Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 16 My goal is to surpass Ning Chen

"This academic journal is called "ADVANCES IN CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS", that is, "Research Progress on Variational Method". Although this is an academic journal in the second district, the impact factor is high in the second district, not even lower than some Academic journals in the first district..."

Following He Sheng's introduction, Ning Chen got to know the information of this academic journal, and felt that this academic journal was indeed more suitable.

"Research Progress in Variational Method" mainly studies variational calculus and its applications, and partial differential equations are within the scope of its research.

"Of course, if you want to submit your paper to an academic journal in the first district, we are also very supportive. But in this case, you must be prepared for the rejection of the paper. From the time of paper submission to the official publication of the paper, you need to It may take a long time. I personally think that you can try to submit to one family and one district first, because you are still young, and there will be no delay in publishing the paper later.”

After all, Ning Chen is only a freshman, and unlike masters and doctoral students, there is no rigid requirement to publish a paper.

Whether it is from the perspective of Ning Chen or He Sheng, they naturally hope that this paper can be published in a higher-level academic journal.

But Ning Chen obviously hopes that this paper can be published earlier, so that the task can be completed earlier and the next task can be refreshed.

Moreover, according to the system's criteria for judging the degree of task completion, the system only considers the quality of the paper, and does not indicate that the journal in which the paper is published will have any impact on the degree of task completion.

After thinking about it, Ning Chen said:
"Teacher He, I still think it is more appropriate to submit this paper to "Progress in Research on Calculus of Variations"."

"Well, that's okay. Now that you have chosen the journal to submit this paper to, we can then determine the final format according to the journal's requirements."

Previously, Ning Chen's paper format was written according to the general format, but because different academic journals have different requirements for papers, the format needs to be modified before the paper is submitted.

In the following time, under the guidance of He Sheng, Ning Chen revised the thesis.

Since there were not many problems with Ning Chen's thesis, with He Sheng's careful help, Ning Chen completed the revision of the thesis relatively smoothly.

After the final inspection by Yang Lianhua and He Sheng, Ning Chen's paper was officially submitted.

"Ning Chen, the delivery of the paper is a very long process, we must be patient enough. If there is any latest development, I will contact you as soon as possible."

From the time the paper is submitted to a journal, the paper first passes through the editor-in-chief of the journal. If the manuscript does not specify an editor, the editor-in-chief will assign the manuscript to an editor.

After the editor receives the manuscript, he will choose whether to accept the manuscript.Reviewers will be invited to review the manuscript only if the editor chooses to accept it.

After the reviewer accepts the review, he will give the editor his own review opinions. The editor will combine the opinions of several reviewers to finally decide how to handle the manuscript.

The best result is naturally to choose to accept the manuscript directly. Of course, the possibility of this is relatively small. Even very excellent papers usually need some revisions.

It is a good result that the paper needs minor revision. Even if the editor feels that the paper needs major revision, many paper authors have to make revisions according to the editor's revision opinion.

And the worst result is that the editor feels that the paper cannot be published in the journal and directly gives a rejection opinion, which means that the waiting these days is all in vain.

"Okay, Teacher He, I will be ready. Thank you and Teacher Yang for your help these days, otherwise, I really don't know how to start writing a paper."

"You are welcome, these are all things we are very happy to do. If your paper can be successfully published, it will be a happy event for the entire Shengzhou University."

Coming out of He Sheng's laboratory, Ning Chen couldn't help opening the system interface to check the progress of his task.Although Ning Chen knew that even if the delivery of this paper went smoothly, it would take at least a few months until the paper was officially released.

But Ning Chen still has a glimmer of hope in his heart. What if the system judges the completion of the task from the time when the paper is delivered instead of when the paper is officially published?
With this glimmer of hope, Ning Chen turned on the system silently in his mind and watched the progress of the task.

[Task: Publish a paper in any academic journal (Task progress: Paper is being submitted)]

Seeing the progress display on the system interface, Ning Chen sighed softly.

"Forget it, anyway, the thesis has been delivered, so everything will be fine."

Ning Chen knew that no matter how much he paid attention to the progress of this paper now, it would not have any impact on the final result, so it was better to focus on other places.

In the following days, Ning Chen continued to maintain a good state of study, and at the same time carried out regular physical exercises to make his body strong enough to withstand high-intensity study and life.

Every time the submission status of the paper is updated, He Sheng will communicate with Ning Chen in a timely manner at any time.

The good news is that the editor has officially accepted the submission of this paper and has started looking for reviewers to prepare for a professional review of this paper.

Of course, the review process may be very long, and Ning Chen has already prepared for a few months to get a reply.

And as time goes by day by day, this semester is about to enter the end of the term.

Regardless of whether students usually listen carefully in class, by the end of the semester they start to spend time in the self-study room, and their seriousness in studying is even worse than that of their senior year.

After all, even if you don't pursue scholarships, everyone doesn't want to fail a course casually.

Shengzhou University does not have the opportunity to make up the exam. If you fail a course, you have to wait until the next year to retake it, which is very troublesome.

Ning Chen, Yuan Shuai, Yang Yan, and Chen Tianpeng in dormitory 208 also stayed in the study room all day long, preparing for the final exam.

The goals of the four are different. Chen Tianpeng's goal is to pass every subject, and Yuan Shuai hopes to at least get a second-class scholarship.

Yang Yan's goal is higher. As a student from Lu Province, Yang Yan has always felt that he should belong to the student master level in Shengzhou University.

In fact, the college entrance examination questions in Lu Province are indeed difficult. Even if they are admitted to the same university, students in Lu Province have to face more intense competition.

Yang Yan felt that as long as he studied hard at the end of the semester, it would be easy to get a first-class scholarship.

In addition, Yang Yan has a greater goal.

Overtaking Ning Chen and ranking first in the major.

(End of this chapter)