not be simple to change ingrained behaviors. Nevertheless, with aid from interventions, the success rate for behavioral change is high, yet not automatically lasting. Despite growing harm, and that brief change generates brief effects, research on maintained intervention-induced behavior is scarce. Due to this research gap, this thesis aims to broaden understanding of psychological mechanisms involved in health- and lifestyle-related intervention-induced behavior and maintenance and suggest potential development for intervention initiators and participants. The aim is approached through three field studies: Study I uses a quantitative approach to investigate motives for intervention participation, as well as psychological mechanisms in early phases of behavior adoption, in relation to immediate behavior change in a travel-intervention setting using incentives. Study II uses a quantitative approach to investigate psychological mechanisms in adopting and maintaining behavior in a mandatory, wellbeing intervention setting. Study III uses a mixed-methods approach to investigate psychological mechanisms on a deeper level, in a fee-based lifestyle intervention. For maintained intervention-induced behavioral change, the main findings indicate the importance of: Focusing on behavior goals; undergoing positive experiences during an intervention; experiencing gains from immediate outcomes; and learning to apply a flexible approach that meets shifting conditions and responses through the different intervention phases.Lifestyle behaviors such as increased private car use, stress, low physical activity, and unhealthy eating negatively affect individual and global health, environment and economy. We must change, not only to decrease suffering and economical costs, but to promote wellbeing for flourishing human beings on a living planet. It is not simple to change ingrained behaviors, but the success rate for behavior change interventions is high, yet not automatically lasting. Despite growing problems and brief change generating brief effects, research on maintained intervention-induced behavior is scarce. Due to this research gap, this thesis aims to broaden understanding of psychological mechanisms involved in maintained lifestyle-related intervention-induced behavior and suggest potential development for initiators and participants. This aim is approached through three field studies involving travel behavior, wellbeing activities, physical activity and healthy eating. For maintained intervention-induced behavior change, the main findings imply the importance of: Focusing on behavior goals; undergoing positive experiences during an intervention; experiencing gains from immediate outcomes; and learning to apply a flexible approach meeting shifting conditions throughout the intervention phases
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
Increasing Students' Long-Term Well-Being by Mandatory Intervention : A Positive Psychology Field Study
No full textIs it possible to help students experience increased well-being that proceeds by volitional actions from mandatory participation in interventions? The aim of this field study was to better understand the influence of expectancy, motivation, and well-being experiences during a positive activity intervention on long-term behavior change and long-term well-being. The study included 59 students enrolled in a course that included choosing a positive activity that they would plan for and implement in their lives for 6 weeks. The participants answered questionnaires before (pre-measure) and after the intervention (short-term measure), as well as an unannounced follow-up questionnaire 6 months later (long-term measure). Overall, the results indicate the importance of coexisting intrinsic motivation and high expectancy in the outcome and that the key driver of sustained volitional behavior change and experiencing long-term increased well-being is to experience increased well-being during the intervention. The results of the study show that it is possible to help students experience increased well-being that proceeds by volitional actions. The study shows that a mandatory positive activity intervention, including free choice of activity and course of action, can induce new long-term behaviors and long-term increased well-being
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