Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 129 Come on Your Own
After leaving the science building, Chen Zhou originally planned to go to the library with Yang Yiyi to hang out, but he unexpectedly received a call from Wu Xiping.
Wu Xiping asked Chen Zhou to go to his office to find him.
On the phone, Chen Zhou vaguely heard Shen Jing's voice.
After hanging up the phone, although Chen Zhou felt a little strange, he still asked Yang Yiyi to go to the library to reserve a seat first, and he went directly to Wu Xiping's office.
When I arrived at the office, Shen Jing was there.
Wu Xiping and Shen Jing were talking about something. When they saw Chen Zhou, they waved him over.
Chen Zhou walked over puzzledly and 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 he had submitted previously.
The status displayed at this time is [Reviewer(s) invited].
This means that the paper by Chen Zhou and his colleagues has passed the review of the technical editor, and the editor has found suitable peer reviewers and sent out review invitations, and is waiting for the reviewers' acceptance.
Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou and said, "Chen Zhou, your manuscript review speed is pretty good. If nothing goes wrong, it will only take a month. After the peer review is completed, the review comments will be sent and the paper will be revised."
Chen Zhou nodded slightly. This speed was indeed not slow.
He remembered that Shen Jing told him that the submission date seemed to be October 28th, which was only two weeks away.
Generally speaking, after a successful submission, it will stay in the [Submit] status for about one to two weeks until it is accepted.
When the status of the submission page changes to [With Editor], it means that the manuscript has been accepted.
If the journal to which you submit your paper does not have any requirements for selecting an editor, the paper will first go to the editor-in-chief, who will then assign it to the corresponding technical editor.
Technical editing is also the first step in determining the life or death of a paper.
At this stage, the duration of the card will vary depending on the situation of the paper.
If the technical editor reads the paper and thinks it is suitable for the journal, it will be sent for peer review. This is the current status of Chen Zhou and his team’s paper: “Reviewer(s) Invited”.
If the paper does not fit the scope of the journal or does not meet the journal's standards, it may be returned to the author before external review.
At this time, the status of the submission page will change to [Decision in Process], and the paper submitter will receive a rejection notification.
When the reviewer accepts the review invitation, the submission page will change to [Under Review] status, which means that the paper is under external review.
Because peer reviewers are busy researchers, and reviewing is unpaid work and requires a lot of energy to carefully check and evaluate the paper, this process may be the most time-consuming step in the entire publishing process.
Depending on the journal and the field, it may take one to four months.
Chen Zhou and his colleagues' paper has not yet officially entered the peer review stage, which means that there is still a long time between the journal's formal acceptance of the paper and its official publication.
Wu Xiping clicked to refresh the page again, but the internet speed was a bit slow and the page didn't refresh for a while.
"Professor, you didn't call me here just for this matter, did you?" Chen Zhou looked away from the computer and asked Wu Xiping.
Wu Xiping smiled and said, "Isn't this good news?"
As if to confirm Wu Xiping's words, the submission webpage was refreshed.
The submission status has been changed to [Under Review].
Their paper has entered the peer review stage.
"Look, we've made another step forward." Wu Xiping pointed at the refreshed page, "Is this the first SCI paper you published as the first or second author?"
Chen Zhou and Shen Jing nodded at the same time.
Wu Xiping closed the submission page and asked, "Have you ever thought about publishing in SCI independently?"
Shen Jing was slightly stunned and a little confused.
Chen Zhou's eyes brightened. He went through so much trouble to talk about this matter.
He was worried about not being able to find the direction for his research project, and it seemed that Professor Wu was going to give him some guidance.
Chen Zhou asked directly: "Professor, do you have any advice for the students?"
Wu Xiping saw the expressions of the two students. He smiled at Chen Zhou and said, "Don't worry, I'll knock on your senior first."
Shen Jing came back to his senses and asked in confusion: "Teacher, what do you mean? Are you going to hit me?"
Wu Xiping was slightly stunned, frowned and looked at Shen Jing without saying anything. He suddenly felt that maybe he had found the wrong person?
Chen Zhou looked at the wonderful expression on Wu Xiping's face and couldn't help but laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou strangely.
"No, nothing...hahaha...sorry..." Chen Zhou stopped laughing with difficulty. This senior was indeed a bit slow.
"Then why are you laughing..." Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou and muttered.
"Uh..." Chen Zhou stopped laughing and looked at Wu Xiping before explaining to Shen Jing, "Senior, the professor is asking if we plan to do an independent project."
Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou, then at Wu Xiping, and finally understood.
Wu Xiping said, "Shen Jing, don't you plan to continue on the path of academic research?"
Shen Jing did not hesitate this time and said affirmatively: "Professor, I plan to apply for your graduate program after I graduate from college."
Wu Xiping glanced at him, feeling a little relieved, and continued to ask: "Then what? Do you want to continue your doctoral studies here?"
Shen Jing subconsciously wanted to nod, but after thinking about it, he finally said, "Professor, I want to go out and take a look."
Wu Xiping: "And then?"
Shen Jing's eyes were a little confused. He probably had never thought about such a distant thing.
Looking at Shen Jing, Wu Xiping said softly: "You have a good talent in mathematics. The teacher hopes that you will cherish it, make good use of it, and give full play to this talent."
Shen Jing was a little surprised when he heard Wu Xiping's words.
After a pause, Shen Jing said, "Teacher, I understand."
Wu Xiping didn't say anything else. He opened the drawer, took out a stack of printed papers and handed it to Shen Jing.
Shen Jing took it and took a look , hesitating a little: "Teacher, this?"
Wu Xiping explained: "This is the application form for the project. Go back and think about it carefully. Fill it out and give it to me. I will help you apply for the project from the school."
Shen Jing's hands trembled slightly.
Without giving Shen Jing a chance to speak, Wu Xiping kicked Shen Jing out of the office and told him to go back and think about his research project.
Only Chen Zhou and Wu Xiping were left in the office.
The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Stopping his laughter, Wu Xiping asked, "Teacher Huang came to see you, right?"
Chen Zhou nodded: "Teacher Huang talked to me about the project application and early graduation."
After saying that, Chen Zhou stretched out his hand, intending to ask Wu Xiping for the application form for the project.
Looking at Chen Zhou's outstretched hand, Wu Xiping smiled softly and said, "What are you doing? I don't plan to help you apply for a research project."
Chen Zhou looked at Wu Xiping in confusion.
Wu Xiping explained: "You are different from Shen Jing. You know what you need. In fact, after I told Teacher Huang about it, I regretted it. I think applying for a research project from the school will restrict you."
"I think you still need to do it yourself."
