Sleeping beauties in the otolaryngology–head & neck surgery literature

Introduction “Sleeping Beauties” (SBs) are articles that receive little attention in the literature for many years after publication but suddenly “awaken” at a later date to greatly increased relevance. This effort represents the first attempt at identifying SBs within the otolaryngology literature. Methods The Web of Science Database was queried for all papers under the section “Otolaryngology” between 1945 and 2007. All papers were assigned a...