Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Science Editorial, as busy as ever.

A large number of submissions are received from all over the world every day, and less than a tenth of them end up successfully in journals.

Warren felt more like a goldsmith than an editor. Screen novel and groundbreaking papers from a large number of submissions and deliver them to the right reviewers.

There is no doubt that this is a great job, because the whole world is being changed.

At the same time, however, it is a boring task.

As to why...

Because, as one of the top two issues in academia, Science is far too famous.

Contributors have no choice but to publish here. And that's why they see “breakthroughs” every day.

To be honest, there is no way to judge the correctness of a thesis in terms of editors who are only half footed in the academic circle. It is only possible to determine whether a paper qualifies for peer review by referring to the identity of the contributor, as well as information other than the paper at your university or research institution, past submission records, etc.

As usual, Warren made herself a refreshing cup of black coffee before work, then opened her work email and received a technically edited paper.

Looking at that e-mail, he couldn't help but have some numb scalp.

“I think Tech should develop some new features for our office software. ”

“Like what?” Belloc, who was working on it, asked casually.

Warren said, "For example, before sending the paper to us, calculate the weighting values by calculating the cumulative influencing factors of the contributor's past submissions, the academic ranking of the research institution, and then sort them. ”

Belloc laughed and said, "That's a good idea, but it doesn't seem fair to those who are not famous. ”

“What does it matter? We're Science. Shouldn't we be screening our papers a little more scientifically?” While relentlessly dragging a paper into the trash, Warren threw up in the gutter, "some papers were purely a waste of time. ”

Killed a paper and quickly opened the next one.

The moment I saw the title, Warrenton couldn't help but squirm in his heart.

Lithium-sulfur battery again!

The previous article, too, claimed to have solved the shuttle effect, only studied solid-state electrolytes. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with this direction of solid-state electrolytes, but some of the errors in the paper are obvious to even his editor, who doesn't have the ability to review them.

He's been reading all these papers lately.

Consciously looking at the contributor and his research organization, Warren suddenly stunned as he wondered whether he should waste a few minutes on this paper.

Seeing the contributor's name seems a little familiar...

Looking at the research institute, it's filled with the Frick Chemical Laboratory at Princeton University.

Then Warren discovered something even more surprising.

Contributed more than one paper, but two articles…

Warren silently looked at the calendar on the corner of the desk.

Remember the last time Science “highlights” a modified PDMS material paper published in the Nature sub-journal, he couldn't believe that just six months would be enough to write another paper at the same level as "modified PDMS material”.

Solved the lithium-crystal problem and then the shuttle effect?

That's an exaggeration!

However, the academic reputation of the Ark was there, and Warren paid enough attention to the paper and studied it carefully, line by line.

Then he made a mistake.

At lunch break, Belloc, sitting at the desk next door, stood up and was preparing to solve the afternoon meal problem.

At this point, he noticed that the colleague next to him was staring at the screen with his eyebrows locked and had no intention of leaving the seat at all. Out of curiosity, he walked over and looked behind Warren.

“The Ark? The Princeton professor? ”

Warren looked at the paper meticulously and said casually: "Yes, I don't think Princeton will have a second professor with such a strange name...”

Belloc's tone is a little surprising: “Unbelievable, it's only been six months... and the two articles are still cast together? ”

“And also lithium-sulfur battery, obviously he made a big move,” staring at the computer screen, Warren brainbroke the ballpoint pen in the hand, “two papers, one on the effect of hollow carbon sphere specific surface area and pore size on the diffusion rate of polysulfur compounds, the other on HCS-1 hollow carbon sphere materials, two papers with some relevance, the former focused on theory, the latter on application... What should we do? ”

Belloc hesitated and said, “I think Professor Lu's academic reputation can still be trusted. Why don't we leave the question of eligibility to the reviewer for judgment? ”

Warren had a headache: "I know, but the question is, who is this reviewer? ”

This is indeed a difficult issue.

Belloc's face also showed a slight discoloration.

“The paper on Hollow Carbon Ball Materials for HCS-1 says that many professors who do the direction of carbon nanomaterials have the ability to review, but this other paper…” Think about it, he didn't come up with a suitable candidate either.

I'm looking for a math professor, not many people are interested in organic chemistry. Few people can read the papers of the Ark when looking for a big bull in organic synthesis.

There are a lot of people who make carbon nanomaterials in this not so big and small circle of organic materials, and there are a lot of research teams who make hollow carbon balls, but they do computational materials… To be honest, there are just too few.

A lot of people ended up switching jobs as yard farmers, and their annual wages more than doubled. And few of those who don't forget to persevere are able to be bulls.

Because of the miraculously born modified PDMS material, the Ark has been dedicated to God by its colleagues who make computational material, all counting on him to save them like David Shaw saved computational chemistry.

It's really hard to find a suitable person from among these people who could be qualified to review the draft of an ark.

After a moment of reflection, Belloc tried to suggest, "Should we contact Professor Bawandi? ”

“But did he study the direction of carbon nanos?” Warren frowned, "and I heard he's been busy lately, pushing out a lot of invitations to review journals. ”

“However, he has served twice as a reviewer for Professor Lu, and only he has a good knowledge of his thesis.” Belloc said, "or did you have a better choice? ”

“Then write to him again.” After a moment of hesitation, Warren made an immediate decision to drag two papers into the folder where they were used to store important papers.

He had not questioned the eligibility of the two papers from the outset.

If the shuttle effect is truly contained by this HCS-1 material, this outcome will undoubtedly be ground-breaking.

Naturally, it would be more appropriate to publish it in Science.