After walking out of the science teaching building, Chen Zhou originally planned to go to the library with Yang Yiyi to hang up, but unexpectedly received a call from Wu Xiping.

Wu Xiping asked Chen Zhou to go to the office to find him.

On the phone, Chen Zhou vaguely heard Chen Jing's voice.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhou was a little strange, but he still asked Yang Yiyi to go to the library to occupy a seat first. He went directly to Wu Xiping's office.

When we arrived at the office, Chen Jing was indeed there.

Wu Xiping and Shen Jing were talking about something. When they saw Chen Zhou, they hurriedly waved to him to come over.

Chen Zhou walked over in confusion, and he noticed that Wu Xiping was pointing at his computer.

Chen Zhou looked in the direction of Wu Xiping's finger and saw that it was the paper submitted earlier.

The status of [reviewer(s)    invited] is displayed at this time.

This means that Chen Zhou and his paper has passed the review by the technical editor, and the editor has found a suitable peer reviewer and sent an invitation to review, waiting for the reviewer to accept it.

He looked at Chen Zhou and said, "Chen Zhou, your manuscript speed is pretty good. If nothing unexpected happens, it will take only one month. After the peer review is over, you will send a review opinion and revise the paper."

Chen Zhou nodded slightly, the speed is indeed not slow.

He remembered that Chen Jing told him that the submission time seemed to be October 28, and it was only two weeks away.

Generally speaking, after the submission is successful, you will stay in the state of [submit] for about one to two weeks until the manuscript is received.

When the status of the submission page becomes [with       editor], it means that the manuscript has been received.

If the journal submitted does not require an editor to choose an editor, the paper will first go to the editor-in-chief and then assign it to the corresponding technical editor.

And technical editors are also the first level that determines the life and death of a paper.

At this stage, the card time will be different due to different situations in the paper.

If a technical editor has read the paper and thinks it is suitable for a journal, it will be sent to peer review. That is, the current [reviewer(s)    invited] status of Chen Zhou and his paper.

If the paper does not match the scope of the journal or does not meet the criteria of the journal, it may be returned to the author before external review.

At this time, the status of the submission page will become [decision    in        process], and the contributors will also receive a notice of rejection.

When the reviewer accepts the review invitation, the submission page will change to the status of [under     review], which means that the paper is under review.

Because peer reviewers are also busy scientific researchers, and reviewing manuscripts is free and requires a lot of energy to carefully examine and evaluate papers, this process may be the most time-consuming step in the entire publication process.

Depending on the journal and field, it may take about one to four months.

Chen Zhou and his fellow papers have not officially entered the peer review stage, which means that there is still a long time before the journal officially accepts the paper and the paper is officially published.

Wu Xiping clicked on the refresh page again, but the internet speed was a bit slow and it didn't refresh for a while.

"Professor, you are not asking me for this, right?" Chen Zhou withdrew his gaze from the computer and asked at Wu Xiping.

Wu Xiping smiled and said, "Isn't this good news?"

It seems to be proof of Wu Xiping's words, and the web page of the submission was refreshed.

The submission status has been changed to [under     review].

Their papers entered the peer review stage.

"Look, I've taken another step forward." Wu Xiping glanced at the refreshed page, "This is the first sci you published as the first author and the second author, right?"

Chen Zhou and Shen Jing nodded at the same time.

Wu Xiping closed the submission page and said instead: "Have you ever thought about posting SCI independently?"

Chen Jing was slightly stunned, a little confused.

Chen Zhou's eyes became brighter. He wanted to talk about this after such a big bend.

He was worried that he could not find the direction of the project. It seemed that Professor Wu was planning to give advice.

Chen Zhou asked directly: "Professor, do you have anything to guide students?"

Wu Xiping saw all the expressions of the two students. He smiled and looked at Chen Zhou and said, "Don't be anxious, knock your senior first."

Chen Jing came to his senses and asked in confusion: "Teacher, what does it mean? Are you going to hit me?"

Wu Xiping was slightly stunned, frowned and looked at Chen Jing, without saying anything. He only felt that he had found the wrong person?

Chen Zhou looked at the wonderful expression on Wu Xiping's face and couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Jing looked at Chen Zhou strangely.

"No, nothing...hahaha...sorry..." Chen Zhou stopped laughing with difficulty. This senior committee member was really a bit cute.

"Then you are still laughing..." Chen Jing looked at Chen Zhou and muttered.

"Uh..." Chen Zhou put away his laughter, first glanced at Wu Xiping, and then explained to Chen Jing, "Senior, the professor is asking us if we plan to do the topic independently."

Chen Jing looked at Chen Zhou, then Wu Xiping, and finally understood.

Wu Xiping said, "Chen Jing, don't you plan to continue on the road of academic research?"

Chen Jing did not hesitate this time and said affirmatively: "Professor, I plan to graduate from undergraduate studies, so I will take your postgraduate entrance exam."

Wu Xiping looked at him, felt a little relieved, and continued to ask, "Then, what about studying for a doctorate again here?"

Chen Jing subconsciously nodded, but after thinking about it, he finally said, "Professor, I still want to go out and have a look."

Wu Xiping: "What about it?"

Chen Jing's eyes were a little confused. He probably had never thought of such a distant thing.

Looking at Chen Jing, Wu Xiping whispered: "You have good talents in mathematics. The teacher hopes that you cherish, make good use of it, and give full play to this talent."

Chen Jing was a little surprised when he heard Wu Xiping's words.

After a pause, Chen Jing said, "Teacher, I understand."

Wu Xiping didn't say anything more. He opened the drawer, took out a stack of printed paper, and handed it to Chen Jing.

Chen Jing took it and took a look, hesitating slightly: "Teacher, this?"

Wu Xiping explained: "This is the application form for the project. You can go back and think about it carefully. After filling it out, I will help you apply for the project from the school."

Chen Jing's hands trembled slightly.

Without giving Chen Jing another chance to speak, Wu Xiping drove Chen Jing out of the office and asked him to go back and think about the topic as soon as possible.

Only Chen Zhou and Wu Xiping were left in the office.

The two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

Putting away the laughter, Wu Xiping asked, "Teacher Huang is going to find you?"

Chen Zhou nodded: "Teacher Huang asked me to discuss the project application and early graduation."

After saying that, Chen Zhou reached out to ask Wu Xiping for the application form for the project.

Looking at Chen Zhou's hand stretched out, Wu Xiping smiled and said, "I have no plans to apply for a project for you, you can do it yourself."

Chen Zhou looked at Wu Xiping in confusion.
Chapter completed!