This is fascinating and I think is one of the major areas that new AI systems will impact humanity, ie by combing through millions of papers to make connections

This is fascinating and I think is one of the major areas that new AI systems will impact humanity, ie by combing through millions of papers to make connections and discover such sleeping beauties. BTW, I noticed a similar phenomenon on HN submissions (on much shorter timescales): sometimes they just for a few hours with 2-3 points and then shoot up.