Estudio de las "bellas durmientes" desde la perspectiva del solucionismo

  1. Sergio De Antonio Maceiras 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710 1699-2407

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 25

Issue: 5

Pages: 747-757

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2016.SEP.05 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Sleeping beauties (SB) is a term that is used to describe scientific articles that pass unnoticed in science for long periods of time until they are rediscovered. This phenomenon is little known in the scientific community and contradicts some of science’s basic presuppositions. At the same time, the current reality of scientific research is defined according to the quantity of information that is produced. Although the SB field of study is little known, it has very specific characteristics that generate a number of cross-cutting interpretations about the way that science reflects on itself. This article explores three problems that the SB spotlights which are conceptualized within the same epistemological approach. We concludes that the SB analysis and the expected increase in the occurrence of SBs offers a point upon which to reflect bout epistemological frameworks of scientific practice.

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