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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
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- W2159299749
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- FWCI
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- journal article
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- en
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- closed
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- 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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