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“It is known that different temporal patterns of citations exist, with some articles starting soon to receive citations, while others ('sleeping beauties') go unnoticed for a long time, after which they are recognized as seminal and begin to attract a large number of citations [26, 27].”
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- Authors
- van Raan, A. F. J.
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 2004-03
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 467-472
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2159299749
- Cited by
- 579
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 8.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Keywords
- delayed recognition, scientific impact, citation analysis
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