[1] The main purpose of the magazine is to provide print and online coverage of the latest developments in life sciences research, technology, careers, and business.
[2] The Scientist was founded in 1986 by American businessman Eugene Garfield as part of his academic publishing service Institute for Scientific Information.
[4] In 2009, the magazine had a round of layoffs, and its owner, the London-based Science Navigation Group, merged The Scientist with the website Faculty of 1000 for peer review and evaluation of articles in biology and medical journals.
[6] Since 2008, The Scientist has conferred awards for the top innovations in science and technology: Nominations are submitted; entries are reviewed by a panel of judges; and the winners are announced annually in the December edition of the magazine.
[10] Since then, The Scientist has launched special interest Facebook pages to share the latest research developments in different life science topics.