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index can observe the Sleeping Beauty literature from multiple dimensions and provide important
reference value for the exploration of the awakening elements of Sleeping Beauty literature from
the perspective of author’s influence. In this paper, firstly, combining Van Raan’s parameter
standard and non parameter index Bcp as the theoretical basis, we constructed a standard of
Sleeping Beauty literature recognition based on non-parameter index Bcp. Secondly, according
to the Bcp index and the standard established above, the Sleeping Beauty literature in the three
journals of Science, Nature and PNAS was identified as a research sample, from which the
representative Sleeping Beauty literature of high Bcp index was screened to explore the dynamic
growth law of the author’s h index. The results show: ① according to the Bcp identification
standard, 558 papers of Sleeping Beauty literature are identified, which are about 2.383% of the
total sample. Considering various factors such as different literature sources, expansion of time
range and the curve’s overall trend, this result slightly increases by 1% compared with the ratio
1.29% identified by Li Jiang, which can prove the standard created before is feasible. ② The
publishing and awakening of Sleeping Beauty literature have a centralized distribution rule in
phases. The emergence and wake-up period of Sleeping Beauty literature between 1960 and 2007
can be respectively divided into three stages, and each has a corresponding mapping relationship,
but the chronological order is different. The positive sequence of the wake-up period corresponds
to the reverse order of the publication period. ③ The h-index curves of most Sleeping Beauty
literature authors show linear growth trends. And there are three most prominent growth slopes,
which are 30, 45 and 60 degrees. During the period from publication to wake-up, the gains of h
indexes are mostly at 8-12, which shows the author’s influence is moderate. It can be inferred
that the improvement of the author’s influence is one of the awakening elements of the Sleeping
Beauty literature, but not an important or the only factor, which is consistent with previous studies.
④ Some typical “Sleeping Beauty authors” are found in this study with a special rising law of
dynamic h-index curves. Their growth processes are mainly divided into two stages, starting from
the publication date, and leaping at the year of Sleeping Beauty literature awakened. The early h
index is basically at a continuous low level with the value of 0-2, then it shows a rapid leap after
their corresponding Sleeping Beauty literature awakened. It can be seen that the trends of these
authors’ h index are not simple linear growth, but coincides with that of the Sleeping Beauty
literature citation curves. In such a trend, the rise of h index after the awakening of Sleeping
Beauty literature can deduce that the arousal elements of this type of Sleeping Beauty literature do
not include the author’s influence.
The data collection in this paper is limited to 1960-2007. For the earlier Sleeping Beauty
literature, the rule of authors’ h-index cannot be speculated. Secondly, the identification criteria
for non-parameter indicators needs to be further improved by finding other theoretical basis, and
further research on different awakening elements of Sleeping Beauty literature can be carried
out.