Chapter 300 The dust has settled, main station interview
December 6th.
As the Tangdu Jiaotong University incident intensified, many people thought that this announcement would be deleted soon.
But no!
On the contrary, many media reported on this matter, and the wording was also very interesting. They seemed to report this matter neutrally and objectively, but in fact they were vaguely biased towards Tangdu Jiaotong University.
These media also have one thing in common, that is, they come from Qin Province.
When things got here, some smart people naturally understood it.
Everyone envies Wang Donglai in his heart.
The reason for envy is also very simple, that is, I envy Tangdu Jiaotong University's attention to Wang Donglai.
It is obvious that Tangdu Jiaotong University must have taken action in this matter.
Otherwise, there are many ways to solve academic plagiarism, and you will never get to this point.
Publish an announcement and the whole network will know it.
Official support!
It can be said that the cards are full.
In addition to issuing this announcement, Tangdu Jiaotong University also released solid evidence that Christopher plagiarized.
This evidence was produced by Lu Tu and others in the laboratory.
Benefit from the development of modern technology.
As soon as this incident became bigger and bigger, it spread to the other side of the ocean.
Editorial Department of "Advanced Materials".
As a first-class international journal, Advanced Materials is naturally the dream of countless scholars.
Being able to publish an article in this journal is a dream for many professors and scholars, and it is also extremely rare.
At this moment, a heated discussion is taking place in the editorial office.
The content of the discussion was Christopher's plagiarism of Wang Donglai's paper.
With Tangdu Jiaotong University releasing solid evidence, the academic community has almost reached a conclusion.
That means Christopher did plagiarize Wang Donglai.
The premise is that Christopher cannot produce other strong evidence to prove his innocence.
The editors of the editorial department of "Advanced Materials" have a higher academic level and can naturally judge the authenticity of the evidence given by Tangdu Jiaotong University.
It is precisely because it is true that it caused a heated discussion.
“I firmly disagree with retracting the manuscript like this. We are a first-class international journal with a global reputation. As a result, a school from China can directly notify us to withdraw the manuscript. If we listen to him, Who will regard our journal as a first-class journal in the future? "
"So, I firmly disagree with the withdrawal of the manuscript, and I must not be too obedient to the so-called Tangdu Jiaotong University."
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A white scholar loudly stated his reasons with an angry face.
As soon as he finished speaking, another editor sneered and said: "It turns out that Editor William knew that we were a first-class international journal, but now there is a bad academic plagiarism incident, but Editor William insists on not withdrawing it. It is a joke to say that this is for the sake of the reputation of the journal.”
“If we follow the editor William’s intention, we should actually support Christopher, an academic thief. How can love be called a thief? As long as we have a firm attitude, can Tangdu Jiaotong University still sue us? "
"If we do this, scholars and professors all over the world will be able to see our energy, and they will be blackmailed. To put it bluntly, academic plagiarism is called academic similarity. When the time comes, I believe the number of submissions will definitely skyrocket. "The impact factor will skyrocket, and it will be a matter of time before we become the number one in the field!"
Hearing these words, William, who had previously expressed his thoughts, suddenly turned red with anger, stared, and said in a bad tone: "Dang, I know you are Chinese, and you must be facing your compatriots, but don't forget , you are the editor of "Advanced Materials" first, you should consider the situation of the journal first, instead of helping your compatriots."
"William, I have no interest in being here with you. Debating these things here, I am just expressing my own thoughts. "Advanced Materials" is not yours, nor mine. It is an academic journal that belongs to all mankind. The purpose of its establishment is also to promote technological development around the world. I am just here to Just to maintain its fairness."
Dang Zirui did not argue with William, but looked at the many editors present and calmly expressed his thoughts.
"You..."
William's face changed, and there was obvious anger in his eyes, but he was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"Okay, let's follow the old rules. Everyone will vote by show of hands. If you agree with William, please raise your hands!"
The oldest white man patted the table gently and said the solution in one final word.
The solution is simple, vote by show of hands to see whose opinion more people agree with.
Simple and unpretentious, but very useful.
Soon, people in the conference room raised their hands one after another.
Until the end, no one raised their hands, and the old white man said: "The number of people who agree with William is seven. Now those who agree with the party, please raise your hands!"
When William heard this number, his face suddenly revealed A hint of a smile.
There are many editors of "Advanced Materials", more than twenty people.
Although there are only six editors who support him, he knows that many editors only care about academics and are not willing to participate in non-academic matters, and often choose to abstain.
So, even if there are only six people, he is confident of success.
really.
William paid attention to the raising of hands in the conference room.
One!
Two!
Three!
In the end, only six people raised their hands.
Seeing this, William breathed a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, the old white man who presided over the meeting raised his hand, and the number of people who agreed with Dang Zirui suddenly reached seven.
The editors who originally wanted to abstain also raised their hands.
In a moment, the situation was reversed!
Noticing this scene, William's face looked extremely ugly.
He wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words again. He was not stupid, the matter was a foregone conclusion, and he would naturally not offend anyone again.
"Okay, the vote is over by a show of hands. Following the principle of the minority obeying the majority, we will withdraw the manuscript immediately and issue a statement. We are willing to cooperate with Tangdu Jiaotong University to thoroughly investigate this academic plagiarism and call on everyone in the academic community to set an example. , reject academic misconduct!”
The old white man made the decision directly.
The reason why this old man has such behavior and momentum is because of his identity.
The current editor-in-chief of "Advanced Materials" is Academician Wilson.
Act as soon as you say, "Advanced Materials" moves very quickly.
If the manuscript is withdrawn, it may not be discovered if no one pays special attention.
However, as a first-class international journal, issuing an announcement is still very disturbing.
Especially when the content of the announcement came out, it triggered bursts of exclamations.
Many people did not expect that Advanced Materials would actually choose to follow the advice of Tangdu Jiaotong University and withdraw Christopher's paper.
In addition, Advanced Materials has expressed goodwill towards Tangdu Jiaotong University and is willing to cooperate with Tangdu Jiaotong University to correct academic plagiarism.
Not to mention the shock that the news brought back to China.
Massachusetts, Christopher’s face looked extremely ugly at the moment.
Things developed so fast and suddenly, completely beyond his expectation.
When he first learned that Jiaotong University in Tangdu, China, had issued such an announcement, he took it as a joke.
He does not think Tangdu Jiaotong University really has the courage, and as a professor in Massachusetts, no one may really confirm that he plagiarized. but.
When Tangdu Jiaotong University took out the detailed information to prove that he had plagiarized, Christopher felt a little bad in his heart.
However, the elite who had been having a good chat suddenly changed their attitude.
The big shot who was originally so kind to me could no longer get through on the phone.
Christopher knew that he had been abandoned!
In the laboratory.
Christopher looked at the densely packed experimental equipment and felt extremely unwilling.
He didn’t think he had done anything wrong.
He just felt that he was too careless and did not perform well this time, which led to mistakes.
Just as Christopher was thinking about what to do next in the laboratory, the phone rang.
As soon as the call was connected, a cold voice came from the phone.
“Professor Christopher, I regret to inform you that your paper is suspected of plagiarism. This journal has withdrawn it and will launch an investigation to verify whether there is plagiarism. If Professor Christopher has evidence to prove his innocence You can provide it to us!”
The call was from Advanced Materials.
Upon hearing the news, Christopher just hung up the phone numbly.
But blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.
Maybe Christopher didn’t know this ancient Chinese saying, but at this moment he had a similar feeling.
The call was from the leader of the Materials Research Institute.
As soon as the call was connected, Christopher was notified directly of something without any greetings.
"I regret to inform you, Professor Christopher, that in view of your academic plagiarism, after discussion at the institute, it has been decided to temporarily freeze your laboratory permissions. Please go to the logistics department immediately to hand over the keys to the laboratory and make preparations for the handover. "
"This resolution will last until the end of this incident. Please cooperate with Professor Christopher!"
Christopher was not given a chance to speak. After the notification, he went directly. Hang up the phone.
At this moment, Christopher couldn't hold it any longer.
“Pa!”
He picked up the phone harshly and threw it to the ground.
The phone fell apart and hit the ground with a loud noise.
The anger in his heart seemed to be vented with this blow, and Christopher took a deep breath.
Now that the matter has come to this, he naturally knows that he has completely failed this time.
The academic honors and status in the academic circle over the years have all been wiped out with this incident.
To be more serious, even my identity as a professor from Massachusetts will be cancelled.
As for all this, he was actually mentally prepared for it.
How big the benefits are, how big the risks are.
He knows this very well.
It’s just that he couldn’t understand why Advanced Materials and the Institute of Materials made a decision so quickly.
This is completely different from the past. In the past, either big things were reduced to small things, trivial things were reduced to small things, or there was no movement at all.
But this time, it came quickly.
As a veteran in the academic world, Christopher naturally knew that there must be things he didn’t know.
But now, he was filled with this doubt and eager to know the reason.
……
The reason Christopher wants to know is actually not complicated.
Advanced Materials made the decision to withdraw the article not only because of a show of hands vote by the editorial department, but also because the relevant departments in China took action.
Academic freedom is an excuse often used by the West, and this time it was also used by China.
In addition, there is also a last-ditch attack from the journal "Science".
After all, Wang Donglai’s two papers were published in Science. If Christopher’s papers in Advanced Materials were the most advanced, wouldn’t Science’s academic leadership be challenged?
It would be fine if there were no problems with Christopher's paper, but when it was revealed that Christopher had plagiarized Wang Donglai, Science would not miss this opportunity.
There is also competition among academic journals, and the level of competition is quite fierce.
Of course, these are only part of the reasons.
There is another important reason.
Qiu Chengtong, Deligne, Schultz, Tao Zhexuan, Zhang Yitang and others all expressed their support for Wang Donglai.
Although these speakers are all mathematicians, they are not experts in materials science or physics.
However, when such a group of academic leaders with huge reputations in the academic world supported Wang Donglai, it still caused considerable fluctuations in the academic world.
After all, mathematics is the foundation of modern science.
Many subjects rely heavily on mathematics, and even when conducting research, mathematicians must be provided to help.
So, when such a group of people support Wang Donglai, neither Advanced Materials nor the Massachusetts Institute of Materials can ignore it.
In addition, the solid evidence thrown out by Tangdu Jiaotong University was very obvious, and Christopher could not produce any evidence to prove his innocence.
So, combined with all these reasons, Christopher got the punishment he deserved.
……
When the final news came back to China.
Many people thought it was a hoax and fake news.
Few people believed the news to be true.
Advanced Materials, following the suggestion of Tangdu Jiaotong University, withdrew Christopher's paper and issued a separate announcement, acknowledging the shortcomings of the review work and calling on scholars to boycott academic misconduct.
The Materials Research Institute of Massachusetts also issued a simple announcement, the content was very simple, taking away Christopher's laboratory permissions.
People in academia know very well what this means.
Although netizens didn’t quite understand it, they were excited to see that the research institutes of such top universities had made such concessions.
"I want to apologize to Professor Wang. I spoke too loudly the past two days. From now on, I will be Professor Wang's number one fan!"
"I have long said that Professor Wang is absolutely He is not a simple person. Tangdu Jiaotong University must be able to do this. Certainty of it.”
“I felt like I had been holding this breath for decades, and finally let it out today.”
“Isn’t that what you are focusing on? It's a bit off, now that it's proven If Christopher plagiarized Professor Wang’s paper, doesn’t that mean that the lithium-sulfur battery was really successfully developed by Professor Wang? This is the real key point!”
“The person above is right, I work there! The company specializes in batteries. Now the entire industry is buzzing. If lithium-sulfur batteries appear in China and can be mass-produced, it will be no less than a small technological revolution. By then, many aspects of our mobile phones and computers will have happened. Big changes.”
"On the surface, it looks like academic plagiarism, but it is actually a competition for the right to speak in new technologies. Now, it is clear who wins and who loses. The motherland is great!"
While netizens are venting their emotions wantonly on the Internet, Wang Donglai is also being interviewed by the main station at the moment.
(End of this chapter)