Chapter 281: Chapter 281: 10 papers on science and 10 papers on nature
“Nature” and “Science” were the world’s most prestigious interdisciplinary academic journals; countless scholars took pride in publishing their papers in these two journals.
In Huaxia, the number of articles published annually in such journals was so few that one could count them on one’s fingers. So 985 schools had not even published a single academic paper in these journals.
Many schools even had a clear monetary offer, rewarding anywhere from 5 million to 20 million if you could publish a paper in the official edition of “Nature” or “Science,” which demonstrated these academic journals’ authority.
However, the difficulty of publishing such papers was also incredibly daunting. As of this year, there were approximately 10 million researchers worldwide. Assuming each paper had a single author, statistically, only one or two out of every ten thousand could publish in “Nature” and “Science.”
This probability was unbelievably low.
Therefore, as long as you had a paper in “Nature,” nearly all first-rate universities and 211 colleges would directly hire you as a professor, even if you couldn’t beco a professor at a 985 institution; becoming an associate professor would be quite easy.
Several editors at “Nature” magazine were processing submissions they had received today. As a top-tier journal of global academic authority, the “Nature” editorial office received hundreds of submissions from around the world each week, but more than 90% were directly rejected.
The selection process was extrely rigorous. Anything that didn’t et their level or lacked practical utility was almost entirely disregarded. Of course, there had been interesting instances where submissions rejected by “Nature” went on to win the Nobel Prize.
However, these occurrences were rare, barely affecting the authority of magazines like “Nature.”
They had already reviewed over twenty articles today, but none had caught their attention; they even found themselves getting a bit drowsy while reading.
“Truly, people will submit any level of article to ‘Nature.'” Nick, one of the editors, reclined in his lounge chair, feeling a bit overwheld.
“Hahaha, don’t be so grumpy, you know, if just one article gets accepted, that person’s life might change, of course, there are many trying to luck their way in, we just need to read carefully.”
“If the pay wasn’t decent, I would’ve quit a long ti ago!” Nick sat up again and opened another article.
“Fang Jueyu? Why does that na sound so familiar, is he so authoritative expert in Huaxia’s academic circle?”
“I know, the newly crowned richest person in the world from Huaxia is nad Fang Jueyu.”
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“Maybe it’s just a nasake?” Nick continued reading the submission. Huaxia’s culture was vast and profound, perhaps many people shared the na Fang Jueyu. But since it wasn’t the world’s richest person, it should be an ordinary researcher without fa.
As editors, one of their essential skills was rembering the nas of leading figures, to avoid missing high-level articles due to negligence when these individuals submitted their work.
The article was titled “Targeted Therapy for Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells,” and this title imdiately caught Nick’s attention. Cancer had long been an unconquered enemy of humankind, and any breakthrough was a monuntal progress for humanity.
Cancer cells sounded terrifying, but simply put, they were just mutated cells. Normal cells could divide, but only a limited number of tis, whereas cancer cells could divide limitlessly, tastasize, thus consuming body functions and nutrients, ultimately leading to human death.
In the human body, there was sothing called EGFR, which was one of the epidermal growth factor receptors, playing important roles in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and other physiological processes.
It was like a human switch controlling cell division. But mutations in the EGFR of cancer cells remained in the “on” state, causing abnormal cell proliferation and transforming normal cells into cancer cells.
When EGFR inhibitors were developed, they caused a sensation in the academic world, and humanity thought they had found the dawn of curing cancer. However, initially, cancer cells were indeed eliminated, but they lay dormant like sparks.
After three to six weeks, these sparks began to explode, quickly forming a prairie fire of resistance.
Although many scholars were studying anti-drug resistance agents for EGFR, their effects were minimal, while this article introduced an extrely effective anti-resistance agent.
“Anti-resistance effectiveness of up to 95%? That’s absurd, right?” Nick scoffed at the number he saw. These anti-resistance agents were specifically aid at lung cancer tumor cells. If they truly achieved this level of effectiveness, the cure rate for lung cancer would be increased dozens of tis!
“Hey, Marshall, co here, I feel like there’s sothing fishy with this article,” Nick called.
Marshall glanced at the article content, though the result seed incredible, the article was supported by a substantial amount of data.
These figures were not derived from Fang Jueyu’s clinical experints, as he didn’t have that much ti. Compiling this article took only a few dozen minutes, and naturally, they weren’t fabricated. Relying on the supercomputer’s computational simulation capabilities and Yi’s ticulous control, this data was almost accurate.
“Perhaps we should refer it to an expert; if there’s a problem, it’s not on us.”
“Great idea!” Nick nodded vigorously. This was indeed a wise approach. Although the two editors were well-inford, they didn’t have authority in every academic field for a comprehensive journal like this.
“But if this turns out to be genuine, publishing it in our journal aside, it could even easily win a Nobel Prize in dicine.”
“Who should we send it to?”
“Send it to Professor Coleman at the University of Birmingham, he is the most authoritative on this matter, and he should be able to determine the authenticity of the data.”
“Alright, you contact him; I’ll continue reviewing the rest of the submissions!” Nick opened the next submission, only to find it was also authored by Fang Jueyu!
However, he was certain this ti it couldn’t be just a nasake, because all the author’s addresses were from the sa school, Jiangnan University in Huaxia!
“This person is quite interesting, does he have other research on cancer cells?” Huaxia had a saying: “ten years to sharpen a sword,” and there had been precedents of previously unknown scholars suddenly having three articles published in “Nature” after a decade of research.
“The Origin of Jet Accretion Disks,” just the title made it clear this wasn’t in the field of cancer at all and had nothing to do with dical biology.
“Is this sothing from the field of astronomy?” Nick had almost no understanding of it, but after so investigation, the issue turned out to be a theoretical exploration without a confird answer from academia. Had this person actually accomplished it?
“Looks like we’ll need to trouble those experts again.” Nick set this article aside; he didn’t dare to casually reject it before confirming its authenticity because if it revealed so groundbreaking discovery and was published in another journal, it would imply they had failed to recognize talent.
However, the next one was still from Fang Jueyu. In fact, there were ten submissions with Fang Jueyu as the first author!
“Research on the Combination of Protons and Neutrons into Stable Atomic Nuclei,” “A Novel thod for Graphene Preparation,” “Research on Ultra-fast Charging Car Batteries,” “Neutrino Superluminal Anomaly Hypothesis”…
These articles amazingly spanned various fields, addressing unsolved academic issues or providing improvent solutions.
“Ring, ring!” Nick’s work phone rang.
“Nick, you won’t believe it, I just received ten submissions from the sa person today, and they all involve breakthroughs in hot and challenging issues!” an excited voice called.
This person was an editor for “Science” magazine, and he shared a good personal relationship with Nick.
“One of the articles has already been verified; it’s feasible. The other articles are also under review. How can this world have such a person? Did he steal an alien’s USB stick?”
“You aren’t speaking of Fang Jueyu from Jiangnan University, are you?”
“How do you know?”
“Because our journal also received ten submissions from him!”
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