Yes. The OP agrees; here is the full context of the quote: "Groundbreaking papers...out of research teams in smaller universities that have been tackling the

Yes. The OP agrees; here is the full context of the quote: "Groundbreaking papers...out of research teams in smaller universities that have been tackling the problem for about six to ten years. The later is easy to spot: they reference their own publications in the papers, showing that they have been on the problem for some time now, and that they base their new work on a proven record of publications."