In a more restricted sense, scientist refers to individuals who use the scientific method.

Some scientists refer to the river Plitvica as origin of the name.

The idea is that citations are a measure of quality: if a paper reports something important, other scientists will refer to it.

Thus the stage is set for what scientists refer to as an "albedo flip."

The four scientists discussed the problem and referred to geologic maps.

One of the most perplexing challenges concerns what some scientists refer to as "the materials that go away."

Scientists refer to this as the speed of light, one of the most important numbers in physics.

Because of this, some scientists refer to Vesta as a protoplanet.

Scientists usually refer to the element simply as element 116 (or E116).