I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 707

"Studies on Rat with Multiple SHANK3 Gene Editing Methods" is the general thesis, which can be divided into 5 sub-thesis, Han Meng and other five experimenters each write a sub-thesis as their doctoral dissertation at Yan University.

Everyone performs their own duties to promote the general thesis and sub-thesis matters. Where is the general paper "Rat Research on Multiple SHANK3 Gene Editing Methods" published?
Shen Qi's suggestion is to choose one of "Nature", "Science" and "Cell": "I personally prefer "Nature", its IF is high. When I was studying, my tutor told me that when it is difficult for you to choose where to go When choosing a journal to submit a paper, choose the one with the highest IF in the same category. Of course, Science and Cell can also be considered, five of you vote, and the journal with the most votes wins.”

When a scientific research team can choose "Nature", "Science", "Cell" at will, it means that this team is not an ordinary team.

Five experimenters have studied Shen Qi's previous papers, and Shen Qi seems to be particularly partial to "Nature".

Mathematics is difficult to be included in "Nature" because of its particularity.

However, in terms of physics and chemistry, most of Shen Qi's papers were published in "Nature", including many of Shen Qi's personal special issues.

"Nature is indeed a good journal, but let's keep a low profile, shall we?" Cui Hualin said with some concern.

Cui Hualin did not complete his doctoral studies in the United States due to special reasons, and he hurriedly returned to China on the eve of his defense.

The other four brothers are similar, Han Meng fled Canada, Wu Junqiang quietly left the UK.

Du Yuan transformed himself into a woman in a short period of time through biotechnology. He followed a women's tour group by boat from France to Alexandria, Egypt, and then flew back to China from Egypt.

Tang Yaxing can speak a flawless and down-to-earth Dutch language. He disguised as a Chinese-Dutch businessman, set off from the Port of Amsterdam and returned to China on a container ship.

The reason why the five experimenters could not stay in the top biological laboratories abroad is not because they are not good enough.

It is because they are so good that their experimental projects endanger the country's national security.

Endangering the country's national security was said by the government of the country, and the five experimenters were depressed and annoyed.

"In China, strength does not allow you to keep a low profile. In China, you are absolutely safe." Shen Qi gave everyone courage.

"Then "Nature"." Cui Hualin raised his hands to vote.

"I also agree with "Nature"." The other four expressed their opinions one after another.

The main journal of "Nature" and some of its sub-journals receive more than [-] papers from all over the world every week. Due to limited space, the main journal of "Nature" and some of its sub-journals publish less than [-] papers per week. articles.

Authors submit papers through www.nature.com/submit, and their papers may not be seen by editors for several months.

What Shen Qi meant was, let's not use the "Nature" submission system, and send E-mail directly to their person in charge.I've done this before.

In any industry, there are special people who are beyond the rules, so let's do special things.Wu Junqiang stayed in the UK for a period of time, and he was arranged to contact the person in charge of "Nature".

Wu Junqiang wrote an E-mail addressed to George Blake and CC to Shen Qi.

"Dr. Blake:

Hello there.

I am Wu Junqiang, a researcher in the Biological Laboratory of Yanda Shen Qi Scientific Research Center. Under the leadership of our team leader, Professor Shen Qi, we have completed a genetic research. . "

"Nature" is a weekly journal, so its cycle of publishing scientific news and research results is very fast.

This is another reason why Shen Qi prefers "Nature".

Compared with "Nature", quarterly or even annual mathematical journals are really too slow.

What age is this, and the amount of updates is king.

The same applies to the readership of scientific journals.

Even though the update speed of "Nature" is the fastest in the industry, the average period from when the manuscript enters the www.nature.com/submit system to when the manuscript is officially accepted is 13 weeks.

After 13 weeks, if the author's manuscript has not been returned by the editor, the manuscript will enter the reviewer review stage.

If the reviewer passes the review, the paper will be published in Nature after 7 weeks.

That is to say, from submission to publication, the average period for a "Nature" paper to appear in front of public readers is 20 weeks.

This is an average for a very high-quality paper.

And half of the papers are directly clicked off at the editing level, and they cannot enter the reviewer review stage at all.

There are also special cases, that is, important papers considered by the editorial department of "Nature".

Important papers are usually published within one month after receiving the manuscript. So far, the fastest publication record in Nature is 5 days, held by Shen Qi's applied physics team.

United Kingdom.

"Nature" editorial department.

Busy as always.

Different from the perception of "Nature" readers, the staff of "Nature" editorial department are not all uncles and aunts over 50 years old.

In fact, most of the members of the editorial team of "Nature" are young people, they come from many different countries, and most of them have done postdocs in the best laboratories in the world.

Under the leadership of the editor-in-chief, the editorial team of "Nature" is divided into two groups, the life science group and the natural science group.

Dr. George Blake is the editor-in-chief of the Natural Science Group. He is an American who has done postdoctoral research in the MIT laboratory. He is only 39 years old this year.

Americans take email very seriously.

You text an American on their cell phone, and they may not get back to you until the next day, or they may never answer you.

But you send an e-mail to the Americans, and they will check it in the first place and give a reply.

Dr. Blake saw the email sent by Wu Junqiang for the first time.

Dr. Blake mainly studies physics and chemistry. The unfamiliar name of Wu Junqiang is unheard of by Dr. Blake.

Shen Qi in the CC column is an old friend of Dr. Blake.

"Oh, Qi, have you started researching genetic engineering?" Dr. Blake clicked on the attached PDF "Rat Study of Various SHANK3 Gene Editing Methods", Shen Qi's name appeared in the manuscript, and five other researchers Look at the name like a Chinese author.

After studying the "Rat Study of Various SHANK3 Gene Editing Methods" for a while, Dr. Blake did not fully understand it, but he did not understand it at all.

The abstract and summary of the paper are easy to understand: our team has found some gene editing methods and conducted experiments on rats, which have effectively adjusted the IQ of rats.

"It really is a genetic engineering paper. Let Matt do this." Dr. Blake forwarded the email to Dr. Matt Harris, the editor-in-chief of the Life Science Group of "Nature", and replied to Shen Qi and Wu Junqiang:

"Qi Wu, I have received your paper, but I'm sorry, I'm a layman in the life sciences and I can't make any valuable comments on this paper. My colleague, Matt, Editor-in-Chief of the Life Science group Dr. Harris, who will follow up on your paper in person. Good luck."

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