Sleeping beauties in pediatrics

Authors

  • Jernej Završnik PhD, Dr. Adolf Drolc Healthcare Centre, Ulica talcev 9, 2000 Maribor
  • Peter Kokol PhD, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2016.148

Keywords:

Sleeping Beauties, Pediatrics

Abstract

Sleeping beauties (SBs) in science have been known for few decades; however, it seems that only recently have they become popular. An SB is a publication that ‘‘sleeps’’ for a long time and then almost suddenly awakes and becomes highly cited. SBs present interesting findings in science. Pediatrics research literature has not yet been analyzed for their presence, and 5 pediatrics SBs were discovered in this research. Their prevalence was approximately 0.011%. Some environments or periods are more ‘‘SB fertile’’ than others: 3 of 5 SBs were published in the journal Pediatrics, 4 originated from the United States, and 4 were published in the period from 1992 to 1993. No institutions or authors published more than 1 SB.

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Published

2017-01-05

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Research Communications