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012 A paper's trip around the world

Britain is small, but London is large.

This is the catchphrase of Handel, editor-in-chief of the world's top journal "Nature".

Whenever he introduces the city of London to his friends who come from afar, he will introduce it like this.

It can be seen how deeply Handel loves this city.

Even when he woke up early in the morning, there was still fog outside the window, the sky was gloomy, and the thick clouds seemed to be able to squeeze out water at any time. But he was still in a good mood.

For an orthodox British gentleman, he had long been used to the rainy and rainy weather in London.

And there are happy events.

As he expected, the paper published in Nature that proved the N-S equation has caused great responses in the entire academic community. It is conceivable that in the next few months, Nature will usher in a large number of high-quality papers to discuss this academic issue.

This paper was won by him through personal relationships.

According to Smith's original intention, this paper was first published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences or Science.

It’s not that Nature is not good, but Smith is a member of the National Academy of Sciences after all.

After all, there is competition among the world's top journals, especially among comprehensive journals.

Whoever publishes more high-quality papers, the higher the natural index.

High-quality papers like Smith that will inevitably controversy in the academic world are more popular. You should know that the impact factor is proportional to the number of citations. As a top player in the journal industry, Nature is very clear about the benefits.

After all, every time you are refuted, it will also contribute an influencing factor.

If the paper is finally proved that it is wrong, the withdrawal of the manuscript will be done. The impact factors that should be obtained have been made and will not be damaged.

Well, Handel must admit that he doesn't like Americans. Because these robbers robbed all the glory and glory of the Sun-Down Empire, but he likes Smith very much.

There are really not many native Americans who are willing to do basic research in a solid manner. Of course, it may also be because of their family background. Smith's father was a respected professor of mathematics.

OK, I'm thinking far away again.

He greeted the secretary very gentlemanly, then walked into his office, hung his hat and black umbrella on the shelf, and Handel sat at his desk and turned on the computer.

Soon the secretary walked into the office and brought a cup of coffee.

Except for Monday and special circumstances, Handel's review time is every morning.

The secretary closed the door and the computer was just started. When he picked up the coffee and took the first sip, he kept ringing "Dingdong".

For Handel, this is a very pleasant sound.

Since the last time the submission system was upgraded, the backend can already filter through keywords, giving priority to the types of papers the editor-in-chief hopes to see.

This function is really practical.

For example, when Smith's paper caused a shock, Handel naturally set the NS equation as a keyword.

Of course, he was not very interested in the papers he wrote now.

Because the real big shot should be still in the study stage at this moment, even if you want to publish a paper to refute, you will probably have to wait a little longer.

But he didn't mind seeing everyone's response.

When I opened the submission system, I found that there were already two discussions about N-S papers.

Handel opened the first article and spent one minute studying the author as usual.

Well, from, China?

Or a student?

Well, it turns out that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

Especially the title of the paper, "Analysis of the Three Errors on the Process of Existence and Smoothness of the Smith N-S Equation".

Handel subconsciously moved the mouse to the rejection button.

This is obviously unreliable.

But his professional qualities still asked him to click on the cover letter first.

Then Handel hesitated.

He is not a mathematician, and his doctoral major is not a mathematics, but he clearly remembers what the math master said to him, one of the previous reviewers.

"If Smith's paper has flaws, it is likely that it is a description and definition of divergence. I am not sure that he is right for the time being, nor is he sure that he is wrong."

It just so happens that in the cover letter, the first topic is about divergence.

OK, diverge...

At least it proves that this student from China is still of some level.

Or the judges should be given a look.

The author did not block and formulate the reviewer. Handel checked the paper's net manuscript. The author, named WeiNing, did not leave any identity information in the paper's net manuscript.

Given Ning Wei's identity, Handel decided to adopt a double-blind review.

In short, neither the author nor the reviewer knows each other's identities.

In fact, this review method, "Nature", was only tried in recent years after soliciting opinions from all parties, but not many were used.

Otherwise, the author will not be asked to give a reviewer who recommends or applies for recusation in the call for paperwork system.

Each method has its pros and cons, but Handel thinks that the double-blind approach to reviewing this math paper written by the student is more beneficial than disadvantages.

Since Smith's paper has been won, of course we must achieve the greatest effect.

As long as this paper is really good, why can't it be published?

So he naturally forwarded the paper to Deputy Editor-in-Chief Roman Wilson of the Washington Editorial Office through the submission system. I believe this doctor of mathematics should also be interested in this paper.

...

Huaxia, Jiangcheng.

When Ning Wei woke up in the noise, it was already dawn.

The three people below were making noises full of vitality.

"I'm still having a friendship dormitory in my senior year? You can think of it!"

"Haha, the four girls in the dormitory are all single now. If you are not interested, and I and Liu Cong have seen them, they are definitely more than 70% of their appearance, without makeup! So, if you don't want to participate in our group activities, you can do it yourself."

"Bah, can I not participate? If I don't go, I'm afraid that Ning's son will be fooled by you!"

"Ha, Ning Dowager is obviously our son, when will he become your son?"

...

Ning Wei picked up his phone speechlessly and took a look at it, at 11:20.

He remembered that he went to bed at around 8:30.

I had only slept for more than two hours, but I seemed to feel sleepy anymore.

If he had changed before, he might have closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

But at this moment he felt energetic. Of course, the most important thing was that he was very hungry. He had never been so hungry.

The feeling of hunger that I really feel like I can eat a cow can make people crazy.

So he turned over and got up.

"Um?"

Three eyes focused on him.
Chapter completed!
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