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After a while, Wei Xingsi suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xu Qiu with piercing eyes.

For some reason, this situation reminded Xu Qiu of the popular saying: Sit up in shock when dying,...

Wei Xingsi picked up the charging phone on the table, thought for a while and put it down, and then said: I wanted to call Gong Yuanjiang, but let's keep a low profile. We'll talk about it after we post the article.

Later, Wei Xingsi took the initiative to ask, For this job, what journal are you planning to submit to? Have you considered it?

Xu Qiu replied directly: Nature Energy or Joule.

Wei Xingsi made a thoughtful gesture, tapped the table a few times, and then said in a deep voice: My original idea was to submit for Nature·Optics or Nature·Materials. In other words, although it is a sub-journal of Cell, it is now being promoted vigorously in the academic circle, but I don't think it will be able to rise in a while. I estimate that the influence in recent years is probably between that of Nature. Between sub-journals and AM, the uncertainty of investing in Joule is relatively large, while Nature·Energy is relatively stable, and the impact factor in the future is likely to break 40.

Then let's decide on Nature·Energy tentatively. After a pause, Wei Xingsi added: Speaking of Joule, I have another idea.

Xu Qiu asked curiously, What do you think?

Wei Xingsi explained: In the future, we can write a review of non-fullerene systems, focusing on a series of ITIC materials we have synthesized. Of course, this is not urgent now. We will digest all the work in hand in a few months. Besides, our ITIC series will definitely be the hot spot of organic photovoltaic in the future, or we can try to publish Nat. Rev. Mater.”

Nat. Rev. Mater., literally translated as Nature·Materials·Review, is also a semi-new journal. It has just been launched and has reached the level of a major sub-journal of Nature. In principle, only reviews in materials-related fields are accepted. The impact factor has exceeded 50+, and there is still an upward trend. Next year, it is even expected to break through to 60+, 70+, which is even higher than the impact factor of Chem. Rev. under ACS and Chem. Soc. Rev. under RSC. high.

Okay. Xu Qiu nodded. He really hadn't thought about this before, because this type of review is exclusive to big bosses. For example, their research group created a relatively popular subdivision field. After a period of research , develop several kinds of materials, and then write a review to summarize the staged progress of this subdivision field and the outlook for future development.

This is usually a form of direct invitation to journals. The boss of the research group directly writes it himself. Usually the number of authors is not too many, and sometimes there are only one or two authors.

Of course, according to the situation in Wei Xingsi's group, there is a high probability that Xu Qiu will be the first, Teacher Wei will be the second, and there is a small probability that one or two other people will be added in between.

After all, Xu Qiu is now a new leader in the field of organic photovoltaics, but he himself does not have a deep awareness of it.

We'll talk about the review later, let's do the job at hand well first. Wei Xingsi said with a smile:

I'll contact Sweden and ask them to test the J2:IDIC-4F system first, um...I'll call Feng Shengdong directly, he should be free now.

In the past six months, Wei Xingsi and Feng Shengdong have collaborated many times and contributed many articles together, including Xu Qiu's previous 3D-PDI system NC, Tian Qing's Chem. One piece of AEM, one piece of JACS of Titanium Mine, and one piece of NC of H43:IT-4F system just submitted by Han Jiaying are all high-quality work.

The call was made quickly, because the two were familiar with each other, so it was a video call, which made it easier to judge whether the network was stuck.

Xu Qiu sat on the side, and could see Feng Shengdong's head appearing on Wei Xingsi's phone screen, but Feng Shengdong couldn't see Xu Qiu.

Judging from the external environment, the other party seemed to be in his office.

This was the first time Xu Qiu saw Feng Shengdong's true face, and he had only seen his headshot in Tian Qing's review article before.

The Feng Shengdong in the camera belongs to that kind of literary type. At first glance, it gives the impression that he is either engaged in scientific research, or a doctor or something.

Wei Xingsi cut to the chase: There is good news. We have recently made a new system for organic photovoltaics. The performance is very good. I will send you a batch of samples for testing in a while. We plan to publish a wave of Nature Energy on this system. .”

Feng Shengdong asked curiously: Is Nature·Energy a new journal? I don't think I've heard of it before. He pays more attention to journals in physics, and he really doesn't know that this new journal belongs to Materials Science.

That's right, it's a new journal, Wei Xingsi explained: Nature's new major sub-journal is at the same level as Nature Materials and Nature Optics.

Oh, that's it... Feng Shengdong paused, and said, Should we still make TAS for this sample?

Well... TAS, TRPL, you have done everything you can do, Wei Xingsi added: Also, you have to write the analysis part this time. Last time Xu Qiu's NC article ended up being yours. It's dragging its feet.

I didn't do much in the organic field before, but I added a lot of organic literature later, Feng Shengdong promised: This time there will be no problem.

That's good, Wei Xingsi nodded, and then asked, By the way, do you want to bring Tnu this time?

... Feng Shengdong thought for a moment, Take him with you. It's hard to justify not taking him with the big journal of Nature. After all, you work under him.

Okay, you can decide for yourself. Wei Xingsi joked, In a few years, you can also return to China and become your own boss.

Let's accumulate a few more years, at least until my assistant professor becomes an associate professor. I'm afraid that when I return to China for a special appointment, I will be given a six-year non-promotional teaching position, which will be too painful. Speaking of this, Feng Shengdong couldn't help shaking his head.

This system of promotion or departure is like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate. Everyone is happy if you pass it, but you will be miserable if you don't pass it. There is even a risk of unemployment, so the pressure is very high.

Before Feng Shengdong met Wei Xingsi, he was always worried about this assessment. Now that he has read so many AM, NC, and JACS articles, although none of them have a job, most of them have hung up the communication and can give him an assistant professor. A lot of points were added to the regular evaluation, and the pressure was instantly relieved.

Feng Shengdong changed the subject: This job was done by Xu Qiu in your group?

Wei Xingsi: Yes, he just happened to be next to me...Xu Qiu, come say hello.

Xu Qiu stood up and waved to the camera: Hello, Teacher Feng.

Feng Shengdong said with a smile: Xu Qiu, hello, when will Teacher Wei bring you to Sweden to play?

Xu Qiu nodded, but did not respond.

Wei Xingsi answered: See if the Sino-Swiss STINT Fund that I applied for before can be applied. If so, I can find an opportunity to go there next year. Now the electronic version has been submitted, and the paper materials will be mailed in a few days, and the results will be available at the end of the year.

Feng Shengdong: Our application for Tnu's name here is basically a green light all the way. Your group has achieved so much this year, and there is a high probability that it will be passed in China. Moreover, there are not many research groups that can do the Sino-Swiss project, so the problem should not be big.

After a pause, Feng Shengdong asked again: By the way, Mr. Wei, are you going to apply for 'Jie Qing' this year, or are you planning to directly evaluate 'Yangtze River'?

Wei Xingsi: Let's start with 'Jieqing' first, so we can get more funds. The time to apply for 'Jieyou' this year has already passed. At the beginning of the year, I felt that the results were not enough, so I didn't apply. I have to wait until the beginning of next year to apply again. Apply, I don’t know if there is a chance.”

After the two chatted for a while, Wei Xingsi hung up the phone.

Jieqing and Yangtze River are two parallel systems:

Jieqing refers to the person who has applied for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. It is reviewed by the Fund Committee. After passing the review, you will get a fund project, which may be about 800,000 in four years. This fund is a special project , which does not conflict with ordinary general projects, mainly examines academic achievements, and relatively speaking, the review is more transparent;

The full name of Yangtze River is Changjiang Scholars Award Program, which is reviewed by the Ministry of Education. It is relatively more important for qualifications. It can get more wage subsidies from some countries every year, and the subsidy is too high. If Professor Changjiang is specially hired, it will last for 5 years. , almost more than 20W a year, and because there are no academicians in the liberal arts field, the status of the Yangtze River in the liberal arts is about equal to the academicians of the liberal arts.

Because the evaluation departments of Jieqing and Yangtze River are different, some are Yangtze River but not Jieqing, and in turn are Jieqing but not Yangtze River.

But relatively speaking, the number of Yangtze River is smaller than that of Jieqing. The former is about 150 people per year, and the latter is about 200 people every year. Therefore, it is generally believed that Yangtze River is more powerful.

At the same time, both Jieqing and Yangtze River applications have an age limit. It is required that the age of the applicant should not exceed 45 years old when applying on January 1 of that year.

Like Wei Xingsi, who is close to 45 years old, basically only has enough time to judge a hat, and he has stayed in China for a relatively short time. It is easier to judge Jieqing than Yangtze River. The reason for starting.

If you have the title of Jieqing or Yangtze River, the probability of applying for a fund will increase a lot, and like key and major projects, Jieqing or Yangtze River is basically the threshold. Of course, these are unspoken rules , In the fund application guide, it will definitely not say you won't get it if you don't have a hat, but in practice, it still depends on the hat, unless your report is very well written, or the output of scientific research is very exaggerated.

In other words, when a group of fund applicants have similar books and similar scientific research results, the scientific research funding will be tilted towards those with bigger hats.

Of course, objectively speaking, in the same field, people with hats are more likely to be more powerful than those without hats. Many researchers from Yangtze River and Jieqing compete for 350 pits every year, and some bigwigs will do it twice. Those who have both, if you don't have any real skills, it's still relatively difficult.

This is similar to the privileges of Great God, Platinum, and LV5 in the online literature circle. When a famous author opens a new book, it is directly recommended by the APP splash screen, or even blocked. Test the waters, and then category and serialization from the corner of the web page... Only by advancing step by step can there be more opportunities for exposure.

After leaving Wei Xingsi's office, Xu Qiu made a work plan for the article to be submitted to Nature·Energy.

Feng Shengdong tested TAS, Han Jiaying assisted in device preparation, J-V characterization, and EQE testing, Mo Wenlin went to NIM for third-party certification testing, Tian Qing was responsible for exciton binding energy, exciton diffusion distance, CELIV, TOF and other tests, and then worked together Conduct light source GIWAXS and R-SoXS tests.

As for writing articles and other characterization tests, including UV-vis, PL, CV, DSC, etc., are done by Xu Qiu himself.