Dormitory of Physical and Engineering Sciences: Sleeping Beauties May Be Sleeping Innovations

Volume: 10, Issue: 10, Pages: e0139786 - e0139786
Published: Oct 15, 2015
Abstract
A 'Sleeping Beauty in Science' is a publication that goes unnoticed ('sleeps') for a long time and then, almost suddenly, attracts a lot of attention ('is awakened by a prince'). The aim of this paper is to present a general methodology to investigate (1) important properties of Sleeping Beauties such as the time-dependent distribution, author characteristics, journals and fields, and (2) the cognitive environment of Sleeping Beauties. We are...
Paper Details
Title
Dormitory of Physical and Engineering Sciences: Sleeping Beauties May Be Sleeping Innovations
Published Date
Oct 15, 2015
Journal
Volume
10
Issue
10
Pages
e0139786 - e0139786
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