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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
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
Implementation of patient-reported outcome measurement in gender-affirming care
No full textIntroduction: Gender-affirming care includes psychosocial, hormonal, and/or surgical care to help an individual feel more comfortable with their gender identity and reduce gender dysphoria. Gender-affirming care has seen a higher rate of referrals than any other NHS service over the past five years. However, reports outline concerns with variation in NHS gender-affirming care and issues with gender-affirming care quality. Several national and international bodies call for evidence-based implementation of patient- reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care for improved monitoring of patient health outcomes, satisfaction, and providing data to drive clinical and health service-level improvements. The aim of this thesis is to develop and deploy strategies to implement PROMs in gender-affirming care to improve patient-centeredness of care, measurement of outcomes relevant to patients, and help to align care with international clinical guidance which state patient needs must be comprehensively measured to offer high-quality gender-affirming care.
Methods: This thesis is a mixed-methods piece of research, and comprises seven experimental chapters. In the first experimental chapter, a systematic review is conducted on PROM implementation worldwide for gender- affirming care and synthesising previously reported barriers and enablers to implementation. The second and third studies conduct focus groups with patients and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals on the barriers and enablers to implementing PROMs in gender-affirming care. The fourth experimental chapter conducts an implementation study developing PROM implementation strategies for gender-affirming care based on data from the previous studies and with input from key stakeholders. The fifth experimental chapter conducts a cross-sectional study with patients and healthcare professionals assessing acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of the implementation strategies previously developed. The sixth experimental chapter conducts an open-ended survey to collect qualitative feedback on the developed implementation strategies. The final experimental chapter deploys implementation strategies in a real-world setting and assesses their fidelity qualitatively, and their effectiveness quantitatively on PROM completion rates.
Results: The systematic review comprised 286 international articles with 85,395 patients, identifying key barriers with PROM implementation including evidence behind PROM used, engaging patients, and PROM complexity. The focus groups represented 14 patients and 10 multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and identified key considerations for PROM implementation include patient mistrust with PROMs, accessibility concerns, burden, lack of communication around PROMs, and time and financial costs with implementation. Data from the systematic review and focus groups were used to develop a guide comprising of strategies to implement PROMs, the Practical Guide to Implementing PROMs in Gender-Affirming Care (PG-PROM-GAC). A total of 132 patients and 13 healthcare professionals rated the PG-PROM-GAC as acceptable, appropriate, and feasible. A total of 64 patients and 9 healthcare professionals qualitatively identified support for the PG-PROM-GAC, and identified suggestions for improvement on its presentation, and considerations for impact of PROM selection and gender clinic resources. Data were used to iterate the PG-PROM-GAC and deploy it at a gender clinic. Participants qualitatively discussed sufficient fidelity of deployed implementation strategies. However, response rates decreased as the burden of reviewing additional amounts of implementation strategy material increased.
Conclusion: This thesis presents key considerations which might help guide PROM implementation for gender-affirming care and other aspects of NHS care. However, the effectiveness of such approaches needs further evaluation before wholesale endorsement and/or further applications of these methods is adopted. This thesis has implications for: improving patient-centred care through identifying key concepts relevant for gender-affirming care PROM implementation; policy-making through providing insights relevant to underpin future local and national PROM initiatives; and improving care quality through identifying how to support healthcare professionals and patients with outcome measure implementation initiatives
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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