Distinguishing sleeping beauties in science

Jiang Li () and Fred Y. Ye ()
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Jiang Li: Zhejiang University
Fred Y. Ye: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Data Engineering and Knowledge Service

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 108, issue 2, No 16, 828 pages

Abstract: Abstract Three kinds of criteria have been advanced for distinguishing sleeping beauties in science, i.e., average-based criteria, quartile-based criteria and parameter-free criteria, on which basis four rules are proposed that should be adhered to in distinguishing sleeping beauties: (1) the early citations should be penalized; (2) the whole citation history should be taken into account; (3) the awakening time of a sleeping beauty should not vary over time; and (4) arbitrary thresholds on sleeping period or awakening intensity should be avoided.

Keywords: Sleeping beauty; Beauty coefficient; Delayed recognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1977-3

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