In this contribution we study four examples of hibernators and their citation relations with their awakeners. We, moreover, introduce the notion of authoritative citers, a group of articles that, like the awakener, cite the hibernator and play similar roles as the awakener. Yet, the interplay between the hibernator, the awakener and authoritative citers may differ considerably depending on the case at hand. The results of our study show that authoritative citers play an important role in spreading the knowledge of the hibernator and keeping it in the scientific limelight. This observation provides new insights in the role played by hibernators in scientific evolution.

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冬眠者、他们的唤醒者以及后续权威引用者的角色

在这篇文章中，我们研究了四个冬眠者的例子以及它们与唤醒者的引用关系。此外，我们还介绍了权威引用者的概念，这是一组像唤醒者一样引用休眠者并扮演与唤醒者相似的角色的文章。然而，根据手头的情况，冬眠者、唤醒者和权威引用者之间的相互作用可能会有很大差异。我们的研究结果表明，权威的引用者在传播冬眠者知识并使其成为科学界的焦点方面发挥着重要作用。这一观察结果为冬眠者在科学进化中的作用提供了新的见解。