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Table 1.

Top 15 SBs in science

B	Author(s)	Title	Publication, awakening year	Journal	Field
11,600	Freundlich, H	Concerning adsorption in solutions	1906, 2002	Z Phys Chem	Chemistry
10,769	Hummers, WS	Preparation of graphitic oxide	1958, 2007	J Am Chem Soc	Chemistry
10,769	Offeman, RE	Preparation of graphitic oxide	1958, 2007	J Am Chem Soc	Chemistry
5,923	Patterson, AL	The Scherrer formula for X-ray particle size determination	1939, 2004	Phys Rev	Physics
5,168	Cassie, ABD	Wettability of porous surfaces	1944, 2002	Trans Faraday Soc	Chemistry
5,168	Baxter, S	Wettability of porous surfaces	1944, 2002	Trans Faraday Soc	Chemistry
4,273	Turkevich, J	A study of the nucleation and growth processes in the synthesis of colloidal gold	1951, 1997	Discuss Faraday Soc	Chemistry
	Stevenson, PC
	Hillier, J
3,978	Pearson, K	On lines and planes of closest fit to systems of points in space	1901, 2002	Philos Mag	Statistics
3,892	Stoney, GG	The tension of metallic films deposited by electrolysis	1909, 1989	Proc R Soc Lond A	Physics
3,560	Pickering, SU	CXCVI.–Emulsions	1907, 1998	J Chem Soc, Trans	Chemistry
2,962	Wenzel, RN	Resistance of solid surfaces to wetting by water	1936, 2003	Ind Eng Chem	Chemistry
2,736	Wilson, EB	Probable inference, the law of succession, and statistical inference	1927, 1999	J Am Statist Assoc	Statistics
2,671	Langmuir, I	The constitution and fundamental properties of solids and liquids. Part I. Solids	1916, 2003	J Am Chem Soc	Chemistry
2,584	Moller, C;	Note on an approximation treatment for many-electron systems	1934, 1982	Phys Rev	Physics
2,584	Plesset, MS		1934, 1982	Phys Rev	Physics
2,573	Pugh, SF	Relations between the elastic moduli and the plastic properties of polycrystalline pure metals	1954, 2005	Philos Mag	Metallurgy
2,258	Einstein, A	Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?	1935, 1994	Phys Rev	Physics
	Podolsky, B
	Rosen, N
2,184	Washburn, EW	The dynamics of capillary flow	1921, 1995	Phys Rev	Physics

From left to right, we report for each paper its beauty coefficient B, author(s) and title, publication and awakening year, publication journal, and scientific domain. See SI Appendix, Fig. S4 for detailed citation histories of these papers.