“王子”对“睡美人文献”引用的动机分析——基于邮件访谈调查的实证研究

An Analysis of the Mobilization of First Cite for “Sleeping Beauty Paper”——Based on E-mail Interview for “Prince Paper”

在科技研究的过程中,"睡美人文献"很有可能是意义重大的里程碑式文献,不少诺贝尔奖获得者的早期论文亦是"睡美人文献"。本文通过邮件访谈的方式访问了若干"睡美人文献"和"王子文献"作者,对于零被引论文的情况以及唤醒"睡美人文献"的过程等问题进行调查,试图揭示两者之间的内在关系,得出了形成"睡美人文献"的原因主要有作者的谦虚性、团队的不稳定性等因素;"王子文献"多为具有高影响力的高被引论文等结论,为今后科研工作者识别优秀论文提供参考依据。

The ＂Sleeping Beauty Paper＂is likely to be a significant milestone sometimes in the process of scientific research. Many of the Nobel Prize winners＇ early papers were also the ＂Sleeping Beauty Paper＂. In this research,several authors of the ＂Sleeping Beauty Paper＂ and ＂Prince Paper＂ were interviewed by e-mail about the citation of the zero-cited papers and the process of awakening the＂Sleeping Beauty Paper＂. This research was trying to reveal the inner relationship between the two and provide reference for identifying the excellent papers. The main conclusions included： reasons for the ＂Sleeping Beauty Paper＂ were the author＇s modesty,instability of the team and other factors; the ＂Prince Paper＂was mostly a highly cited paper.