The occurrence of 'Sleeping Beauty' publications in medical research: Their scientific impact and technological relevance.

We investigate publications in medical research that have gone unnoticed for a number of years after being published and then suddenly become cited to a significant degree. Such publications are called Sleeping Beauties (SBs). This study focuses on SBs that are cited in patents. We find that the inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anthony F J van Raan, Jos J Winnink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223373