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Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
sj-docx-1-msc-10.1177_09691413241230925 - Supplemental material for Reducing inequalities by supporting individuals to make informed decisions about accepting their breast screening invitations
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-msc-10.1177_09691413241230925 for Reducing inequalities by supporting individuals to make informed decisions about accepting their breast screening invitations by Sarah L Nicholson, Heidi Douglas, Stephen Halcrow and Patsy Whelehan in Journal of Medical Screening</p
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
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
Dr. Edward P. Wimberly, ITC, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Edward P. Wimberly. Dr. Wimberly talks about his book, "No Shame in Wesley's Gospel: A Twenty-First Century Pastoral Gospel". Brad Ost, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Author Rights and Scholarly Publishing
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http://blog.library.gsu.edu/2014/10/24/author-rights-and-scholarly-publishing/</p
Women's experiences of mammography : fresh insights and novel measures
No full textIntroduction:
Breast cancer is an important health problem with nearly 56,000 new invasive cases yearly in the UK. It is therefore the subject of a screening programme with mammography as the test.
Screening programme effectiveness depends partly on acceptability of the test but mammography is not always acceptable to patients.
This work aimed to improve upon current understandings of the impact of pain in mammography, and of the examination experience more broadly.
Objectives:
1. To determine the relationship between mammography pain and repeat participation in breast screening;
2. To explore the contemporary experience of mammography in depth, from both patient and practitioner perspectives;
3. To develop and validate measures of patient experience in mammography.
Methods:
1. A systematic review; 2. a qualitative interview study with Framework data management and thematic analysis; 3. an instrument development and measuring and modelling study incorporating the Rasch model.
Findings:
Painful mammography was the reason given by 11-46% of non-reattenders. Meta-analysis of a subset of studies showed a relative risk of non-reattendance after pain of 1.34 [95% CI 0.94-1.91].
Qualitative findings emphasised the importance of compassionate care and highlighted challenges practitioners face in providing it.
Measures of adverse positioning and compassionate care in mammography were developed and validated, although further refinements are needed. Additional measures included general service quality and pain predisposition.
In preliminary statistical analyses, mammography pain was associated with score on the pain predisposition measure. Compassionate care score was associated with general service quality score and showed some variation by mammographer.
Conclusions/recommendations:
Improved information and support interventions are required for women attending mammography for the first time and/or with high scores on the pain predisposition measure. An educational intervention to optimise compassionate care in mammography should be developed and tested, using a refined version of the compassionate care measure. The adverse positioning measure should be expanded and further validated."This work was supported by:
• The National Awareness and Early Detection Initiative (NAEDI), reference
C29002/A12256. NAEDI was a consortium under the auspices of the National
Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). Partners were Cancer Research UK,
Department of Health (England), Economic and Social Research Council, Health
& Social Care R&D Division, Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), National
Institute for Social Care and Health Research (Wales) and the Scottish
Government.
• The College of Radiographers Industry Partnership Scheme (CoRIPS), grant
number 095
• The University of St Andrews School of Medicine Research Investment Fund
• Charitable donations from fundraising by Mrs Fiona Edwards." -- Fundin
Client and practitioner perspectives on the screening mammography experience
Get PDFMammography is often painful and unpleasant, but effective interventions to improve the experience remain scarce. As a first step towards more effective interventions, we aimed to achieve a thorough, contemporary understanding of thoughts, feelings and behaviours which affect and arise from mammography experiences. Research and professional experience suggest that the interaction between client and practitioner may be paramount in determining the quality of a client’s experience. Therefore this study aimed to capture the perspectives of clients and mammography staff from UK breast screening programmes. Thematic analysis of semi-structured qualitative in-depth interviews with 22 clients and 18 staff revealed that clients had positive attitudes to breast screening and mostly low knowledge about potential harms. Staff data indicated that some women attend for breast screening under pressure from others. Pain and coping with it were prominent themes, with wide variations in pain experiences. Clients recognised differences in mammographers’ abilities to put them at ease. Staff difficulties included empowering clients within the confines of a taxing technique, and maintaining compassionate care when under strain. Future intervention development should focus on the information and support needs of women prior to the appointment and on effectively training and supporting mammographers to deal with challenging encounters
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