Kantha S S
Med Hypotheses. 1996 May;46(5):467-70. doi: 10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90027-4.
The scientific productivity of Albert Einstein was compared to that of designated controls Karl Landsteiner (an experimental scientist) and Sigmund Freud (an eminent theorist). Three assumptions made for this comparison were (1) that Einstein and his designated controls had equal scientific stature; (2) that their publications were produced in a similar, if not identical, sociocultural milieu; and (3) the number of publications is directly proportional to scientific productivity. At the end of their illustrious careers, Einstein, Freud and Landsteiner accumulated 315, 320 and 345 scientific publications respectively. Einstein was the sole author in 88% of his publications, which validates the third assumption. Thus, one can conclude that quantitative comparison of Einstein's total scientific publications with that of appropriate controls such as Landsteiner and Freud shows that Einstein's chronic ill health did not influence his scientific productivity.
将阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的科研产出与指定对照卡尔·兰德施泰纳（一位实验科学家）和西格蒙德·弗洛伊德（一位杰出理论家）的科研产出进行了比较。进行这种比较的三个假设是：（1）爱因斯坦及其指定对照具有同等的科学地位；（2）他们的出版物是在相似（即便不是完全相同）的社会文化环境中产生的；（3）出版物数量与科研产出成正比。在其辉煌职业生涯结束时，爱因斯坦、弗洛伊德和兰德施泰纳分别积累了315、320和345篇科学出版物。爱因斯坦88%的出版物是他独自撰写的，这验证了第三个假设。因此，可以得出结论，将爱因斯坦的全部科学出版物与兰德施泰纳和弗洛伊德等合适对照的出版物进行定量比较表明，爱因斯坦长期的健康不佳并未影响他的科研产出。
