id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_obtcm65jcngr3mh3ueduxa3zdi Anthony F. J. van Raan Do younger Sleeping Beauties prefer a technological prince? 2017 .pdf application/xhtml+xml 534 55 53 Leiden University Scholarly Publications The scientific impact of Sleeping Beauties is generally not necessarily related to the technological importance of the SBs, as far as measured with... In this paper we investigate recent Sleeping Beauties cited in patents (SB-SNPRs). In this paper we investigate recent Sleeping Beauties cited in patents (SB-SNPRs). Our observations also suggest that, on average, in the more recent years SBs are awakened increasingly earlier by a 'technological prince' rather than by a 'scientific prince'. Our observations also suggest that, on average, in the more recent years SBs are awakened increasingly earlier by a 'technological prince' rather than by a 'scientific prince'. These observations suggest that SBs with technological importance are 'discovered' earlier in an application-oriented context. The scientific impact of Sleeping Beauties is generally not necessarily related to the technological importance of the SBs, as far as measured with number and impact of the citing patents. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2603-8 ©2020-2021 Leiden University ./cache/work_obtcm65jcngr3mh3ueduxa3zdi.pdf ./txt/work_obtcm65jcngr3mh3ueduxa3zdi.txt