Defining and identifying Sleeping Beauties in science

Top Sleeping Beauty examples

The list of top 100 Sleeping Beauties in physics and science is here and here.

In the press

IUB Newsroom Like Sleeping Beauty, some research lies dormant for decades, IU study finds | PDF
Nature Editorial Wakey wakey | PDF
Nature News ‘Sleeping beauty’ papers slumber for decades | PDF
PNAS From the Cover Sleepers among scientific articles | PDF
Physics Today The Dayside : Kissed by a prince | PDF
Chemical & Engineering News Chemistry Papers Rank High Among Once-Obscure Studies That Recently Racked Up Citations | PDF
Phys.org Like Sleeping Beauty, some research lies dormant for decades, study finds | PDF
Scientific American Some of the Best Science Can Slumber for Years | PDF
Sleeping Beauties of Science | PDF
The New York Times Even Einstein’s Research Can Take Time to Matter | PDF
ABC Science 'Sleeping beauty' studies ahead of their time | PDF
The Australian Sleeping beauties good for 100 years | PDF
ORF Studien im Dornröschenschlaf | PDF
Deutschlandfunk Schlafende Schönheiten | PDF
Le Scienze Quando la ricerca è una "bella addormentata" | PDF
ANSA La 'bella addormentata' della scienza | PDF
El País El estudio de Einstein que resucitó a los 60 años y otras bellas durmientes | PDF
Le Monde Le réveil des « belles endormies » | PDF