Across the Pacific, in a community in Washingtontown, George sat in front of a computer reviewing manuscripts.
As the newly appointed editor of the journal Science, he does the hardest work in the entire editorial department.
Select valuable papers from papers sent by unknown researchers.
"Science", as the world's top academic journal, receives many worthless papers every day because many people want to try their luck.
He could understand that these unknown scientific workers wanted to try their luck, but it was hard for an editor like him to review them one by one to prevent valuable papers from being missed.
Just like today, from work in the morning to late at night, he has reviewed ninety-seven papers, ninety-six of which were rejected by him.
After these days of reviewing manuscripts, he has summed up his experience in reviewing manuscripts.
The first thing to look at is the corresponding author, then the affiliation, and finally the title.
Now he is reviewing the last paper. After reviewing this paper, he has cleared the backlog of papers.
It took him three minutes to decide that the paper was of little value and rejected it directly.
After sending the email, I looked at the time and saw that it was already past three in the morning.
Just as he was about to get up, the computer sounded a voice he didn't want to hear.
This voice reminded him that unknown scientific researchers had submitted papers again, because he knew that the papers of those well-known scientific researchers would not be assigned to him.
After thinking about it, he decided to go to bed after reviewing the paper, which would only last a few minutes anyway.
When he clicked on this paper, the first thing he saw was the corresponding author. As soon as he saw the name, he knew that this paper came from Asia.
"Suzhe!"
After reading the author's background introduction, he shook his head helplessly.
"Su Zhe is still a 17-year-old high school student in Nanmen No. 1 Middle School...Are all high school students in Asia so good? The first author is also Su Zhe..."
He patiently continued to look at the unit.
"I've never heard of the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University, no! I think I've heard of it there... Ignore it and keep reading."
When he read the title of the paper, he was stunned. It took him a long time to understand what the title meant.
Strictly speaking, the grammar of this title is correct, but it does not conform to reading habits.
By this time, he had lost his patience, and based on his experience, he could conclude that the paper was a hoax.
As a qualified editor, it is his duty to reject manuscripts politely.
After looking at the author's email, he became even more certain that the paper was a prank.
In the rejection email, he wrote: "A young man from Asia, thank you for your support of Science and thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, your paper did not pass my review and is hereby rejected."
"The Ronin Begins with Douluo"
After writing this, he thought for a while and added, "I hope you will continue to work hard in the days to come."
After looking at it, I thought it was OK and clicked the send button.
Seeing that the email was sent successfully, I looked at the time and saw that it was already three-thirty.
He quickly turned off the computer.
I lay on the bed, thinking about when I would be able to get out of the sea of misery and review the papers of well-known scientific workers, instead of reading a bunch of papers all day long...
…
On the other side of the earth, the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangying University.
In the office, Su Zhe looked at his phone in shock.
"Su Zhe! What's wrong?" Fan Xiaoming asked with a puzzled look.
Bao Zhengyi and Xu Jiaping also looked at Su Zhe curiously.
"Well, the manuscript was rejected!" Su Zhe said awkwardly.
"What! The manuscript was rejected, how is that possible?" Fan Xiaoming said, taking the mobile phone from Su Zhe's hand, and after reading it, he said, "The manuscript was really rejected. By the way, this editor is really competent. You need to know the other side of the earth. It’s early morning on the other side.”
Bao Zhengyi took the mobile phone from Fan Xiaoming and read the content of the email with Xu Jiaping.
"I guess the editor didn't read the text of the paper at all and just glanced at it and rejected it." Bao Zhengyi guessed.
"This editor is so irresponsible." Xu Jiaping looked at Su Zhe and the others, "The manuscript has been rejected, what should I do now?"
"What can we do! Keep voting!" Fan Xiaoming smiled, "But now we no longer vote for "Science", but switch to "Nature". I don't believe that the editor of "Nature" is the same as the editor of "Science", so ignorant. .”
"Submit to "Nature". If "Nature" rejects the manuscript again, I will submit it to the Journal of Lingzhou University of Science and Technology." Su Zhe said jokingly.
"That's not good enough to be the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Lingzhou University of Technology." Fan Xiaoming smiled.
"You can consider submitting your paper to our journal of Shangling University. Such an opportunity is rare in a thousand years." Xu Jiaping said jokingly.
After hearing what Xu Jiaping said, Su Zhe and the other three all laughed.
Afterwards, Su Zhe sat upright and logged into the official website of the journal Science to check. The paper he had successfully submitted not long ago, "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves," had indeed been rejected.
It only took half an hour from the successful submission of the paper to the rejection.
This speed is fast enough!
After it was determined that the manuscript would be rejected by Science, he withdrew from the official website of the journal Science.
Click on the official website of the journal "Nature", register an account, and submit as required.
It took a total of an hour from logging in to the official website of the Nature journal to receiving an email acknowledgment that the paper was successfully submitted.
This time it takes half the time compared to submitting an article on the official website of Science.
Seeing that Su Zhe had completed his submission to the official website of Nature, Xu Jiaping said with a smile: "I know why the editor of Science rejected the manuscript so quickly."
"Why?" Su Zhe asked with a smile.
"Su Zhe! Judging from your self-introduction, you are still a high school student, and your unit is the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University. This research center has only been established for more than a year. People who have recently paid attention to chips and lithography machines You may know it, but others may not have heard of it at all." Xu Jiaping explained, "You are the corresponding author and the first author, plus it is an unknown unit, so few editors will read it."
"That's what happened!" Su Zhe nodded.
"Just withdraw! It doesn't matter." Fan Xiaoming smiled, "This is a paper that can win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Whoever withdraws will regret it, just watch! The rejection editor of "Science" will probably be photographed afterwards. Broken thigh."
"That's true!" Xu Jiaping smiled and nodded.
"It would be fun if Nature continued to reject the manuscript." Bao Zhengyi said with a smile.
"Probably not!" Xu Jiaping said uncertainly.
"It's really hard to say!" Fan Xiaoming thought for a while, "Unless the editor of Nature doesn't read the text, if he reads the text, he won't reject it."
"It doesn't matter! If I really want to reject the manuscript, I will find another one. Just like Brother Xiaoming said, whoever rejects the manuscript will regret it." Su Zhe smiled, "Besides, I sent out the preprint at the same time, so sooner or later someone will notice it. Arrived."
"Yes!" Bao Zhengyi nodded, "It depends on which journal is discerning... Since "Science" rejected Su Zhe's paper, then the paper we wrote "Experimental Search and Confirmation of Heavy Photons" will not be submitted to "Science" 》, we will vote for whoever accepts Su Zhe’s paper.”
"Yes! Just do it." Fan Xiaoming smiled.
"..."
The four of them chatted about the paper and about verifying QG-diatomic vibration technology.
Talking about the arrangements to go to Badu and the University of Science and Technology tomorrow.
At the research center, Su Zhe, Fan Xiaoming, and Bao Zhengyi, plus the thirty scientific researchers in the laboratory, totaled thirty-three people.
On the Shanling University side, Principal Xu Jiaping and Li Bufan, the director of the school security office, plus thirteen school guards and two chefs, made a total of seventeen people.
There were exactly fifty people on both sides.
"I have communicated with the University of Science and Technology, and they have agreed to fully cooperate with our work." Xu Jiaping explained.
"That's good!" Bao Zhengyi nodded, "By the way! All the expenses for this trip to HKUST should not go to the school's account, but to the research center. Now our research center is not short of money."
"This... okay! The school is too poor, so I won't argue with you." Xu Jiaping nodded.
Then, several people chatted about some details.
For example, after arriving at HKUST, they will devote themselves wholeheartedly to experiments to verify QG-diatomic vibration technology.
Considering the impact that the paper "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves" and the paper "Experimental Search and Confirmation of Heavy Photons" will bring.
Their whereabouts need to be kept confidential.
…
When it was time for dinner, several people went to the staff restaurant on the third floor of the cafeteria.
After dinner we chatted for a while.
When they separated, Su Zhe didn't receive any email from the editorial department of Nature.
In the dormitory, Fan Xiaoming had just finished washing up and saw Su Zhe in the living room and asked: "Has the preprint of the paper passed the review?"
"No! The status shows that it is still under review." Su Zhe replied with a smile.
"It's really impressive! Just read the entire article... half a day has passed and the review has not been completed yet. This speed is so slow that it makes people anxious." Fan Xiaoming complained.
Issuing a preprint is different from publishing a paper. It does not require peer review. It only needs to be reviewed by an editor. It is not random writing, does not violate laws and regulations, and complies with relevant regulations.
"It is written above that the maximum review time is two working days." Su Zhe explained.
"Ignore him." Fan Xiaoming waved his hand, "Um, has Nature responded?"
"No!" Su Zhe replied.
"That's good!" Fan Xiaoming nodded, "I need to pack up and bring some changes of clothes. I'm going to HKUST this time and I'll probably stay there for more than ten days."
"I've packed it up! I'm going to bed first!"
"good!"
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