Xueba's Sea of ​​Stars

Chapter 199 tug of war

"The 'ordinary' level on CNS certainly does not mean that the level of articles in second- and third-rate journals is comparable, but that there are many studies that reach this level in the world every year, so many that they can only be described as 'ordinary', such as The graphene you are studying now, almost every year someone claims to have solved its mass production problem."

As soon as Feng Jinhui finished speaking, Han Kangshun continued to add: "Next is what we want to tell you. The first type of top-level work can be said to be done by just a few people or teams in the world."

"Most people who are already quite powerful in their own fields do most of the third type of 'ordinary' jobs"

"Then the problem arises. CNS only has so few pages, but there are so many talented people, and these talented people often bump into topics. You also study condensed matter, and I also study condensed matter. Then whose article does CNS choose? "

Seeing Han Kangshun stop and look at him, Wu Bin thought for a while and replied: "The authors who have published articles in their magazines before?"

"Smart." Han Kangshun nodded, looking like a teachable child, "Because CNS editors never lack high-quality manuscript sources, and there are a large number of papers that have been published in CNS magazines many times. of well-known authors are queuing up to publish, which results in CNS giving little consideration to authors who have never published in a CNS journal."

"Can this be a monopoly?" Wu Bin was a little surprised.

"Well, after doing one thing for a long time, a fixed circle will always be formed. This statement sounds a bit sour and a bit conspiracy theory, but looking through the CNS journals of previous years, I can still find some clues. There is only one vote Fixed talents have the right to pour water into CNS, if you are not in that circle, even if you have made the same level of results, even if the level is so high, it will be difficult to publish on CNS."

Speaking of which, Han Kangshun sighed: "A large number of manuscripts are sent to CNS every year in our country, but most of them are 'clicked' at the editing level, even if they are lucky and pass..."

"Okay, okay, what you said is like pouring cold water." Feng Jinhui interrupted Han Kangshun, and said to Wu Bin with a smile: "You have to understand that it's okay for us to be bitter, after all, there are still many powerful Chinese people around. Those who have published articles on CNS, I believe you can too."

"Thank you teacher for your encouragement." After thanking Wu Bin, he asked curiously again, "Then... how can I enter the circle of CNS?"

Feng Jinhui thought for a while and replied: "The answer should be relatively clear. If you have been in those Daniel labs that have published articles on CNS for a long time, you are considered to be in the circle. To put it simply, you become their student. Even to be on the safe side, it’s better to enter a few more CNS-level laboratories, if you perform well enough in the laboratory and are favored by your supervisor, you can still easily publish a few CNS articles.”

"Hmm... Is this why studying abroad is more likely to be better than studying in China?"

Hearing Wu Bin's sudden question, Feng Jinhui was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "It can be said to be one of the reasons. After all, many big stars in China follow this route."

After speaking, seeing Wu Bin's thoughtful expression, Feng Jinhui suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Of course, it's completely fine to publish articles with hard power. If you can make something groundbreaking and convince the world If you have a great research, then it doesn’t matter what kind of circle is not circled, when the time comes, it’s CNS begging you to publish an article in their journal.”

"Well, that's the reason." Han Kangshun listened and nodded, "But there is another kind of the worst kind, which neither has the hard power of a genius, nor can get into the laboratory of a CNS big cow, and just keeps working on "PNAS ( Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) publishes the research results, wait for the CNS big cow to find out one day, and after reading all your academic papers, I will say with emotion, "This person is really talented. If my name is on the article, I will definitely be able to be in CNS. Once he has this idea several times, he will be embarrassed to reject you in a row. Of course, you can publish papers in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) in batches, which is considered awesome.”

"Mr. Han...you are so sad today." After listening to Han Kangshun's almost "unlucky ghost" story, Wu Bin couldn't help complaining.

"Hahaha, this guy's paper was rejected by EI again, can he not be sad?" Feng Jinhui laughed out loud.

"It's as if you've never been rejected." Seeing his bad friend smiling so happily, Han Kangshun felt a little annoyed.
"At least I have a better mentality than you." Feng Jinhui laughed again after saying this.

……

For people who have been in the scientific research circle for a long time, the process of submitting papers to journals is like having eaten pork even though they have never seen a pig running. The basic process is still clear to them.

So after spending so long with them, Wu Bin has a relatively clear understanding of the "Science" submission process.

First of all, his paper must have passed the first hurdle of the editor of "Science", because if the editor of "Science" thinks that your writing is boring or boring, then it will be rejected immediately, and this rejection Basically within 24 hours, it can be said to be rejected in seconds in the journal industry.

As long as you persist for one day, it means that your paper has entered the second level. Editorial board, commonly known as the editorial board, is to let some senior reviewers and industry peers see how the quality of your paper is. This process takes about two days. week.

Then when your manuscript is converted to under evaluation (in evaluation)

At this time, ordinary undergraduates can already brag, and they can break into this stage in undergraduates, which can be said to be quite capable.

When Wu Bin submitted the manuscript for the fourth week, he was looking at the literature and suddenly received an email. When he opened it, he found that it was sent by the reviewer of "Science"!

'Have you finally reached the most troublesome stage in this legend? '

This stage is a tug-of-war with the reviewers. Generally speaking, the reviewers will send you some rebuttals or questions. If there are only a few, they usually ask you to explain or modify the meaning, but If a dozen or so hit your face, then you don't need to change it, just vote for another one.

According to Feng Jinhui, many people have been rejected from "Science" to "PNAS" and then to some second-rate magazines in the scientific research world. A set of punches can get you from "Science" to some 4 or 5 Small magazine.

However, Wu Bin didn't see anything trying to make things difficult for him in his reviewer's emails. They were all straight-forward questions, so Wu Bin pondered for an answer and began to write a reply email.

(End of this chapter)