well, this link will direct you to just under 300 scholarly articles on Lehmer's polynomial:
(oh, and I added the big-list tag to this question, I guess that is appropriate :)
a small selection:
On the distribution of the roots of a polynomial with integral coefficients
Primes in sequences associated to polynomials (after Lehmer)
Higher Mahler measure for cyclotomic polynomials and Lehmer's question
Lehmer's Conjecture for Hermitian Matrices over the Eisenstein and Gaussian Integers
Polynomials with restricted coefficients and prescribed noncyclotomic factors