Chapter 15 Golden Autumn Camp and the National Finals in Physics
"It's a small matter. Leave the paper here with me first. I'll call you after you've corrected it."
Xu Cheng smiled and put on his glasses again.
"By the way, which journal are you going to submit this paper to?"
"Submit for "Progress in Physics"."
"In addition, this paper was instructed by you, the teacher. Please add your name to the signature."
Xu Chuan pondered for a while and said that he was really not very familiar with domestic journals. In his previous life, he only wrote papers after going to college.
However, as Xu Cheng said, domestic journals vary in quality, and even the top journals have just the same impact factor. Although the importance of this paper is not very high, it is still his hard work.
Therefore, if you can submit to top foreign journals, you should submit to foreign ones first.
As for the signature plus Xu Cheng's name, this is also an unspoken rule in the academic industry.
Moreover, for newcomers or students, if the teacher is famous, signing the teacher's name will allow the newcomer's manuscripts to enjoy certain preferential treatment in the review.
At least it will make the technical editor and review editor take a second look instead of just throwing it into the trash.
Hearing this, Xu Cheng looked at Xu Chuan in surprise, shook his head and refused with a smile.
"No, you wrote this paper yourself. I'm very happy that you have such consideration, but teaching is my job, and you are not my student."
Xu Cheng rejected Xu Chuan's kindness. A paper, even if it was from the SCI of "Progress in Physics," was not a very rare thing for him.
But for Xu Chuan, an independently published paper is extremely precious.
Being able to independently publish a paper in his senior year of high school will be of great help to his future academic career, and he cannot take advantage of this advantage.
What's more, he didn't help much with this paper. He didn't even have much academic discussion. He could only help revise the paper format.
In addition, the relationship between the two is not even that of teacher and student. In this case, Xu Cheng is not so shameless to add his name.
"How can this work without your help, teacher"
Xu Cheng waved his hand and interrupted Xu Chuan again: "I said yes, you can go back to training first. In this IPHO, you winning the gold medal is the best reward for me."
After the paper is submitted, all that is left is to wait for the feedback from the journal.
Although "Progress in Physics" is not the top journal, it is still ranked among the top fifteen in the world.
The review time of this type of journal is so long that it makes people doubt their lives for ordinary scholars or newcomers like Xu Chuan who are submitting their manuscripts for the first time.
Not everyone is so lucky. There happens to be a technical review editor who can see your paper when it is sent.
Although the rules of each journal are different, most will only send feedback after accepting the manuscript, and this process can take anywhere from one day to two weeks.
This time is generally determined based on the contributor's reputation in the industry. The greater the reputation, the shorter the review time.
A little transparent person like Xu Chuan who has never heard of it may receive feedback in about a week if he is lucky. If he is not lucky, he may have to wait for half a month or even a month.
Sometimes when you memorize an idea, it’s not unexpected to be blocked by reviewers and editors for two or three months.
So after the paper was submitted, Xu Chuan also returned to the training days, but by this time, Wu Jing's training was almost over.
After all, the domestic physical competition and the digital competition are held at different times. The physical competition is held in October every year, while the digital competition has to wait until December. This also gives the opportunity to participate in both physical and numerical competitions.
Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was early October. CPHO was about to begin. Students from various provinces participating in the national competition also came to Kyoto.
This year's National Competition in Physical Education was held at P University. At the same time, P University's Golden Autumn Camp was also held during this period.
There are actually differences between the national competition, golden autumn camp, and winter camp. These three are actually not the same thing.
The national competition is the final of the five major competitions for middle school students across the country in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and information, also known as IMO and CPHO.
After the provincial competition in each province, each province will recommend participating students to participate. These are usually the top few in the provincial competition.
The Golden Autumn Camp refers to a series of recruitment and selection activities organized by Shuimu and P University after National Day, mainly targeting students competing in the three subjects of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Generally speaking, only contestants who have won provincial first prizes or above can participate in this selection activity.
Shuimu and P University have their own Golden Autumn Camps, but they cater to the same source of students, all of whom are outstanding competitive students.
Therefore, the two families have never dealt with each other very much, and they are fiercely fighting for students.
Therefore, the Golden Autumn Camp has nothing to do with the national competition.
It is just a means used by Shuimu and P University to identify and recruit students in advance.
As for the winter camp, it is linked to the national mathematics competition.
The winter camp was first established in 1985. It was initiated by P University and several famous universities in Beiyang. It was later renamed the Chinese Mathematical Olympiad.
In other words, the current winter camp is actually the national competition of the National Mathematical Competition for Middle School Students.
The other four-door competitions are not linked to the winter camp. Their national competitions are held independently.
However, as time goes by, there are also other competitions. For example, the examination time of the national biology competition is directly set at the winter camp.
This saves time and energy.
As for this year, the time when P University held the National Physics Competition was scheduled to coincide with the Golden Autumn Camp. After discussion, the Chinese Physics Society directly held the National Physics Competition at P University's Golden Autumn Camp.
Otherwise, according to the situation in previous years when the Golden Autumn Camp and the Wu Jing National Competition were held separately, there is a high probability that Xu Chuan will give up the Golden Autumn Camp this year and only participate in the Wu Jing National Competition.
First, he participated in P University’s Golden Autumn Camp last year and won the first prize.
Second, his college goals are not Shuimu and P University, and participating in the Golden Autumn Camp of these two institutions has little meaning for him.
When he was born again, his choice of university would still be Sanjiang University, where he studied in his previous life.
Although the mathematics department of Sanjiang University is average and not as good as Mizuki and P, Sanjiang University is his alma mater after all. He studied at Sanjiang University and graduate school in his previous life, so there is no reason why he should not go there in this life.
In addition, another crucial point is that domestic universities, even Shuimu and P University, actually cannot teach him much knowledge.
Not only in physics, but also in mathematics, he can teach and lead doctoral students in these two universities, so it doesn't matter which university he goes to.
Sanjiang University can also teach him basic mathematics that he has not learned. As for more advanced mathematics, there are probably only a few schools in the world that can teach him.