Chapter 84: What on earth did you do behind our backs!
Wang Xiangwu, who has decades of experience in paper submission, knows how difficult it is to publish a paper.
Wang Xiangwu still remembers the most exaggerated time when the review comments given by the journal editor to him were almost as long as the length of Wang Xiangwu's paper.
But in order to successfully publish the paper in the journal, Wang Xiangwu must also strictly make revisions according to the editor's opinions.
This time, the editor of PRL only made more than ten suggestions for revision of Xu You's paper.
If everything goes well, the paper revision should be completed within two or three days.
Xu You spent two nights to complete the revision of the paper.
During this time, Xu You's roommate also saw Xu You busy with something in front of the computer.
But since Xu You didn't say it on his own initiative, no one asked any further questions.
In fact, the content that needed to be revised was not too much. It was just that because it was an entirely English paper, Xu You needed to look up a lot of professional terms and spent a lot of time on translation.
After proofreading again by Wang Xiangwu and others, it was finally confirmed that there were no problems with the entire revision.
Wang Xiangwu submitted the paper revised by Xu You to the PRL review mailbox again.
This time the response was relatively quick. Within just a few days, the editor of PRL gave a response.
There are no problems with the entire paper and it can be successfully published in the next issue of PRL journal.
After receiving this news, Wang Xiangwu finally felt relieved.
Xu You's paper is also of great significance to Wang Xiangwu.
This means that Wang Xiangwu's laboratory has made a new breakthrough in research in the field of quantum physics.
Xu You was also very happy when he heard the news.
Just wait for the next issue of PRL journal to be released, and you will be able to see your paper.
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This issue of Physical Review Letters was published as scheduled.
Wang Xiangwu immediately got several new issues of the journal, notified Xu You to come to the laboratory, and gave Xu You a copy.
"Xu You, you can take it back and keep it well. Your starting point is already higher than the end point of many people, but I believe that this is just the beginning."
Wang Xiangwu had never given such high praise to any of his students.
"Thank you, teacher. I will definitely continue to work hard."
"That's right, Junior Brother, I think so too. But Teacher Wang, when you said 'many people', are you sure you are not reading out my ID number?" Zhao Weijia said with a wry smile.
"If you insist on saying so, then the ' many people' must include me. When I was a freshman at Jida University, I could hardly keep up with the teacher's lectures and didn't even think about scientific research. Come on, Weijia, you should keep one too, because your name is on it. Many people may not be able to leave their names on PRL in their lifetime, so this is also worth keeping for your reference."
For this paper, Xu You also reciprocated and gave the position of third author of his paper to Zhao Weijiajia .
"That's true. Even though it's only a third-level work, I can still show off a bit. Junior brother, keep up the good work. If I can get a few more third-level works, my resume will be impressive enough."
Although the role of three authors in a paper is not great, if it is a journal of the level of PRL, being the third author is definitely an honor that adds icing on the cake.
After Xu You took the journal back to the dormitory, he put it on his bookshelf.
This is the first time that Xu You has published a paper in a journal.
Xu You thought that every time he published a paper, he would keep the journal.
Try to collect many copies...
No, it’s better to have a lot of stacks.
The news that Xu You's paper was successfully published in PRL did not spread at first.
Only a small group of people in the industry who often pay attention to physics journals discovered this news at the first time.
Undoubtedly, this news caused a huge sensation in the industry.
Originally, PRL was considered by the physics community to be the world's top journal.
Not to mention doctoral students, even for university professors, it is difficult to successfully publish an article there.
However, a boy who was only eighteen years old actually managed to publish an article there.
Xu You's name immediately resounded throughout the physics community.
Not only the domestic physics community, but even the foreign physics community is discussing this issue.
As the news spread little by little, the matter gradually began to go viral.
Some media with a keen sense of smell began to report on this incident.
"Shocking! An 18-year-old genius from Jida University is featured in the world's top physics journal!"
"Xu You, a Chinese genius, solved a quantum physics problem at the age of 18! Shocked the world!"
"He won the IPhO championship on behalf of China, and his paper was published in PRL in the same year. Is it possible that China will have the next Nobel Prize winner?"
One exaggerated news headline after another made netizens excited.
Most netizens don’t care what Xu You is researching and what its significance is.
But I am very interested in such genius deeds.
"Published a paper at the age of 18? This is too awesome! Jida has produced another genius. I wonder who is more awesome, him or Wei Shen."
"I'm not exaggerating, the gap between Xu You and me may be even greater than the gap between monkeys and humans."
"Wow, it's the previous champion of the International Physics Competition! This time, China's physics community is really going to produce a talent . I hope he can help China stand at the top of the world's technology as soon as possible, so that the Ugly Country will never be able to hold us back again!"
"Media, please don't bother Xu You. Let him concentrate on his scientific research!"
Xu You's roommates also soon learned the news.
"Tell me, what on earth did you do behind our backs?"
Guo Haochen, Liu Rui, and Zhao Xiaohui locked the door of Dormitory 208 and surrounded Xu You together.
"What did I do behind your back?"
Xu You didn't have the habit of surfing the Internet to watch gossip, and he didn't know how many people were discussing him online.
"Come, take a look for yourself."
Liu Rui found the hot search content and handed the phone to Xu You.
After taking the phone, Xu You finally understood why his roommates were so excited.
"Ah, that's it. I did a project for a professor, submitted a paper, and published it. That's it."
It has been a few days since the paper was published, and Xu You's excitement has passed. He no longer thinks it is a big deal.
After hearing what Xu You said, his roommates finally remembered what Xu You had been doing a few days ago.
"I was wondering why your computer was full of English those two days. It turns out you were writing a paper. Xu You, what is the quality of the journal you published? How many credits can you get for publishing one?"
" Maybe... I can add a little bit."
I heard from Wang Xiangwu that many professors are unable to publish in PRL.
Xu You felt that this paper should be able to earn him some extra credits.
