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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence
No full textReplication data for Weidmann, Nils B. and Monica Duffy Toft (2010) Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence: A Comment. Conflict Management and Peace Science 27(2)
Unsolved graph colouring problems
No full textOur book Graph Coloring Problems [85] appeared in 1995. It contains descriptions of unsolved problems, organized into sixteen chapters. A large number of publications on graph colouring have appeared since then, and in particular around thirty of the 211 problems in that book have been solved. In this chapter we review some of our favourite problems that remain unsolved. Introduction A main reason for the continued interest in the area of graph colouring is its wealth of interesting unsolved problems. Many of these are easy to state, but seemingly difficult to solve. However they are not impossible, as the literature in the field will testify. The seven most striking results of the past twenty years are: • the 5-list-colourability of planar graphs (dating back to V. G. Vizing in 1975 and to P. Erdős, A. L. Rubin and H. Taylor in 1979) by Thomassen [159] • the confirmation by Robertson, Sanders, Seymour and Thomas [137] of the truth of the four-colour theorem (F. Guthrie and A. De Morgan (1852)) • the asymptotic solution by Reed [134] of the problem as to whether for k ≥ 9 there are k-chromatic graphs without complete k-graphs and of maximum degree k (V. G. Vizing (1968) and O. V. Borodin and A. V. Kostochka (1977)) • the proof by Chudnovsky, Robertson, Seymour and Thomas [39] of the strong perfect graph conjecture of C. Berge around 1960 • the proof by Thomassen [161] of the weak 3-flow conjecture of W. T. Tutte (1954) and F. Jaeger (1988) • the solution by Kostochka and Yancey [111] to the problem of critical graphs with few edges (due to T. Gallai (1963) and O. Ore (1967)) • the description found by Borodin, Dvořák, Kostochka, Lidický and Yancey [24] of all 4-critical planar graphs with exactly four triangles (B. Grünbaum (1963), V. A. Aksenov (1974) and P. Erdős (1990)). In addition to these major achievements there are many other important results – in fact, thirty-one of the original 211 problems from the lists in Jensen and Toft [85] were solved by 2013.</p
Another step towards proving a conjecture by Plummer and Toft
No full textAbstractA cyclic colouring of a graph G embedded in a surface is a vertex colouring of G in which any two distinct vertices sharing a face receive distinct colours. The cyclic chromatic number χc(G) of G is the smallest number of colours in a cyclic colouring of G. Plummer and Toft in 1987 [M.D. Plummer, B. Toft, Cyclic coloration of 3-polytopes, J. Graph Theory 11 (1987) 507–515] conjectured that χc(G)≤Δ∗+2 for any 3-connected plane graph G with maximum face degree Δ∗. It is known that the conjecture holds true for Δ∗≤4 and Δ∗≥24. The validity of the conjecture is proved in the paper for Δ∗≥18
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Structured approach to design of diagnostic test evaluation studies for chronic progressive infections in animals
No full textDiagnostic test evaluations (DTEs) for chronic infections are challenging because a protracted incubation period has to be considered in the design of the DTE, and the adverse effects of infection may be widespread and progressive over an animal's entire life. Frequently, the specific purpose of the test is not formally considered when a test is evaluated. Therefore, the result is often a DTE where test sensitivity and specificity estimates are biased, either because of problems with establishing the true infection status or because the test detects another aspect of the infection (and analyte) than originally intended. The objective of this paper is to outline a structured approach to the design and conduct of a DTE for diagnostic tests used for chronic infections in animals, and intended for different purposes. We describe the process from reflections about test purpose and the underlying target condition through considerations of the pathogenesis, and specification of a practical case definition, which can subsequently be used in the DTE for the specific purpose. The process is illustrated by two examples of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infections in cattle. MAP infections are chronic and can result in different adverse effects at different time points during the incubation period. The description provides input on the process and deductive reasoning which are integral parts to develop a high-quality design of a DTE for chronic infectious diseases.ID: S0378113511000381; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0378113511000381; Author: Søren Saxmose Nielsen (a, b, ⁎); Author: Nils Toft (a, b); Author: Ian Andrew Gardner (a, b); Affiliation: Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 8, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; Affiliation: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Keyword: Chronic infectious diseases; Keyword: Design strategy; Keyword: Diagnostic test evaluation; Keyword: Paratuberculosis; Number of Pages: 11; Language: English
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
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