Tech Hammer

For Ning Wei, who has fallen into an addictive state, he is only focusing on frantically outputting the content in his mind. This state is actually no different from an Internet addicted teenager who is immersed in the game world and cannot extricate himself.

Or slightly different.

At this time, Ning Wei couldn't even tell whether his brain was outputting or a certain part of his brain was outputting.

Words and sentences, various expressions, poured out like a tide. He didn't even need to think, he just let his hands beat on the keyboard.

The speed is very fast, and the blank document is quickly covered by various formulas and expressions.

Partial differential equations actually belong to mathematical physics equations, so they are studied very superficially at the undergraduate level. Students represented by Xu Ruixuan and Luo Xiang may find partial differential equations difficult. In fact, the main reason lies in the complexity of partial differential equations.

Generally speaking, the solution of a partial differential equation is still an equation, unlike the solution of a total differential equation, which is a numerical value. In addition to the partial differential equations and boundary conditions, many of them have only numerical solutions but no classical solutions.

This makes the entire equation system look extremely complicated.

This is especially true if it is included in a paper.

The paper was flipping through the pages quickly, and before he knew it, Ning Wei had written 53 pages.

…

"Damn it, Ning Wei, aren't you asleep yet?"

"Um?"

Once again interrupted from his focused output, Ning Wei turned around speechlessly and saw Luo Xiang who had just walked through the door.

If no one returns to the dormitory at night, the door will not be locked. Under normal circumstances, the door will be left open for Luo Xiang.

"Yeah, write a paper."

"Writing a thesis? Isn't that right? Do you plan to choose your own topic for your graduation thesis?" Luo Xiang walked in and said in a low voice.

In the dormitory, Xu Ruixuan and Liu Cong were sleeping soundly.

The quality of sleep of these two guys has always been very good. As long as they fall asleep, they are basically unable to wake up.

"No, I just practice my skills in advance to avoid being in a hurry later." Ning Wei said casually.

He himself was not sure whether the paper could pass the review of the journal, and he did not want to say too much at this time.

My eyes slid over the time on the computer again, and before I knew it, it was 5:13 in the morning. The children who got up early had already gone for their morning run.

Ning Wei felt a little dazed, more than six hours had passed so quickly, and he didn't even feel anything.

Fortunately, Luo Xiang was obviously very tired and didn't care what paper Ning Wei was writing. "Ah..." After a long yawn, he said, "Okay, I'm so sleepy. Let me wash my face." Go to bed first, and you should go to bed early.”

"Okay, you go to sleep first, I have to finish it off." Ning Wei said casually.

Soon Luo Xiang also climbed onto the bed.

When the dormitory became quiet again, the sky outside the window was already dark.

Ning Wei felt that he was still very energetic, so he simply continued to work in front of the computer.

Time passed quickly. By the time he finished organizing the papers, it was already bright and the time was already half past eight. This wraps up another three hours.

Fortunately, everyone in the dormitory is still dreaming.

But when the paper was finished, Ning Wei discovered another problem. He had never published it to SCI before, and he really didn't know the process of publishing it in such a top journal.

Fortunately, this is Jiangcheng University.

Soon he found the complete process of publishing in several top domestic and international journals on the school forum. Naturally, this also includes those from the journal Nature.

In fact, he feels that his paper should be placed in a journal that favors PDE, such as Comm. Pure Appl. Math. or Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal.

But thinking that Professor Smith published it in Nature, Ning Wei finally decided to try his luck in Nature.

I directly logged into the online submission system of "Nature" and started to register an account.

This step is very tedious. You need to fill in your name, work unit, research field, and communication email address. Only after filling them all in can you get a username and password.

Fortunately, this step is explained in detail on the school forum.

Anyway, just fill in everything truthfully.

For occupation, write student, for workplace, write the name of the school, and for the first time in the SCI research field, follow the direction of the paper.

After logging in, you need to fill in the information about the paper.

First select the paper type, article/letter, the former represents a research paper and the latter represents a research letter.

The former requires specific research content and is more rigorous; the latter is much simpler, as long as the subject matter is novel enough, and some cutting-edge things are fine.

Ning Wei chose article.

Theoretically speaking, he does have specific research content.

Then come the title, abstract, and keywords.

He filled in his unit, name and email address again. Because this paper was independently created by him, the corresponding author is himself by default.

Next is the welfare link, where the author of the paper can recommend or apply to avoid several reviewers.

But this benefit is naturally not useful to Ning Wei.

He wasn't familiar with it anyway.

When it came time to upload the paper, Ning Wei spent another ten minutes writing a cover letter according to the advice of his senior brother on the forum, then reorganized the key elements of the paper, uploaded the original manuscript, and signed a copyright transfer agreement. .

After confirming that there were no problems with all the files, Ning Wei moved the mouse lightly and clicked the SUBMIT key.

Soon Ningwei received the background status display as: manual with editor.

According to a well-meaning brother on the forum post, this means that the paper has entered the editor-in-chief candidate system.

There may be several processes next. First, the editor-in-chief will conduct a preliminary review of the paper. If it is acceptable, it will be forwarded to the associate editor. At this time, the background status will change to associate editor assigned.

At this stage, the associate editor will look for reviewers to review the manuscript in more detail. Generally speaking, the deputy editor will arrange at least two, and as many as five or six reviewers to review the paper based on the content of the paper. After the reviewers are determined, the background will prompt you to enter the under review process.

This is the longest period of time. Because most of the reviewers are researchers or experts in related fields, they themselves are voluntary reviewers, so when they can finish reviewing the manuscript depends entirely on luck and depends on whether the reviewers are busy recently.

It may last a few days, but it's not uncommon for a long one to last a few months.

After all reviewers have reviewed the paper and responded to their comments to the associate editor, the backend will enter the manual with decision state.

There will be several results at this time.

If accepted directly, the author will be notified via email in which issue the paper will be scheduled to be published.

Reject directly, there is nothing to say.

If you ask for revision, the author will be given a choice at this time whether he is willing to revise it. If you choose not to, it is equivalent to being rejected and unable to publish.

If you wish, the paper will enter the under revision process. The author will receive revision comments from the reviewers. The author can revise the paper based on these comments, or directly refute the reviewers' comments and argue with reason.

Then resubmit the manuscript for review, and then enter the under review process again...

So after seeing the manual script with editor prompt, Ning Wei directly closed the system.

Anyway, according to the normal process, he might not receive feedback until a few months later, so there is no need to worry now.

After he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt heavy and tired instantly.

After looking at the three people who were still sleeping, Ning Wei thought about it for a moment and simply climbed into bed.

If you don't pay attention to hygiene once in a while, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?