基于Web of Science和中国知网中"零被引"方面的文献数据,融合TDA、Hist Cite、Cite Space II、Ucinet和SATI 3.1等文献计量与可视化分析软件绘制出:1引文编年图谱,展示零被引研究领域不同年代文献之间的关系,反映出该领域的历史发展脉络,锁定领域内的重要文献和洞察领域的最新进展(如最新的重要文献)等。2作者科研合作网络,揭示出国内外零被引研究领域科研团队的数量和规模情况,以及这些科研团队形成的合作模式。3引文期刊共被引聚类网络,揭示出国际零被引研究参考引用的主要期刊及其之间的关系。4国家和机构的科研合作网络,揭示出国际零被引研究领域主要发文国家、机构及其之间的合作情况;5关键词共现聚类网络和关键词年度--数量分布的气泡图,识别出国内外零被引研究的高频主题词及其之间的相互关系,同时清晰地看出不同主题历年关注度的时间演化规律。
Purpose： This paper develops and validates a bibliometric framework for identifying the ＂princes＂ （PR） who wake up the ＂sleeping beauty＂ （SB） in challenge-type scientific discoveries, so as to figure out the awakening mechanisms, and promote potentially valuable but not readily accepted innovative research. （A PR is a research study.） Design/methodology/approach： We propose that PR candidates must meet the following four criteria： （1） be published near the time when the SB began to attract a lot of citations; （2） be highly cited papers themselves; （3） receive a substantial number of co-citations with the SB; and （4） within the challenge-type discoveries which contradict established theories, the ＂pulling effect＂ of the PR on the SB must be strong. We test the usefulness of the bibliometric framework through a case study of a key publication by the 2014 chemistry Nobel laureate Stefan W. Hell, who negated Ernst Abbe＇s diffraction limit theory, one of the most prominent paradigms in the natural sciences. Findings： The first-ranked candidate PR article identified by the bibliometric framework is in line with historical facts. An SB may need one or more PRs and even ＂retinues＂ to be ＂awakened.＂ Documents with potential awakening functionality tend to be published in prestigious multidisciplinary journals with higher impact and wider scope than the journals publishing SBs. Research limitations： The above framework is only applicable to transformative innovations, and the conclusions are drawn from the analysis of one typical SB and her awakening process. Therefore the generality of our work might be limited. Practical implications： Publications belonging to so-called transformative research, even when less frequently cited, should be given special attention as early as possible, because they may suddenly attract many citations after a period of sleep, as reflected in our case study.Originality/value： The definition of PR（s） as the first paper（s） t
