Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Going Abroad
After Yang Rui finished his thesis, he asked the patent lawyers to read it before sending it out.
The target of the delivery was chosen by Yang Rui as "nature", which is the famous "Nature".
Compared with CELL, Nature has a slightly better public influence, not only because it is an old natural science magazine, but also because Nature has a wider range of coverage. Any papers about natural sciences can be published in Nature magazine, making its influence and dissemination more widely.
Many hot topics have been popular in professional journals for many years, but they are not as popular as a "Nature". Many ordinary newspapers like to focus on "Nature" and "Science" magazines to report. For example, the New York Times, and from time to time, they will come up with a popular science article that attracts attention.
However, in terms of academic nature, CELL is actually more rigorous and professional, while Nature and Science have higher requirements for originality and novelty, and the requirements for argumentation are not so high. With malicious speculation, Nature and Science first require you to be originality and novelty, because its high transmission rate makes the paper interesting and able to attract opinions from all parties. As for whether the conclusions of the paper are correct, although important, their importance is lower than originality and novelty.
The academic fraud of Haruko Kobokashi's paper on STAP cells was published in nature, and CELL gave the rejection of manuscript. Such a legend can probably divide a basic line for the two. STAP cells were an international hot topic at that time, and nature couldn't wait to publish them. As for CELL, it requires absolute professionalism. The articles published in CELL need to be proved clearly. Haruko Kobokashi could not do this, so he had to give up.
Of course, CELL is more rigorous and professional, which does not mean that Nature is not rigorous and professional, but that their requirements for argumentation are not that high.
Yang Rui's previous paper on potassium ion channel belongs to the top of the academic ecology, so he went for CELL. At that time, what he needed most was academic recognition.
This is true. After receiving the CELL receipt, both Peking University and Tsinghua University, both Asian and European academic circles must recognize Yang Rui's academic strength, which is what the young Yang urgently needs.
But PCR doesn't need to play with academics.
Its wide application is the key to its ability to win the Nobel Prize, and its academic indicators are not high. Because of this, Yang Rui's first choice for publishing papers is not super academic CELL, but nature or science.
In the end, Yang Rui chose Nature instead of Science because Science has a history of the original author who rejected PCR.
Yang Rui doesn't really want to experience this again.
Whether it is revising a paper or rejecting a manuscript, it is a very time-consuming task. The most important thing is that if the review cannot be passed on time, the invention rights of PCR will be controversial.
Yang Rui doesn't want controversy.
The age and education were enough to cause controversy, and he didn't want any other controversy.
At this point, Yang Rui was actually a bit overprotected. However, in the history that Yang Rui knew, the history of PCR publishing can be said to be twists and turns - the papers of the original author Muris were not published on time, so that other people's papers on PCR were given priority. The author once worried that his research results would be stolen...
Of course, his research results are now stolen by Yang Rui.
Yang Rui was confident in robbing, and in order to steadily rob the results of PCR, Yang Rui was not satisfied with sending papers.
If Nature does not recognize the importance of PCR, they are likely to reject the manuscript.
Yang Rui is not an old friend of Nature, nor is he an old friend of CELL. If he is rejected, he will not call or receive an instructor letter written by the editor. He will only get a standard letter for rejection in a few weeks. In other words, Yang Rui cannot explain and convince the editor, and when he receives the rejection letter, he has wasted a lot of time.
“I want to give a report at an international conference, preferably at a senior academic conference.”
Yang Ruisi thought about it over and over, and while Li Wenqiang and others were busy verifying the "golden standard", he came to Academician Cai and made his own request.
As for the current domestic procedures, finding institutions such as schools is the fastest.
Inviting foreign scholars? Sending invitations will simplify the process, but it may not necessarily speed up. Moreover, invitations sent from foreign countries will also take time.
Academician Cai was quite embarrassed.
International conferences are available every month, and there are even a few in busy months every month. Moreover, biology is a global scientific research hotspot. You can not only participate in international conferences in various biological aspects, but also count international conferences such as organic chemistry.
The key to the problem is going abroad, which is a hot commodity.
To be honest, in 1984, if any college boy had a quota for studying abroad and a quota for accompanying students, he could just wander around Beijing and find the most beautiful girl in any school to confess his love, saying "Let's go abroad together", the success rate of confession is 90%. If he goes to the United States, the success rate can increase by five percentage points.
University professors are old and it is impossible to study abroad. Everyone is staring at international conferences and visiting scholars.
Visiting scholars are naturally the best, and are the best choice for older professors to gilt. However, visiting scholars first need results, second, need recognition from international peers, third, need invitation letters from foreign schools, fourth and most important, foreign schools need willing to pay.
The premise of all this is to attend more international conferences.
Needless to say, international conferences held in China are all about to go, let alone international conferences, the ones are even more powerful.
Especially the high-level academic conferences that Yang Rui asked for, and he had to speak... This is simply the standard for visiting scholars, and some academicians are staring at them.
Academician Cai looked at Yang Rui's paper over and over again, and it was really difficult to make a decision. He asked first: "When do you want to go?"
"The faster the better, no more than two months... I know this requirement is a bit too much, but I am worried that someone will be preempted. In two months, the paper may have been published."
Academician Cai smiled bitterly: "The quota for going abroad in the second half of this year has been calculated. It would be easier if you have stayed at school..."
Scholars below the Academician may be able to go abroad once in their lifetime. If anyone gives up the quota, it is a deadly revenge. Just like a house, anyone will try their best to grab the benefits within the organization.
Yang Rui tentatively said: "I can go abroad at my own expense, just find an invitation to an international conference..."
"This is not a matter of money, what's the point of tens of thousands of dollars?" Academician Cai waved his hand to interrupt Yang Rui, and looked down at the article.
Yang Rui was also a little helpless.
The original PCR is so unpopular.
If it is cloning, let alone cloning a sheep, cloning a sheep's embryo. You can go to the world's top biology conference, and the organizer has to provide various excellent conditions.
If it is a century-old mathematical problem like Fermat's Theorem, it is even more amazing. A group of young or elderly mathematicians squat in the venue and look at you with the eyes of stars.
When I watched the original PCR in 1984, I might see some potential, but maybe I can't see the potential, but no one can see the Nobel Prize.
The potential of PCR takes several years to reflect, which is already very fast. Many studies often do not see the importance until many years after the scholar dies...
"A very good project." Academician Cai certainly did not see the Nobel Prize, but the paper in front of him still made him feel outstanding. This is the main reason why he was difficult to make a decision. If he had just a paper with an impact factor of about 10, he would not have thought for so long.
The highest achievement of a Peking University professor in the 1980s may be a paper with an impact factor of 10.0, but even so, there are so many professors at Peking University. For example, Academician Cai himself can publish many papers with 10.0 in the laboratory every year. Such articles are not worthy of his exception.
But Yang Rui's papers are more than that.
"Where did you submit the article?" Academician Cai asked.
Yang Rui replied: "nature."
Academician Cai was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly: "Okay, well... you want to attend a high-level academic conference and strive to publish it on nature, right?"
It can be seen that he believes that publishing this paper in Nature is risky, but also has opportunities.
For today's Chinese scholars, if they have the opportunity to attend "Nature", it is of course worth using all their strength to increase the chance. Yang Rui's request to attend a high-level academic conference and give a report is also a legitimate reason.
Even Academician Cai himself, if he wants to publish a "Nature", it may take several years, and he has to use more force in the first step.
Yang Rui was not easy to explain, and said in no way: "Almost, I am more worried about timeliness. You have seen that this paper is more creative. Although I applied for a patent, I am still afraid that I will be taken first."
"There is indeed a risk..." Academician Cai pondered for a long time and said, "This is how I will take it to the meeting and strive to pass, and then I will ask you for a mobile quota. In this way, you will not offend others."
He thought about Yang Rui very carefully. If he deprived him of a teacher for the sake of Yang Rui attending the national conference, he would even smash Yang Rui a brick.
Yang Rui nodded repeatedly and said, "It would be great if you can do this."
"There is another problem." Academician Cai closed the paper and said: "Your signature needs to be changed. There is no problem with the individual first author and corresponding author. The unit must be Peking University, and you can put it into your ion channel laboratory. It is not possible to use the name of Huarui Laboratory. I can pass it. Other members also have something to say. You can't give Peking University's overseas quota to foreign laboratories."
Yang Rui was so busy that he didn't notice this big mistake at all, and was speechless.
"This project was established by Huarui Laboratory. It was carried out in Huarui Laboratory, and it was the money paid by Huarui Laboratory... If it was signed by Peking University, the other party would not agree." Yang Rui could only take Huarui Laboratory out and push the tank.
In view of the possibility of being a "Nature", Academician Cai nodded slowly and said, "The reason is that, but if you want to place a quota for Peking University, you must have a signed by Peking University. Well, it is a bit too much for you to write it directly into Peking University. This way, you either write a cooperative experiment, such as Huarui Laboratory and Peking University Ion Channel Laboratory to complete it, or you add a tiered first author, the corresponding author and the first author are still you, and the unit is signed by Huarui Laboratory. In this way, everyone knows that it is your project. The tiered first author is written behind you and signed by Peking University. This is better. I will help you find a leader to sign it, and it is not out of line for a foreign quota. In the Huarui Laboratory, you also ask them to understand that you are the head of the laboratory, so you should be able to convince them."
Yang Rui didn't know how to react when academic transactions were so beautiful and refined.
In my heart, Yang Rui has no moral integrity. China has always been a polite. If a migrant worker does something high-end than washing test tubes, he dares to make a collective contribution. At least he can get a quota for attending the conference abroad, which has won favorable conditions for publishing the paper. To be honest, it is quite hard for ordinary school leaders to strive for a quota for overseas students.
However, Academician Cai could not see the true value of PCR, but Yang Rui clearly understood it.
This is a Nobel Prize-level paper. Although the school leaders cannot win the Nobel Prize, if you sign a Nobel Prize-level paper, it would be too much of a loss if you sign a Nobel Prize-level paper!
More importantly, Peking University must participate in the signature, which will seriously affect the patents of PCR.
But if you cannot go abroad to attend the conference, if you reject the manuscript in Nature, Yang Rui's right to discover will be seriously affected.
At this time, the original PCR development company, Sister, has already taken the prototype of PCR. They currently do not attach great importance to PCR, but once they retrieve the patent for PCR, they will definitely speed up the project and apply for patents at the same time in order to reduce losses.
In this way, the patents and discovery rights of PCR will also be seriously affected.
Just like a lawsuit with streptomycin, there are countless stories of lawsuits that are exhausted and finally have no choice but to reconcile.
When they arrived in court, what the legal professionals asked for was not the truth and fairness.
Yang Rui couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.
Chapter completed!