Citation curves of "all-elements-sleeping-beauties": "flash in the pan" first and then "delayed recognition"

Scientometrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 595-601

  Li, Jiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All elements sleeping beauty; Delayed recognition; Flash in the pan; Sleeping beauty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899869103     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1217-z     Document Type: Article

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