I Am the President of the University

What is the difference between publishing an SCI paper and a CNS official paper?

The former can be completed by one person, but the latter is completely impossible to focus on personal work!

If you want to publish an article in "nature" or "science", it almost always requires the cooperation of the entire team.

For example, the senior supervisor who provides directional support, the junior supervisor who provides specific guidance, the school who provides financial support, the fellow students who help you complete data analysis and visualization, the foreign language writers who polish the language of the article, and who serve as the scientific research atmosphere team on weekdays. Various classmates who communicate and discuss with you.

Of course, even if it is produced by a team and can work together to become a work, it usually has outstanding contributions and good abilities.

However, if it can be regarded as a work, it usually has outstanding contributions. But if you want to truly have the confidence to go sideways, you need to at least prove your ability to produce stable output.

Is there anyone who can single-handedly publish a CNS paper?

A platform-independent single-core leader is almost a fairy tale, but...it really does exist! It's just that this kind of person can even be said to be a person born to do scientific research.

For example, a big boss like Cao Yuan can lead a team to complete the task with a single core.

For this kind of person, you can even say to your mentor: You are really the worst mentor I have ever had!

Chen Hao himself has excellent scientific research ability, and after systematic indoctrination, whether it is photonic screens or extending to the related materials industry, it is no exaggeration to say that he is completely at the level of the first person in the world.

A paper on photonic screens is taking shape.

This paper is a cover article that he plans to publish in "Nature". It has been written for a while. Since the task requires ten CNS cover articles, the fastest way is to publish them in two journals together, so that at least Much faster than publishing a journal.

But the keyboard sound suddenly stopped.

"We still have some data to support, so we have to go to the laboratory." Chen Hao frowned slightly, and without wasting any time, he stood up and prepared to go out.

The weather in Ludao at the end of November is the best time. The weather is more than 20 degrees, neither cold nor hot, and the breeze blows from time to time, making everyone feel refreshed.

Chen Hao went straight to the Advanced Materials Research Institute and then to the Photon Screen Laboratory.

In the laboratory, there are still many busy researchers in white coats.

Although the overall strength of Guanghua University is not very good, the scientific research institute is still quite good, both in terms of the scientific research environment and the level and ability of the team.

In addition, Guanghua's salary package is really not low, which is very satisfying for these scientific researchers. Without worries, they invest more energy in scientific research.

"Let's do this experiment again..." Zheng Haoran, the current director of the Photon Screen Laboratory, was discussing the problem with the researchers when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.

"Director Zheng."

Zheng Haoran looked back. After seeing the appearance of the person clearly, he was really shocked. It was noon time now.

"Principal, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

At the end of the sentence, Zheng Haoran felt a little uneasy. Could it be that there was something wrong with the staff in the laboratory?

Fortunately, Chen Hao's next words dispelled his worries.

Chen Hao chuckled and said, "I need some data support, so I came to the laboratory."

Zheng Haoran breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with some enthusiasm: "Principal, what experiments do you need to do? I will check it for you personally!"

It was not a time-consuming experiment anyway, Chen Hao told the other party directly.

After hearing this, Zheng Haoran said confidently: "Principal, just leave this matter to me. I will send the data to you after it is done."

"That's fine. By the way, I have some good news to tell you."

Chen Hao explained the matter in general, and finally emphasized: "How long does it take for your paper to be completed? Try to write it as well as possible. There is no problem in getting it into "Nature" this time, but whether it can be included in the cover article depends on it. Good luck."

But even so, Zheng Haoran was still very excited and had no reason to refuse at all!

This is "nature", one of the top international academic journals. If it can be published in it, it goes without saying how significant it is, right?

"Principal, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job in this matter." Zheng Haoran's eyes flashed with excitement.

As the director of the photon screen laboratory, Zheng Haoran is quite capable, but he is still a little short of the standard for the talent hat of "Yangtze River Youth". If he becomes the corresponding author or first author of one or two CNS articles, he will be almost the same. Things will stabilize.

Yangtze River Youth + Outstanding Youth, that is half-step academician!

I stayed in the laboratory for a while and guided the researchers on site.

Finally, under the admiring gazes of some young researchers, Chen Hao slowly walked out of the laboratory.

At this time, because it was approaching class time, there were gradually more and more people on the road.

Zhang Lei, Zheng Tianyu and a group of people from the dormitory were walking on the way to the teaching building.

While walking, they were also chatting.

"The principal is really generous. The reward for a paper was 2 million yuan, but now it has been increased to 3 million yuan. It's terrible!"

Zhang Lei said somewhat sourly: "It would be great if I could publish a paper on it."

Zheng Tianyu on the side twitched the corner of his mouth. What Zhang Lei just said made him really speechless. He couldn't help but complained and replied: "Old Zhang, I think you are thinking too much about your sister! You want to publish a computer paper and publish it on NS. Do you know how difficult it is?"

Although both NS journals are comprehensive, they generally include highly innovative or high-performance papers, and they tend to focus on biochemical and environmental materials.

"How difficult is it? Didn't my God Cao publish seven or eight articles in Nature?" Zhang Lei said with admiration.

Even though Zhang Lei is only an undergraduate, he still knows the reputation of Master Cao Yuan.

The veins on Zheng Tianyu's forehead are popping out. Many people who don't understand scientific research would think that they would be so clear. However, because he has been paying more attention to scientific research recently, he still knows something about it.

"Many 985 and 211 universities have not published a single official journal of nature or science since their establishment."

As Zheng Tianyu spoke, he rolled his eyes at Zhang Lei and asked, "Old Zhang, do you think those full professors and doctoral supervisors in the 985 prestigious universities are great?"

"Awesome." Zhang Lei replied without thinking.

"Then do you know how many of these doctoral supervisors can publish a regular NS article?" Zheng Tianyu shook his head and sighed, "Only a small part, even the vast majority of doctoral supervisors cannot publish an NS article. The official version, how difficult do you think it is?”

Even if Cao Yuan publishes seven or eight articles in Nature in a few years or Yan Ning publishes two or three CNS articles in a year, there are only a handful of people who can actually publish on it.

"Is it so difficult..." Zhang Lei was a little embarrassed, but he thought it would only take a year or two to complete, so he felt envious.

This is also what most netizens think. They think it is easy to publish a paper.

But in fact, the output of scientific research results is uncertain. Don't think it's simple when others publish papers. In fact, even the lowest level SCI paper will take no less than one year of research.

If you want to publish a regular CNS article, it may take 5 years of accumulation, or even 10 years, and the reward is not just for one person. After all, two to three million is actually not much more.

"I wonder what's going on with the principal..." Zheng Tianyu raised his head and looked in the direction of Guanghua Building with some worry.

Because of the principal’s video response in the morning, the incident’s popularity skyrocketed again, and it is now ranked fourth on Douyin’s hot list.

Most people don't like others. The paper award program launched by Guanghua University has really caused quite a stir. Even though some people are protecting Guanghua, most netizens are still criticizing Guanghua.

As the president of Guanghua University, you must be under a lot of pressure now, right?

Professor Ruan Jianchang also has the same idea as Zheng Tianyu. \b

Perhaps out of gratitude, Professor Ruan Jianchang and his team of students were working together on the thesis, which originally needed to be completed tomorrow. However, at 10 o'clock in the evening, he passed Professor Ren Hong and forwarded the paper to Chen Hao's mailbox. inside.

"Corresponding author: Chen Hao, Ruan Jianchang."

"First author: Lin Dong, Wang Xuan."

"Second author: Xu Jie..."

Chen Hao looked at his name at the front and felt dumbfounded.

"Professor Ruan is real. It's useless for me to ask for the corresponding author."

The most important thing about a paper is the corresponding author and the first author. After the second author, the gold content drops significantly.

Chen Hao is the principal himself, and it is not that he has been promoted to a higher professional title. There is not much difference between being there or not.

But he did not modify it, but sent it to Owen, the editor of "Science" via email.

If you add your name to this paper and send it to your email address, the review results will be completely different!

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Since the academic circle has the word "circle", it means that some human rights and wrongs are indispensable.

For example, foreign countries always criticize China's academic level. Is this true?

it is true!

For example, the recent rebirth of a cooked egg was published in a journal, which is really ridiculous!

But are the butts of Pretty Country and Sakura Country clean?

It’s just a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter!

When Chen Hao was still studying for his Ph.D. at MIT, because his supervisor, Professor Stephen, was a great expert, he often had to participate in peer reviews of journals. He helped Professor Stephen review many papers, and one of them was from a beautiful country. A professor at the school, nearly 70 years old, is an absolute industry leader!

This talented person submitted his manuscript to a journal with a score of more than 12 points, and the editor gave it to Professor Stephen to review. Then Professor Stephen was busy, so he handed it over to Chen Hao to review the manuscript.

Most science and engineering subjects are single-blind, that is, the reviewer knows the author, and the author does not know the reviewer.

When Chen Hao finished reading it, he really had a headache. This article is barely rated 5 points by any journal, let alone 12 points...

Therefore, Chen Hao wrote down detailed opinions and gave them to Professor Stephen, and also suggested rejecting the manuscript. A few days later, Professor Stephen also read it again and felt that the quality was indeed worrying, and also suggested rejecting the manuscript.

Peer review generally requires 2 or 3 experts in the industry to review it. Not only did Professor Stephen make this choice, but the other two experts also chose to recommend rejection of the manuscript. The editor-in-chief rejected the manuscript without much thought.

It was interesting later... After receiving the rejection message, this expert was very dissatisfied and personally called the editor-in-chief to criticize him. The editor-in-chief then contacted three experts for a second consultation, but Professor Stephen still insisted on rejecting the manuscript. The other party was an expert, and so was Professor Stephen. There was no need to be timid, okay?

Later, the editor-in-chief rejected the manuscript again, and the article was not published.

However, a reversal came.

Half a year later, Chen Hao saw this article in a journal with more than 16 points, with almost no changes...

The 12-point one failed, and he changed to a higher-scoring journal, and it passed... What does this mean?

Just kidding, could it be that Professor Stephen, the winner of the Turing Award, made a mistake?

This is not an isolated case. Chen Hao knows a friend at Stanford University.

He was preparing to publish an SCI paper in a top journal in the industry, and the friend's mentor was a pioneer in this field, a fighter among experts.

At first, he submitted the manuscript using his own account, and the corresponding authors were himself and his mentor, but it was rejected in seconds.

This guy did something cool later.

I resubmitted the manuscript using my own supervisor's account, without changing a single word, but just changed the account I submitted the manuscript to.

The result was immediately different, and it was directly accepted after being submitted for review...

Will this happen to the three top international academic journals "Science", "Nature" and "Cell"?

Professor Xiao Baoqing of Sakura submitted a manuscript to "Nature". It only took 3 days from submission to acceptance, and it was directly put in the queue for publication in the latest issue.

This rocket-like speed...

Those who understand will understand.

What is an academic clique?

When articles of the same quality are submitted to the same journal, the editor and reviewer will definitely look at the identity of the corresponding author first, and then look at the content.

The more famous the journal, the more it values ​​the status of the corresponding author.

So the big shot can get the manuscript approved through the green channel, and the students under the big shot can also let the big shot be listed in the name, and the manuscript will be approved just as quickly.

This is what academic cliques do.

Students of ordinary supervisors can only climb up step by step from low-scoring journals if they want to become famous; while students of big shots can directly skip these links and reach the top in one step.

Therefore, when you are looking for a supervisor for graduate school, no matter if you apply to be under the tutelage of a big shot and whether the other party has time to train you, as long as your supervisor is a big shot in the industry, you have got an admission ticket.

Just like the gradually solidified class in China, what people hate is not the academic cliques, but they hate that they are not one of the academic cliques.

In the past, Chen Hao grew up under the protection of Professor Stephen.

Now, the accumulation of these years has brought the influence of the photon screen.

A school clique headed by him is taking shape.

…

In the United States, the editorial department of "Science".

When Owen made coffee as usual, he slowly sat down in his seat and opened his work email.

There were many emails in his eyes. He glanced through them, and his main focus was on the submission account.

Just after a few glances, his sight was locked on an account in the sixth row.

"Chen finally submitted a manuscript!"

Owen couldn't help but shout excitedly, especially when he saw the title of the submitted paper clearly, his mouth opened so wide that an apple could be stuffed in.

"Oh, my God!"

Because this paper is about photonic chips!

The academic community is completely confused about the optical core that Guanghua University is developing, and no papers on the progress of the project have been published in journals.

Starting today.

The world's first paper on optical cores will be published in the journal "Science"!

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