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From

   http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminalthe Merriam Webster dictionary:

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call an article seminal article an article thatif it was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this criteriacriterion, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

From

 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminal

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call seminal article an article that was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this criteria, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

From  the Merriam Webster dictionary:

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call an article seminal if it was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this criterion, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

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Fábio Dias
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From

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminal

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call seminal article an article that was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this ideacriteria, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

From

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminal

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call seminal article an article that was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this idea, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

From

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminal

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call seminal article an article that was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this criteria, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)

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Fábio Dias
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From

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminal

[2] containing or contributing the seeds of later development : creative, original

More specifically, I would call seminal article an article that was the start of a new field/trend/idea, the work that inspired everything that came after, a starting point.

Therefore, if that article fulfills this idea, you can say that, regardless of how many citations it has, or who are the authors. For instance, recent seminal work will not have a lot of citations :)