On the citation lifecycle of papers with delayed recognition

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 863-872

  Lachance, Christian ^a   Larivière, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citation lifecycle; Delayed recognition; Sleeping beauties

Indexed keywords

DELAYED RECOGNITION; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; NON STOPS; SLEEPING BEAUTY; TIME SPENT;

PAPER;

EID: 84908666189     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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