The production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays was measured as a function of transverse momentum (hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=fc913c73eb2d293f338bf5eac1af122e" title="Click to view the MathML source">pThContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll">phvariant="normal">Th>) in minimum-bias p–Pb collisions at hmlsrc">he MathML source" class="mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=b1cc8bc8ab2427eca86dd7d4f446f259">height="15" width="105" alt="View the MathML source" style="margin-top: -5px; vertical-align: middle" title="View the MathML source" src="/sd/grey_pxl.gif" data-inlimgeid="1-s2.0-S0370269315010151-si1.gif">hContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si1.gif" overflow="scroll">shvariant="normal">NN=5.02TeVh> using the ALICE detector at the LHC. The measurement covers the hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=fc913c73eb2d293f338bf5eac1af122e" title="Click to view the MathML source">pThContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll">phvariant="normal">Th> interval hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si117.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=64f08a678f93b10e95cd074cc4808f53" title="Click to view the MathML source">0.5<pT<12 GeV/chContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si117.gif" overflow="scroll">0.5<phvariant="normal">T<12GeVhy="false">/ch> and the rapidity range hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si129.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=75d9e03aaa27e92fff8630c644cede5b" title="Click to view the MathML source">−1.065<ycms<0.135hContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si129.gif" overflow="scroll">−1.065<yhvariant="normal">cms<0.135h> in the centre-of-mass reference frame. The contribution of electrons from background sources was subtracted using an invariant mass approach. The nuclear modification factor hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si114.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=7870a314240d78af9d436f8136f3b599" title="Click to view the MathML source">RpPbhContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si114.gif" overflow="scroll">Rhvariant="normal">pPbh> was calculated by comparing the hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=fc913c73eb2d293f338bf5eac1af122e" title="Click to view the MathML source">pThContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll">phvariant="normal">Th>-differential invariant cross section in p–Pb collisions to a pp reference at the same centre-of-mass energy, which was obtained by interpolating measurements at hmlsrc">he MathML source" class="mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si116.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=6f276a89225c9273288785adedf62c11">height="15" width="90" alt="View the MathML source" style="margin-top: -5px; vertical-align: middle" title="View the MathML source" src="/sd/grey_pxl.gif" data-inlimgeid="1-s2.0-S0370269315010151-si116.gif">hContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si116.gif" overflow="scroll">s=2.76TeVh> and hmlsrc">he MathML source" class="mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si126.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=9c935ad32becaa97c21d560af0879b6e">height="15" width="71" alt="View the MathML source" style="margin-top: -5px; vertical-align: middle" title="View the MathML source" src="/sd/grey_pxl.gif" data-inlimgeid="1-s2.0-S0370269315010151-si126.gif">hContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si126.gif" overflow="scroll">s=7TeVh>. The hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si114.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=7870a314240d78af9d436f8136f3b599" title="Click to view the MathML source">RpPbhContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si114.gif" overflow="scroll">Rhvariant="normal">pPbh> is consistent with unity within uncertainties of about 25%, which become larger for hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=fc913c73eb2d293f338bf5eac1af122e" title="Click to view the MathML source">pThContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll">phvariant="normal">Th> below hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=ac3ba3974d40eee946a81b9971c005df" title="Click to view the MathML source">1 GeV/chContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si10.gif" overflow="scroll">1GeVhy="false">/ch>. The measurement shows that heavy-flavour production is consistent with binary scaling, so that a suppression in the high-hmlsrc">hImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269315010151&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269315010151&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=fc913c73eb2d293f338bf5eac1af122e" title="Click to view the MathML source">pThContainer hidden">hCode">h altimg="si2.gif" overflow="scroll">phvariant="normal">Th> yield in Pb–Pb collisions has to be attributed to effects induced by the hot medium produced in the final state. The data in p–Pb collisions are described by recent model calculations that include cold nuclear matter effects.