Lifetime collaborators reap the benefits : Nature News & Comment

"Few researchers can do science single-handedly, making collaboration crucial. According to a new analysis, long-term collaborations pay especially big dividends, yielding a 17% boost in citation rate for resulting papers. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), were well received by observers on social media. Wouter Gerritsma, an information specialist at Vrije University in Amsterdam, tweeted ..."