Chapter 129 reaches a new high, with three "Nature" articles!
London, Great Britain.
"Nature" magazine headquarters.
“I really didn’t expect that this young scholar from China would submit three such important papers to us at once.”
As for Ning Chen’s name, they all It’s not unfamiliar, because a few months ago, Ning Chen published a paper as the first author in their journal.
Being able to publish a paper in Nature at such an age is a very rare thing in the entire history of the magazine.
And this time, Ning Chen’s action of submitting three papers at once became an important talking point for the entire Nature magazine.
However, after preliminary review by the journal editor, the editor believed that these three papers were of high academic value.
In these three papers, Ning Chen discovered as many as 9 new types of superconductors, unified these superconductors into an iron-based superconducting system, and used detailed theories to explain the superconducting guidance mechanism.
Such results will be a very big news whether in the materials science or physics circles.
Of course, journal editors are only responsible for the preliminary review of papers, and more professional review work must be left to experts in the industry for judgment.
At this time, an editor of a nature magazine suddenly thought of something and said:
"The name Ning Chen, I feel like I have heard it somewhere before?"
< br>"Listening to what you said, I also feel that it seems a bit familiar. By the way, the name of the scholar who successfully solved Qiu Chengtong's conjecture seems to be Ning Chen."
"Yes, and he is too A young scholar from China ”
After talking about this, everyone felt that this matter was too much of a coincidence.
"Wait a minute... these two scholars also named Ning Chen, can't they be the same person?"
They know that in China, it is easier to use two-character names. Duplicate names.
China has a population of up to 1.4 billion, and some very common names are even used by 300,000 people.
“This possibility is too low. The scholar who previously solved Qiu Chengtong’s conjecture won the Simons Scholar Award for this result, which is a very top achievement in the entire mathematics community. . The academic value of these three papers on superconductivity is not much lower than that of solving Qiu Chengtong’s conjecture.”
Because these two achievements were of very high value in their respective fields, he subconsciously felt that they were not made by the same person.
In contrast, it is more likely that two people have the same name.
“It is not impossible. Newton, for example, can achieve great achievements in the research of mathematics and physics at the same time. The various Neo-Confucianisms are inherently connected.”
"This kind of example is too rare. Even Einstein's mathematics is only at a relatively average level."
At this time, another editor came over and said:
"No need to argue, these two Ning Chens are actually the same person."
Hearing this person's words, everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes over him.
“What, you just checked?”
Because the editors of Nature magazine usually focus on the fields of natural science and applied science, and for the mathematics community The news was only vaguely heard.
“Professor Simon Donaldson personally asked Ning Chen about this matter during the Simons Scholar Award Ceremony and received a positive reply. A friend of mine also attended the award ceremony. ceremony, so the news is absolutely unmistakable.”
Many of the editors of Nature magazine have very extensive connections, and it is very normal for them to know big figures in various academic circles.
Listening to what he said, everyone knows that this news should be relatively accurate.
“Hey, just check it directly. These papers will have the unit information.”
An editor still had some doubts about this matter, so he decided to check it in person. Make sure.
But after he looked up the information about these three papers from the "Journal of the American Mathematical Society", he said in confusion:
"Strange...these three papers did not indicate any delivery unit, but were delivered in the name of individuals."
Such a delivery method is not common in the entire academic world, and it is Only a few scholars who are still doing research after retirement will submit papers in this way.
This result makes the conclusion that was almost certain become confusing again.
"No need to check anymore, I have a friend from the Simons Foundation, I can just ask him directly."
Soon, the editor received a reply. "Confirmed, this Ning Chen is indeed from Shengzhou University in China, but the three papers proving Qiu Chengtong's conjecture were not delivered through the school's units for some reasons. Now, it can be confirmed that these two Ning Chen Chen is actually the same person.”
Listening to what he said, everyone finally had no objections to this matter.
Maybe there will be two people with the same name in the same university.
But if these two people have achieved world-class results in their own fields, the possibility is close to 0.
After all, there are very few such talents in the world.
...
After a period of review, the reviewers responsible for Ning Chen’s three papers on superconductivity successively gave their review opinions.
Without exception, they all gave high recognition to these three papers and gave suggestions for journals to accept the papers.
After all, these research results not only discovered some new superconductors, but also completely constructed a new superconducting system, and the various theories in it are also very complete.
In terms of the quality of the papers, these three papers are even much higher than the average level of the regular papers in Nature.
After receiving review comments from several reviewers, Nature Magazine also decided to accept these three papers by Ning Chen.
In order to better reflect the influence of these three papers, Nature Magazine even postponed the publication of some papers so that these three papers by Ning Chen can be published in the next issue of the journal. Published simultaneously.
After confirming this arrangement, Nature Magazine responded to Ning Chen via email.
After receiving the email reply from Nature Magazine, Ning Chen was naturally very excited.
First of all, the school's reward for these three "Nature" articles alone reached 1.5 million yuan.
Because Ning Chen serves as the corresponding author and first author of these three papers at the same time, all bonuses will belong to Ning Chen.
But after winning bonuses many times, Ning Chen’s need for money is no longer as strong as before.
At the age of twenty, with a fully paid-up house and a seven-digit deposit, Ning Chen didn't think he would have any financial problems.
Money must continue to be made, but making money is just a casual thing.
No amount of money can buy this sense of accomplishment brought about by scientific research.
Ning Chen first told Xu Zhou the news, and Xu Zhou was very happy for Ning Chen after hearing it.
"Three papers...that's 1.5 million! Ning Chen, how many meals will you have to treat me to in the cafeteria this time?"
"A year's worth of meals I've paid for it, to be honest," Ning Chen said with a smile.
In fact, Ning Chen told Xu Zhou before that he hoped that one of the papers could be shared with Xu Zhou, because Xu Zhou provided Ning Chen with some very important information during his research. important direction.
But Xu Zhou still firmly rejected Ning Chen’s proposal because Xu Zhou felt that he was just saying it casually.
If all of these can be shared as one work, then to put it more seriously, it would be considered academic fraud.
Ning Chen felt that what Xu Zhou said did make some sense. Anyway, with Xu Zhou’s ability, he would definitely be able to publish many first-author papers, and he would not be short of this one.
Soon, the news that Ning Chen’s three papers were successfully published spread among the teachers in the School of Materials Science and Technology.
Ning Chen once again became a hot figure in the entire School of Materials. Liu Xu also came to the laboratory specially to congratulate Ning Chen in person.
"Ning Chen, I really didn't expect that you would be able to publish three papers in "Nature" at once. Our Shengzhou University's one-year quota has been exceeded by you alone."
According to the level of Shengzhou University in previous years, it would be difficult to publish three papers in the main issue of Nature in a year.
After being praised by Liu Xu in person, Ning Chen couldn't say anything and could only keep a polite smile.
At this time, Xu Zhou said:
"Dean Liu, don't rush to a conclusion yet, this year is not over yet."
(End of this chapter)