Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 163 Paper Submission
In the afternoon, Chen Zhou accompanied Yang Yiyi to the library to play computer games.
As his mathematics project came to an end, Chen Zhou began to turn his attention to physics.
I got a list of the remaining textbooks in the Physics Department from Yang Yiyi.
Then, Chen Zhou began to plan his plan for book brushing.
According to Chen Zhou's plan, he must finish most of the physics courses in the first half of his sophomore year.
After all, the time for two graduation theses must also be taken into account.
Otherwise, it would be funny if I couldn't graduate from my sophomore year...
Chen Zhou spent an entire afternoon leisurely reviewing the physics textbook.
It has been a long time since I read a book just for the sake of reading.
"How is it?" After coming out of the library, Yang Yiyi tilted her head and looked at Chen Zhou.
"What?" Chen Zhou didn't understand what he meant for a moment.
"Physics, isn't it much more interesting than mathematics?" Yang Yiyi said.
"Hmm..." Chen Zhou hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Physics and mathematics have a lot in common, and I think they are equally interesting."
"Okay, what you said makes sense." After Yang Yiyi finished speaking, she took the initiative to reach out and hold Chen Zhou's hand.
Yang Yiyi asked again: "By the way, what did Professor Wu say about your paper?"
Chen Zhou shook his head: "It was just sent this morning, so I guess they won't contact me until tomorrow."
Yang Yiyi thought for a moment, then nodded.
Chen Zhou reached out and rubbed Yang Yiyi's head, and asked softly: "Yiyi, what about you, how is the progress of your project?"
Yang Yiyi said: "Our professor is too Buddhist and not in a hurry at all. He gives us enough time, so we are still in the starting stage..."
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "Be careful, this professor deliberately slowed down the pace at the beginning and then suddenly sped up."
Yang Yiyi asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Chen Zhou explained: "They all seem to be indifferent on the surface. The time given in the early stage is actually to lay the foundation. During this time, you can't just focus on the tasks assigned by the professor. You need to consider all aspects of the subject."
"Because if you don't prepare enough during this period, once the progress of the subsequent topics suddenly speeds up, you will most likely not be able to keep up, and then be scolded by the professor..."
Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou strangely: "How did you know?"
Chen Zhou immediately said, "Senior Shen Jing told me that he was scolded like this the first time he worked on a project with Professor Wu..."
Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou in disbelief: "It's not you?"
Chen Zhou immediately shook his head: "How could it be me? What are you thinking?!"
After a pause, Chen Zhou added, "I am the one who participated in the project on the shoulders of Senior Shen Jing. I have absorbed his previous summaries and lessons well. Now, it is time to pass them on to you."
Hearing this, Yang Yiyi laughed softly: "It seems that Senior Shen Jing has stepped into many traps in the past..."
Chen Zhou also smiled and said, "Anyway, I remember that when I first joined Professor Wu's research group, you taught me a lot."
At this moment, Shen Jing, who was in Wu Xiping's office, sneezed unconsciously.
Wu Xiping glanced at Shen Jing and asked, "Have you caught a cold?"
Shen Jing rubbed his nose: "Probably not, my nose just suddenly itched."
Wu Xiping nodded: "Then let's continue looking at the question just now..."
Shen Jing was seeking Wu Xiping's help with the problem.
Last year, with the help of Wu Xiping, Shen Jing successfully applied for the school's research funding and started his own research project.
At this moment, Shen Jing was seeking help with the problem of this subject.
It was only then that Shen Jing realized that working on a project alone was really exhausting, and his hair fell out...
What Wu Xiping provided to Shen Jing were only inspiring ideas; he did not say a single word about the specific issues.
After a while, Wu Xiping finished speaking, and Shen Jing was thinking about what Wu Xiping had just said.
Finally, Shen Jing slowly turned his head, looked at Wu Xiping, and said softly: "Thank you, teacher."
Wu Xiping waved his hand: "Don't be polite to me, is everything okay?"
Shen Jing nodded: "No problem."
Wu Xiping: "No problem, you can leave now. I still need to help look at the paper."
Shen Jing asked curiously, "Professor, has your graduate student published another paper?"
Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou's paper and said, "He's not a graduate student, but an undergraduate."
"What?" Shen Jing was surprised. When did another undergraduate student come?
Wu Xiping glanced at him and said, "It's Chen Zhou's paper. Didn't I find you and him at the same time last time? His paper has been completed."
Shen Jing quickly stretched his head to see what kind of topic Chen Zhou had chosen and why he had already produced some results.
"Complex Clifford analysis? A topic in the field of complex variable functions?" Shen Jing asked in surprise.
"Do you understand?" Wu Xiping asked.
Shen Jing shook his head: "I don't know much about it... but it is said to have great development prospects and many applications in partial differential equations."
Wu Xiping raised his eyebrows, held the mouse in his right hand, slid the scroll wheel, and jumped directly to the part of the paper about the study of complex partial differential equations.
"Take a look." Wu Xiping pointed at the contents on the computer.
Shen Jing looked in the direction of Wu Xiping's finger, and then looked for a long time...
"Is this really a paper written by a freshman?" This was Shen Jing's first reaction after reading it.
There was no other way. He felt it was a bit difficult to do this project.
No, it is very difficult. This topic is completely beyond the ability of undergraduates, okay?
Glancing at the shocked Shen Jing, Wu Xiping chuckled and asked, "What do you feel?"
Shen Jing paused for a moment before replying, "That's amazing..."
Wu Xiping: "It's really amazing. There are only a handful of people who can complete this project to this level in the entire freshman, sophomore and junior years, and there may be even fewer."
After a pause, Wu Xiping continued, "Chen Zhou is very talented in the field of complex variable functions. If he concentrates on studying, this field will be a big stage for him to display his talents."
Shen Jing was slightly stunned. This compliment was too real...
You should know that complex functions include too many theories, such as single-valued analytic function theory, Riemann surface theory, geometric function theory, residue theory, and generalized analytic functions, all of which belong to the field of complex functions.
Pick any one of them, they are all very capable, there is not a single weak character.
Shen Jing originally thought that he would be able to complete the project faster than Chen Zhou, but in the end he was still a little slower.
His project will take at least two months to enter the final stage...
Moreover, he applied for school project funding.
Thinking of this, Shen Jing sighed softly and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry, I..."
Wu Xiping interrupted, "What are you sorry for? You are different from Chen Zhou. You are already an excellent student. You should know how difficult it is to apply for school research funding support from the Department of Mathematics at Yanda University when you are a junior. There are not many students in the Department of Mathematics who are qualified, so you don't have to belittle yourself."
Shen Jing felt a little warm in his heart. He was about to say thank you to the teacher, but Wu Xiping said, "As for Chen Zhou, if you consider that he is only a freshman, then to be fair, I think he is the best in the entire mathematics department. There is no comparison."
Shen Jing swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. Wu Xiping's praise was more genuine than before...
After leaving Wu Xiping's office, Shen Jing took out his cell phone and wondered whether he should call Chen Zhou, but finally gave up.
"This guy... Tsk tsk tsk, I will graduate next year, and he will graduate next year too..." Shen Jing said with a bitter smile. If this junior fellow also studied for a master's degree with Professor Wu, the pressure on everyone would instantly increase tenfold...
Chen Zhou naturally didn't know what happened in the office. He didn't receive a call from Wu Xiping until the next afternoon.
Wu Xiping told him that he had read the paper and found it very well written. The argumentation process of the entire paper was extremely rigorous and there was nothing that needed to be modified.
You just need to adjust the format of the paper, edit it and submit it according to the journal requirements.
Then I asked Chen Zhou if he had time in the afternoon to go to his office and talk to him about the thesis.
Chen Zhou naturally had time, and he was also planning to ask about journal submission issues.
The reward for the project task is determined by the value of the paper and the impact factor of the journal.
Chen Zhou also checked the impact factors of many mathematics journals, and he found something that really frustrates him.
That is, the impact factors of mathematics journals are generally very low, especially for journals in the field of pure mathematics, where the impact factors are extremely low.
Of course, this is also related to the calculation method of journal impact factor.
The impact factor of a journal is equal to the number of citations it has received in the previous one or two years divided by the number of papers it has published in those two years.
Obviously, the number of times a journal is cited determines the journal's impact factor to the greatest extent.
As for mathematics, Chen Zhou also has a rough answer in his mind as to why the impact factor of pure mathematics journals is so low.
That is because, in the field of mathematics, if a paper has a high citation rate, it is very likely that the content of the paper is watered-down and superficial.
After all, profound content should be incomprehensible to most people...
Therefore, this method of calculating impact factors has spawned a large number of journals that have high impact factors but are actually not very informative.
If Chen Zhou only considers the impact factor of the journal, he can choose these water journals.
The quick manuscript review and sufficient impact factor were the reasons for his choice.
But Chen Zhou didn't want his first independently completed paper to be thrown away like this...
Therefore, it is very necessary to communicate with Wu Xiping.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhou knocked on the door of Wu Xiping's office.
In addition to Wu Xiping, several graduate students he supervised were also present.
Although Chen Zhou had not chatted much with these seniors, he had met them quite a few times, so he took the initiative to greet them.
Seeing one of the two most outstanding talents of the new generation of Yan University take the initiative to say hello, these seniors also politely nodded to Chen Zhou one by one as a response.
Walking to Wu Xiping's desk, Chen Zhou said, "Professor Wu, I'm here."
Wu Xiping pointed to the chair that had been reserved for Chen Zhou.
After Chen Zhou sat down, he smiled and said, "This paper is indeed well written. If it weren't for the requirements of the School of Mathematics, I think you could graduate from the Department of Mathematics now."
Chen Zhou smiled embarrassedly: "Professor, you praised me once on the phone just now..."
Wu Xiping said, "It's a good paper, and a good student. It's okay to praise them more."
After a pause, Wu Xiping, whether intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at the students who greeted Chen Zhou, and then said: "Moreover, the level of your paper has completely surpassed that of undergraduates, and even some graduate students are not as good as you."
Chen Zhou had been looking at Wu Xiping, so he naturally knew what the professor really meant. He hurriedly said, "Professor, you are too kind..."
Wu Xiping waved his hand, then pointed at the computer and said, "I made some minor revisions to your paper, and it's basically complete now."
Chen Zhou glanced at the computer and found that the formatting of some places had indeed changed. He said gratefully, "Thank you, Professor. Would you like to put your name on the list?"
Wu Xiping turned his head and looked at Chen Zhou, and directly refused: "No, I helped you with some minor repairs, but it's not enough to put my name on it. Like I said before, an independent SCI article means more to you. Besides, if I really put my name on your paper, then Professor Zhang will laugh at me for the rest of my life..."
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, then he laughed.
However, Chen Zhou also understood what Wu Xiping meant. He didn't care about these one or two SCI papers at all.
Just like the first project of Wu Xiping that he participated in, the final paper was signed as the first author and the second author to Shen Jinghe and him.
Wu Xiping added: "I have sent the revised paper to your email address. You can review it yourself."
Chen Zhou nodded and said again: "Thank you, Professor."
Wu Xiping waved his hand again: "You were the first to think of me reviewing your paper, which shows that you still recognize me in your heart. If you continue to be polite to me, don't send me your paper next time."
Chen Zhou smiled when he heard this: "Then Professor, please don't find me annoying in the future?"
Wu Xiping: "No, just bring your paper."
The teacher and the student smiled at each other.
With a smile on his face, Wu Xiping continued to ask: "By the way, which journal do you plan to submit this paper to?"
Chen Zhou immediately said, "Professor Wu, I just want to discuss this with you. I don't know much about the selection of mathematics journals."
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Zhou continued, "Actually, I want to submit to a journal with a larger impact factor."
Upon hearing this, Wu Xiping frowned and looked at Chen Zhou: "Hmm? You want to submit to a fake publication?"
Chen Zhou hurriedly explained: "No, no, it definitely can't be submitted to a weak journal. This is the result of my long-term efforts..."
After saying that, Chen Zhou secretly glanced at Wu Xiping. Wu Xiping's brows relaxed and he said softly, "The impact factors of mathematics journals are not high. We cannot simply rely on the impact factor to judge the value of a journal, especially in the field of mathematics."
"Well...if you want to submit to a mathematics journal with a higher impact factor, I suggest you submit to a foreign one."
As he spoke, Wu Xiping opened a notepad, took a look at it, and then sent the notepad to Chen Zhou's chat software.
"These are some of the good journals I have submitted to over the years. I have also marked some of their respective characteristics. You can choose a suitable journal to submit your paper based on the content of your paper."
After a pause, Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou and asked, "Do you know the specific submission process?"
Chen Zhou nodded: "I know."
Wu Xiping: "Okay, then you can do it yourself from now on."
