They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 40 This is not a census! (Seeking for further reading)

1200 New York Avenue, Northwest District, Washington, the capital of the United States. This is the address of the editorial office of Science magazine.

The young editor silently looked at the pile of manuscripts in front of him and felt a little headache.

This editor is not responsible for reviewing manuscripts. His job responsibility is to eliminate manuscripts. He will first review the submission letter to see if the submitted content is in line with the scope of articles included in Science.

Only manuscripts that meet the inclusion criteria will be sent to the next-level editor.

But even this simple job requires a master's degree in science and engineering from a prestigious school to be competent.

The editor picked up the next manuscript and looked at the address. It turned out to be from China. This surprised the editor a little.

At that time, 70% of the manuscripts received by Science magazine came from the United States, and the rest came from Europe. Occasionally, they received a few manuscripts from Japan and China. At least this editor still First time seeing it.

The level of scientific research has always been linked to the degree of economic development. Although it is possible for economically underdeveloped countries to produce world-class scholars, it is difficult for them to produce world-class scientific research results.

The appearance of scientists such as Newton, Darwin, and Joule in Britain was not accidental, because Britain was the most developed country in modern times.

And when Germany began to rise, Einstein and Planck appeared.

Today, the United States is the most powerful country in the world, and world-class scientific research results are also flowing to the United States.

In the editor's impression, China is still a poor and backward country, just like what is shown in movies and TV series. There are old-fashioned bicycles all over the streets. Men, women and children are all wearing gray or dark blue Mao suits. With braids from the Qing Dynasty.

"Let me see what kind of scientific research results Chinese scientists can bring!"

The editor opened the envelope with curiosity, and then took out the submission letter inside. The first thing he saw was the author's name, mailing address, phone number, email address and other information.

"Zhang Wei? Never heard of it! Chinese names are always a bit difficult to pronounce. Who is the recommender? Didn't write it down? What's the matter!
An unknown person without even a recommender dares to submit an article to Science. This guy is here to cause trouble! Waste of my precious time! "

In the editor's mind, he has already labeled this submission as rejected. However, he still patiently took a look at the title of the paper.

"The electric field effect of atomically thin carbon films! Atomically thin carbon films, aren't they graphene? This thing hasn't been successfully extracted yet, has it? Why is there research on the electric field effect?"

This editor happens to have a master's degree in physics, and his mentor's main research direction in the past ten years is how to extract graphene from graphite.

This editor still remembers the joy he felt after trying to use a polishing machine to polish graphite flakes of a few microns in the laboratory.

But those graphite flakes of a few microns are still thousands of times thicker than graphene!
"Did this Chinese scientist successfully make graphene?"

The editor immediately looked at the brief introduction in the submission letter.

Sure enough, it said that graphene has been successfully made!
……

A discovery of this level was beyond the scope of the editor's work. It didn't take long for Zhang Wei's paper to be handed over to a full-time editor.

The full-time editor of the "Science" journal has the authority to forward the paper to reviewers, but when he saw the description of "atomically thin carbon film", he was stunned.

A full-time editor may not necessarily have very strong academic abilities, nor may his scientific research level be very high, but he is definitely very knowledgeable. He certainly knows the value of graphene.

A full-time editor would not dare to send a discovery of this level to reviewers easily, so this paper went to the editor-in-chief's desk again.

In 2004, the editor-in-chief of Science was named Donald Kennedy, a combination of two American presidents.

He was a biologist who was the eighth president of Stanford University. He served as the editor-in-chief of Science magazine since 2000. He died of COVID-2020 in .

Although Donald Kennedy has not won a Nobel Prize, his status in the academic world is still quite high. In terms of reputation, he even surpasses many Nobel Prize winners.

When the world's top scholar saw Zhang Wei's paper, he was also shocked.

"Has graphene really been made?" Graphene has been a touted new material since the mid-1980s, and the ears of those who listen to it almost feel calloused.

But after twenty years of research, no scientist has been able to successfully make graphene.

Now that this thing has actually been made, it feels a bit abrupt.

Donald Kennedy immediately read the contents of the paper carefully.

The paper only has a total of more than 4000 words, and for a scholar of Donald Kennedy's level, those proper nouns are not a problem, so it can be read very quickly.

"It was actually stained with tape? This is ridiculous!"

Donald Kennedy thought about it carefully and realized that this possibility really existed in theory.

In addition to the paper, photos of graphene under an electron microscope and related experimental data were also sent to the magazine.

Donald Kennedy had no equipment around him and could not verify the authenticity of the experimental data, but the photos could still be viewed. So he picked up the magnifying glass and looked at the graphene photo carefully.

"Is this graphene? So that's what it looks like! From the structure point of view, it matches the characteristics of carbon atoms."

Putting down the photo in his hand, Donald Kennedy fell into deep thought.

This scientific research result is so amazing that if it is true, it will inevitably trigger a revolution in materials science. It may even become the greatest discovery in the first decade of the 21st century.

Scientific research results of this level have been delivered to your doorstep. If they are not published, then "Science" magazine will not need to be involved in the journal field.

What if it's fake?

Although the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish.

But the stronger the wind and waves, the easier it is for the boat to capsize!

If the content of this paper is false, then Science will be discredited.

If the person who sent this paper was a well-known scientist, Donald Kennedy would not have to worry about it at all and just follow the normal procedures.

It just so happens that the author of this paper is an unknown person!

It’s nothing more than an unknown person, he is still a Chinese! With China’s scientific research level, can it be trusted?
Even if the author is a Chinese scientist, it is not completely untrustworthy, but at least you can find a few recommenders to endorse it for you!

How can I trust you if you don’t have a single recommender?

Believe it or not, you have photos and experimental data, and it looks perfect on the surface!
After thinking for a moment, Donald Kennedy picked up the phone and ordered his editor: "Go and check Zhang Wei's information to see if he has published any papers before. He is Chinese, so you should not only check the English paper index. , and also check the Chinese paper index!"

"Professor, I have checked just now. After rough statistics, we found a total of 2845 people named Zhang Wei!" the other party immediately replied.

"I'm not asking you to do a census, I'm asking you to find people who can publish SCI papers!"

"Professor, I'm sorry, my data contains EI papers."

"Let me tell you, how can there be 2845 Zhang Weis!" Donald Kennedy then asked: "So how many of them have Zhang Weis who published SCI papers?"

"911!"

For old Americans, it is really an unlucky number.

　Thanks for the support! I have to shamelessly ask you Andy Lau to read it again. If you feel that you are not satisfied with it, you can read Guan's previous books, "Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon" and "All-Around Athlete", both of which are pre-ordered.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)