Chen Yiqing returned to the laboratory and prepared to write a paper for submission.

Years of research finally yielded results. He couldn't help but write and think, and his fingers kept tapping on the computer.

Although he has been involved in the industry for a long time, his paper writing skills are somewhat amateurish.

However, the technical skills I developed during my PhD studies are still there, and I still have control over the overall idea of ​​the thesis, while the rest are just minutiae.

The more I wrote, the more proficient I became. In just a few days, I finished a paper on brain neuron cell regeneration.

"Okay, done, let's submit articles to "cell"."

After several inspections, Chen Yiqing was quite satisfied with his paper.

As we all know, cell, nature, and sce are among the top journals in SCI journals, ranked in no particular order.

Cell mainly publishes the latest research findings in the field of life sciences, so it is naturally the best choice. The papers published in the other two magazines are comprehensive journals that span many disciplines and have a broader scope.

In addition, there is another reason. When Lasker received the award last time, he met Dr. Sweet, the editor-in-chief of Cell magazine, and the two parties left a very friendly impression on each other.

So, he took out the business card box from the drawer, quickly found Dr. Sweet's business card, and sent it to the email address above.

According to his experience, it is estimated that there will be a reply within three days, and there should be no problem in passing the manuscript, and then it will enter the editorial board review process.

The article will be sent to 2-3 experts in the field to read and decide whether to accept the submission.

If modifications are needed, experts will anonymously write review opinions, usually several pages long, pointing out what is not good, further experiments are needed, how to do it, and then modifications will be made. After the modifications, the application will be accepted.

Generally speaking, only about 10% of a hundred articles will pass.

It can be said that magazine editors write rejection letters every day.

They usually first look at whether the article is important and whether it answers an important question.

Secondly, check whether it has universal significance, because some articles may be very important to a certain major, but no one is interested in it. Only a few out of a hundred people are interested, which is definitely not acceptable.

Finally, it depends on whether there is anything special about the author's work and methods, whether there is anything distinctive and eye-catching.

All in all, it is a top-level magazine with top-level difficulty and is definitely worthy of its status.

The review process is also relatively fast, with responses basically within a week.

As for the final publication in the magazine, the wait time is relatively long, it can be as early as 3 months, and it may take half a year.

After submitting the article, Chen Yiqing stretched himself happily and put it behind him.

Anyway, it is impossible to reject a manuscript. The next time you see your article in a magazine, it will be three months at the earliest.

Then he should concentrate on his work. Maybe the new drug will have entered the clinic by the time it is published, and then he will be able to publish a clinical paper.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but happily took out a bag of potato chips from the same drawer and ate them like a hamster.

After working for a long time, it’s time to replenish energy.

****

Eagle Country, Massachusetts, Cambridge.

Editor-in-chief Sweet had just returned from attending a scientific conference in the early morning. His face was flushed and his head was a little dizzy.

As the editor-in-chief of the magazine, one of his important tasks is to invite manuscripts.

Because of his great power, he has relatively free work. He can pursue famous scientists like a groupie, attend various scientific conferences, and maintain a wide network of contacts in the academic world.

When they see that a scientist has produced a very important latest achievement in their subject, the editors-in-chief will often transform into giant sharks, swim over quickly, and pursue and intercept the scientists in all directions, scrambling to grab that precious share.

of manuscripts.

"Dear Dr. xx, have you written your article about the recent xx achievements in the xx field? I promise to publish it as soon as possible. Your article will be on the cover of next month."

They often said this, walking through the venue, beating their chests, and making one promise after another.

At this moment, the editor-in-chief of a top journal is no different from a vulgar insurance agent.

"These crazy scientists can argue until midnight over a controversy. If it weren't for asking them to write a manuscript, I wouldn't have bothered to stay so long."

Sweet stood in front of the bathroom mirror, staring at himself with a tired face, and let out a wail.

"It's really hard to get appointments for manuscripts recently. There are no very important results. I asked around at night and didn't gain much. It seems that I have to continue working hard tomorrow."

He had just been promoted from editor-in-chief of a sub-magazine to editor-in-chief of the entire magazine, and the performance pressure was still a bit high.

Suddenly, there were two beeps.

The mobile phone on the stage showed that a new email had been received.

Sweet glanced subconsciously.

I happened to see the title.

I couldn't take my eyes away for a moment.

"Gene expression and interactions during neural stem cell regeneration"

His eyes were glued to the phone screen as if they were dripped with 502 glue, and his breathing became heavy.

He didn't react until the screen turned off.

He immediately grabbed his phone, opened the email, sat down on the toilet, and read greedily.

After a while, Sweet slowly put down the phone, immersed in an emotion called shock, and could not speak for a long time.

"This, this is incredible!"

After a long while, he finally let out a breath, and he was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"It's not a lie, right?" He suddenly remembered this and became cautious.

There are also some unscrupulous researchers in the academic world who, in order to publish papers, get funding, gain fame, or in short, for various reasons, tamper with experimental data and come up with a beautiful-looking article.

There are even some boss-level figures among them.

At this moment, the experimental data in this article looks like it has been tampered with. It is very perfect and in line with the theory. There is no fault at all.

This couldn't help but make him think a little too much.

However, since experimental data cannot be reproduced, fake articles can easily be exposed.

But this is usually a few years later, and the counterfeiter has already obtained everything he wanted in the first place.

Therefore, it is still quite profitable, which has led to academic fraud occurring from time to time and being banned repeatedly.

Sweet immediately looked at the author column. The first author was a person named yiqing. This name seemed to be a standard Chinese person.

An alarm bell suddenly sounded in his heart, and he looked down eagerly.

If the scientific research institution was in Eagle Country or Europa, things might not be as bad as he imagined.

If it were a Chinese university...

He didn't dare to think any further.

You know, just two years ago, he removed a fake article from cell.

According to the author's later confession, it seems that some experimental data were beautified, which prevented other scholars from successfully replicating the experiment, thus raising a lot of doubts.

This academic falsifier is from a university in China.

Sweet saw the unit where the experiment was conducted at the second glance: sanqing

A thought flashed through his mind. This name also looked very Chinese.

Soon, he immediately realized it and his eyes widened in surprise.

Isn’t this the Sanqing Group?

Is it the legendary Sanqing Group?

My God, Sanqing has actually solved the mystery of brain neural stem cell regeneration!

If the brain can generate neuron cells again after being damaged, it would be the eighth wonder of the world.

As a Ph.D. in biology, he quickly understood the significance of this discovery.

I suddenly shivered and my whole body couldn't help but tremble.

Since it was discovered by the Sanqing Group, it cannot be faked.

And the name of this yiqing is also very familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere.

He thought hard, finally remembered, and slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Isn't it the same Dr. Chen who came to receive the award instead of Wei Kang at the Lasker Award Ceremony? I also listened to his acceptance speech. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry. After exchanging business cards, I said goodbye quickly and didn't have time.

Have in-depth exchanges.”

Sweet immediately felt deeply regretful, but after seeing the article, he became happy again.

"It's great. He hasn't forgotten me yet. Such an important discovery was sent to my email address as soon as possible."

"This Dr. Chen will be one of Cell Magazine's best friends in the future!"

At this moment, he was no longer dizzy or sleepy. He just felt energetic and extremely excited.

"I've sent it, I've sent it. This is a shocking result. It needs to be sent to experts for review as soon as possible."

He hurriedly turned on his computer, found the list of editorial members, selected two authoritative experts in the fields of regenerative science and neuroscience, and forwarded it quickly.

Then he rubbed his hands excitedly: "I'll call again tomorrow afternoon to urge them. I hope they can release the review results as soon as possible."

"This article can just be published as the cover at the beginning of next month. It will definitely shock everyone until their eyes pop out, hahaha."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing loudly, not caring whether it would attract the breath of his next door neighbor.
Chapter completed!