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Publication that recieved very little attention (and got few citations) shortly after publication, but later got much attention and many citations.


Example: Van Calster (2012) reports the extreme example of the article by Charles Sanders Peirce (1884) that recieved few citations until about 2000. Since then the citations have been growing in number 

Peirce, C.S. (1884). The numerical measure of the success of predictions. Science, 4(93), 453-454.

Literature:

  • Costas, R., van Leeuwen, T.N., & van Raan, A.F.J. (2010). Is scientific literature subject to a "sell-by-date"? A general methodology to analyze the "durability" of scientific documents. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(2), 329-339.
  • Garfield, E. (1980). Premature discovery or delayed recognition-Why? Essays of an Information Scientist. 4, 488-493.
  • Glänzel, W., Schlemmer, B., & Thijs, B. (2003). Better late than never? On the chance to become highly cited only beyond the standard time horizon. Scientometrics. 58(3), 571-586.
  • Van Calster, Ben (2012). It takes time: A remarkable example of delayed recognition. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. First published online: 28 SEP 2012. DOI: 10.1002/asi.22732
  • van Raan, A.F.J. (2004). Sleeping beauties in science. Scientometrics. 59(3), 467-472.
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