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Chapter 163 Paper Contribution (Two in One)

In the afternoon, Chen Zhou accompanied Yang Yiyi to the library to hang up.

As his mathematics project came to an end, Chen Zhou began to set his sights on physics.

From Yang Yiyi, I made a list of the textbooks that I haven't read in the physics department.

Then, Chen Zhou began to plan his book brushing plan.

In Chen Zhou's plan, he had to complete most of his physics courses in the first half of his sophomore year.

After all, the time for two graduation thesis must also be counted together.

Otherwise, it would be ridiculous not to be able to graduate from the sophomore year...

All afternoon, Chen Zhou sat comfortably brushing physics textbooks.

It's been a long time since I read a book just for the sake of reading.

"How is it?" Coming out of the library, Yang Yiyi tilted her head and looked at Chen Zhou.

"What?" Chen Zhou didn't understand the meaning for a moment.

"Physics, isn't it more interesting than mathematics?" Yang Yiyi said.

"Hmm..." Chen Zhou hesitated slightly, but still said, "Physics and mathematics have a lot in common, and they are equally interesting in my opinion."

"Well, what you said makes sense." After Yang Yiyi finished speaking, she took the initiative to stretch out her hand to hold Chen Zhou.

Yang Yiyi asked again: "By the way, what did Professor Wu say about your thesis?"

Chen Zhou shook his head: "It was only sent in the morning, and I probably will find me tomorrow."

Yang Yiyi thought for a while, then nodded.

Chen Zhou reached out and rubbed Yang Yiyi's head, and asked softly: "Yiyi, what about you, how is the progress of your project?"

Yang Yiyi said: "We are teaching the Department of Buddhism, and we are not in a hurry at all. He gave us enough time, so we are still in the initial stage..."

Chen Zhou said with a smile: "Be careful, this professor is deliberately slowing down the time before, and then suddenly speeds up."

Yang Yiyi asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

Chen Zhou explained: "They are all superficially Buddhist. The long time in the early stage is actually a foreshadowing. During this time, you can't just focus on the tasks given by the professor. You need to consider all aspects of the subject. .”

"Because if you don't make enough preparations for this preparation time, once the progress of the follow-up subject suddenly speeds up, you may not be able to keep up, and then you will be scolded by the professor..."

Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou strangely: "How do you know?"

Chen Zhou immediately said: "Senior Shen Jing told me that he was scolded for the first time doing a project with Professor Wu..."

Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou in disbelief: "It's not you?"

Chen Zhou immediately shook his head: "How could it be me, what are you thinking?!"

After a pause, Chen Zhou said again: "I am the person who participated in the project on the shoulders of senior Shen Jing. I have absorbed his previous summary and experience and lessons well. Now, it is time to pass it on to you. "

Hearing this, Yang Yiyi laughed softly: "It seems that senior Shen Jing stepped into a lot of pitfalls before..."

Chen Zhou also smiled and said, "Anyway, I remember that when I first joined Professor Wu's research group, the senior taught me a lot."

At this time, Shen Jing, who was in Wu Xiping's office, sneezed unconsciously.

Wu Xiping glanced at Shen Jing: "Have you caught a cold?"

Shen Jing rubbed his nose: "Probably not, but the nose suddenly itched."

Wu Xiping nodded: "Then let's continue to look at the question just now..."

Shen Jing is seeking Wu Xiping's help with a problem.

Last year, with the help of Wu Xiping, Shen Jing successfully applied for the school's research funding and started his own research.

At this time, what Shen Jing was asking for help was the problem of this subject.

Shen Jing didn't know until now that doing a project alone would really make her hair fall out...

What Wu Xiping provided to Shen Jing was only inspiring ideas, and he would not say a word more about specific issues.

After a while, after Wu Xiping finished speaking, Shen Jing was pondering what Wu Xiping had just said.

Finally, Shen Jing turned his head slowly, looked at Wu Xiping, and said softly, "Thank you teacher."

Wu Xiping waved his hand: "You don't have to be polite with me, it's all right?"

Shen Jing nodded: "No problem."

Wu Xiping: "You can leave if there is no problem, and I have to help read the paper."

Shen Jing asked curiously: "Professor, the graduate students you brought published papers again?"

Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou's thesis and said, "It's not a graduate student, it's an undergraduate student."

"What?" Shen Jing was surprised, when did another undergraduate student come?

Wu Xiping glanced at him before saying, "It's Chen Zhou's thesis. Didn't I call you and him at the same time last time? His thesis has already been completed."

Shen Jing quickly raised his head to see what kind of subject Chen Zhou chose, and it has already produced results.

"Complex Clifford analysis? A topic in the field of complex variable functions?" Shen Jing asked in surprise.

"You understand?" Wu Xiping asked.

Shen Jing shook his head: "I don't know much about it...but it is said that it has great development prospects, and it has many applications in partial differential equations."

Wu Xiping raised his eyebrows, held the mouse with his right hand, slid the scroll wheel, and jumped directly to the part of the paper about the study of complex partial differential equations.

"Look at it." Wu Xiping pointed to the content on the computer.

Shen Jing looked in the direction of Wu Xiping's finger, and then looked at it for a long time...

"Is this really a thesis written by a freshman?" This was Shen Jing's first reaction after reading it.

No way, he felt a bit strenuous even if he was asked to do this subject.

No, it is very difficult. This topic is completely beyond the scope of undergraduate students, okay?

Glancing at Shen Jing who was in shock, Wu Xiping laughed softly, "How do you feel?"

Shen Jing paused for a moment before replying: "It's too powerful..."

Wu Xiping: "It's really amazing. The entire freshman, junior, and junior students can do this subject to this level. There are not a single number of them, and maybe even fewer."

After a pause, Wu Xiping continued: "Chen Zhou is very talented in the field of complex variable functions. If he concentrates on studying, the field of complex variable functions will be a big stage for him to display his talent."

Shen Jing was slightly taken aback, this compliment is too real...

You must know that complex variable functions contain too many theories, such as single-valued analytic function theory, Riemann surface theory, geometric function theory, residue theory, and generalized analytic functions, all of which belong to the field of complex variable functions.

Pick any one here, they are all very capable, and there is no weak character.

Shen Jing originally thought that he would complete the project faster than Chen Zhou, but it turned out to be a bit slower.

It will take at least two months for his project to enter the final stage...

Moreover, he still applied for the school project funding.

Thinking of this, Shen Jing sighed softly and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry, I..."

Wu Xiping interrupted: "I'm sorry, you are different from Chen Zhou, you are already a very good student. You have to know that you can apply for the support of the school's project funding from the Department of Mathematics of Yanda University in your junior year. What a difficult thing. There are not many students in the mathematics department who are qualified for this, so you don't have to belittle yourself."

Shen Jing felt a little warmth in his heart. He just wanted to thank the teacher, but Wu Xiping said again: "As for Chen Zhou, if you consider that he is a freshman, then in all fairness, I think he is the first in the entire mathematics department. One, there is no comparison."

Shen Jing swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, Wu Xiping's compliment was more real than just now...

Leaving Wu Xiping's office, Shen Jing took out his mobile phone, thinking whether to call Chen Zhou, but in the end he decided to forget it.

"This guy... tsk tsk tsk, I will graduate next year, and he will graduate next year too..." Shen Jing said with a wry smile. If this junior is also studying with Professor Wu, everyone's pressure will be reduced. Instantly increased by more than ten times...

Chen Zhou naturally didn't know what happened in the office. He didn't receive a call from Wu Xiping until the next afternoon.

Wu Xiping told him that he had gone through the thesis once, and it was well written. The argumentation process of the whole thesis was extremely rigorous, and there was nothing that could be revised.

You only need to adjust the format of the paper again, and edit and submit the manuscript according to the requirements of the journal.

Then I asked Chen Zhou if he had time in the afternoon to come to his office and talk to him about the thesis.

Chen Zhou naturally has time, and he also plans to ask questions about journal submissions.

The reward of the project task is determined by the value of the paper and the impact factor of the journal.

Chen Zhou also checked the impact factors of many mathematics journals, and he found something that made him very painful.

That is, the impact factor of mathematics journals is generally very low, especially for journals in the field of pure mathematics, the impact factor is even lower and cannot be read.

Of course, this is also related to the calculation method of journal impact factor.

The impact factor of a journal is equal to the number of times the journal has been cited in the previous year or two years divided by the number of papers published in the previous year or two years.

Obviously, the number of times a journal is cited determines the impact factor of a journal to the greatest extent.

As for mathematics, why the impact factor of pure mathematics journals is so low, Chen Zhou also has an answer in his mind.

That's because, in the field of mathematics, if a paper has a high citation rate, it is likely to indicate that the content of this paper is out of water and is very superficial.

After all, the profound content should be incomprehensible to most people...

Therefore, such an impact factor calculation method has produced a large number of journals with high impact factors but not much nutrition.

If only the impact factors of journals are considered, then Chen Zhou can choose these journals.

Fast draft and sufficient impact factor are the reasons for his choice.

But Chen Zhou didn't want to feed the dog the first thesis he completed independently...

Therefore, it is necessary to communicate with Wu Xiping.

Thinking like this, Chen Zhou knocked on the door of Wu Xiping's office.

In addition to Wu Xiping, several graduate students he led were also there.

Although Chen Zhou hadn't chatted with these seniors, he had met them quite a few times, so he took the initiative to say hello to them.

Seeing that one of the peerless twins of Yan University's new generation took the initiative to say hello, these seniors were also polite, and nodded to Chen Zhou one by one, which was regarded as a response.

Walking to Wu Xiping's desk, Chen Zhou said, "Professor Wu, I'm here."

Wu Xiping pointed to the chair that had been reserved for Chen Zhou.

After Chen Zhou sat down, he said with a smile: "This paper is really well written. If it weren't for the requirements of the Mathematics Institute, I think you can graduate from the Department of Mathematics now."

Chen Zhou smiled embarrassedly: "Professor, you praised me on the phone just now..."

But Wu Xiping said: "Good thesis, good student, it's okay to boast more."

After a pause, Wu Xiping didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he glanced at the students who greeted Chen Zhou, and then said: "Moreover, the level of your thesis has completely surpassed that of undergraduates, and even some graduate students are better than Not on you."

Chen Zhou kept looking at Wu Xiping, so he naturally knew the professor's true meaning. He hurriedly said, "Professor, you are too proud..."

Wu Xiping waved his hand, then pointed to the computer and said, "I made some minor revisions to your thesis, and it is basically complete now."

Chen Zhou glanced at the computer, and it was true that the typesetting format had changed in some places. He said gratefully, "Thank you, Professor, that, why don't you name it?"

Wu Xiping turned his head to look at Chen Zhou, and directly refused, "No, I'll help you make minor repairs, but it's not enough to be named, as I said before, an independent SCI is more meaningful to you. Besides, if I really have a name with you, then you Professor Zhang will laugh at me for the rest of my life..."

Chen Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then immediately laughed.

However, Chen Zhou also understood what Wu Xiping meant, and he didn't care about the two SCI articles at all.

Just like Wu Xiping's first project he participated in, the final paper gave Shen Jing and him the signatures of the first author and the second author.

Wu Xiping added: "I have sent the revised paper to your email, and you can review it yourself."

Chen Zhou nodded, and said again: "Thank you, Professor."

Wu Xiping waved his hand again: "You kid thought of asking me to review your paper for the first time, which shows that you still approve of me in your heart. Be polite to me, and don't send me the paper next time."

Chen Zhou smiled when he heard the words: "Professor, don't you find me annoying?"

Wu Xiping: "No, just bring your paper."

The teacher and the student looked at each other and smiled.

With a smile on his face, Wu Xiping continued to ask: "By the way, which journal are you planning to submit this paper to?"

Chen Zhou immediately said: "Professor Wu, I just want to discuss this matter with you. I still don't know much about the choice of mathematics journals."

After hesitating for a while, Chen Zhou continued: "Actually, I want to submit to a journal with a higher impact factor."

Hearing this, Wu Xiping immediately frowned and looked at Chen Zhou: "Huh? Do you want to vote for a journal?"

Chen Zhou hurriedly explained: "No, no, I definitely can't vote for a water journal. This is the result of my long time..."

After finishing speaking, Chen Zhou took a peek at Wu Xiping, Wu Xiping frowned, and said softly: "The impact factor of mathematics journals is not high, and the value of a journal cannot be judged simply by its impact factor, especially in the field of mathematics. .”

"Well... If you want to submit to a mathematics journal with a higher impact factor, I suggest you submit to a foreign journal."

With that said, Wu Xiping opened a notepad, glanced at it, and then sent the notepad to Chen Zhou's chat software.

"These are some good journals that I have submitted to over the years, and I have marked some of their respective characteristics. You can choose a suitable journal for submission according to the content of your paper."

After a pause, Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou and asked, "Do you know the specific submission process?"

Chen Zhou nodded: "I know."

Wu Xiping: "Okay, then you can operate it yourself."

(End of this chapter)