I am talking about old papers that might not be widely known (i.e., have few citations) but present some useful results that I can use in my research. In my fi

I am talking about old papers that might not be widely known (i.e., have few citations) but present some useful results that I can use in my research. In my field, the latest papers are a bit "click-baity". They have interesting titles with many trending words but when you read them it is hard to find either a coherent vision or a single result that one can build on top of. Of course, I am generalizing. There is great research being done today and low-quality papers in the past. But it is completely true that the need to publish has distorted the goal of research communication.