Sleeping beauties in psychology

Abstract

A ‘Sleeping beauty’ is a term used to describe a research article that has remained relatively uncited for several years and then suddenly blossoms forward. New technology now allows us to detect such articles more easily than before, and sleeping beauties can be found in numerous disciplines. In this article we describe three sleeping beauties that we have found in psychology—Stroop (J Exp Psychol 18:643–662, 1935), Maslow (Psychol Rev 50(4):370–396, 1943), and Simon (Psychol Rev 63(2):129–138, 1956).

Citation

(2016). Sleeping beauties in psychology. Scientometrics, 301-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2174-0

• Acceptance Date: Jul 31, 2016
• Publication Date: Nov 10, 2016
• Journal: Scientometrics
• Print ISSN: 0138-9130
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Pages: 301-305
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2174-0
• Keywords: citations; history of psychology; web of science; science citation index expanded
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2174-0