There is much of interest in the paper, but for those aspiring to scientific success, one result stands out: "Skipping even a single year," of publishing, the authors noted in the paper, "substantially affected the average citation impact".
And it risks sending a signal to young people that the UK is no longer a country that aspires to scientific leadership.
In its spring 2013 summary, King College London's ASPIRES project notes that 23% of socially advantaged pupils aspire to scientific careers, compared with only 9% of economically disadvantaged pupils.
Then again, not everyone aspires to scientific independence.
Like many other developing scientific fields, the evidence suggests that HTS are a gamble for those aspiring to a scientific career, in Italy and beyond.
Those harmed in this case are aspiring young people and the national scientific enterprise.
In the United States, aspiring patent attorneys must supplement their scientific training with a law degree and a state bar exam, in addition to the patent bar exam.
In addition to artists, her courses draw biology majors creating undersea scientific illustrations as well as aspiring city planners looking to design buildings.
Indeed, with the current level of national support for scientific research, development, and innovation, opportunities abound for aspiring Singaporean scientists like Zhu.
Add to this that the role of doubt in the scientific process is far too rarely taught to aspiring scientists, and the potentially oppressive power of received wisdom is painfully apparent.
