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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
Variation in levels of uptake of Enhanced Primary Care item numbers between medical practices, within Divisions of General Practice and jurisdictions
No full textCopyright © 2002 Australian Health ReviewDavid Wilkinson, Heather McElroy, Justin Beilby, Kathy Mott, Kay Price, Sue Morey, and John Bes
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
Childhood narratives of adults with spina bifida: a qualitative analysis
Full text linkBACKGROUND:
Spina bifida is a congenital condition that can lead to a range of impairments that
vary in severity. Although incidence has declined since the 1970s, medical progress
means that there is a growing community of adults ageing with spina bifida. This
thesis looks at the lived experience of that community, through the stories they tell
about their childhood experiences and the relevance those stories have for them
now. This lived experience is derived from interviews with research participants born
with spina bifida in the 1960s and the 1990s and also the personal experience of the
author, born with spina bifida in the 1960s.
METHODS:
This thesis is made up of three interwoven strands. Firstly, there is an archival
investigation of the treatment of babies born with spina bifida from the late 1950s
onwards. This includes medical progress that led to improvements in mortality but
also selection of who would benefit from that progress. This illustrates the lesser
value put on the lives of those born with spina bifida and their resulting
stigmatisation, setting the socio-historical context for the rest of the thesis. Secondly,
narrative enquiry is used to explore the lived experience of the research participants,
via semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analysed using reflexive
thematic analysis in order to construct themes. The third strand is the personal
account of the author. This is used throughout the thesis, including the discussion of
the research interviews, responding to the data in a reflexive way, rather than as a
separate section.
FINDINGS:
The increased survival of children born with spina bifida led to a reaction amongst a
significant part of the medical (and political) establishment towards selection for
treatment. This is exemplified by the situation in Sheffield in the 1970s, where a third
of babies with spina bifida were selected for surgery and the remaining two thirds
were selected for death. A connection is made between selection in the 1960s and
70s and the contemporary high rates of termination of pregnancies where spina
bifida is detected. It is argued that these are associated with the stigmatisation of
both those born with spina bifida and their parents. Whether they were consciously
aware of it or not, this formed the societal background that the research participants
grew up in – how people born with spina bifida were regarded, talked about and
treated.
Three themes are discussed following analysis of the interview data. “I was baptised
in hospital” deals with the experience of the 1960s research participants of growing
up with the story that they were not expected to live and yet went on to do so. The
significance of growing up with such a story is considered through a number of
different lenses, including the way that it subverts the medical model of disability and
the participants’ own association of this story with a sense of determination to
overcome obstacles in life. A second theme, Things have got better (up to a point),
explores the striking differences between the experiences of the research
participants born in the 1960s and those born in the 1990s. These differences
include the way that parents discussed – or did not discuss - spina bifida with the
participants and the effect that this had on their sense of identity and self-worth.
Another important difference discussed is the experience of school and how the
development of a more inclusive approach has led to better self-confidence and selfesteem.
In both cases, progress is related to both a reduction in the stigma
associated with spina bifida and a growth in the ideas behind the social model of
disability. However, despite the improvements described, the negative effects of
assessment for disability benefits was something experienced in both groups. The
third theme, The transformative power of love, considers the transforming effect of
being loved by a partner who accepts you as you are, countering the years of
othering that went before. The personal experience – and personal journey - of the
author is interwoven through the other discussions above. This takes the form of
recollection of their own life with reproduction of some supporting historical material,
and also of reflexive interaction with both the interviews and associated themes and
with the material on selection.
CONCLUSIONS:
The thesis helps provide an understanding of the lived experience of adults with
spina bifida. The experience of those born in the 1960s, particularly the negative
experiences of education and parental communication is related to the state-enabled
stigmatisation of spina bifida. The importance of love as a counteracting force to the
negative effect of stigma on mental health is discussed. The relevance of this for the
provision of counselling and psychotherapy services for this community is
considered
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