The top of the scholar

Chapter 83 What is your dream

After carefully reviewing the entire paper, Bolas Barry gave his own arbitration opinion.

After hearing the editor-in-chief's approval opinion, the two editors no longer had any differences.

"Since Mr. Bolas Barry said so, I don't have any opinions. We are just an academic journal, and we cannot reproduce the author's experiment to verify his authenticity."

"That's true, but this paper comes from Wang Xiangwu's laboratory at Huaxia Ji University. They have also published papers on PRL before, and they will definitely cherish their feathers. As you said, IPhO is just a game That's all, then why can't the players from the American country win the championship, or even enter the top five? Is it because they didn't play the game seriously?"

Hearing Bolas Barry's words, the editor lowered his head and did not answer.

"Okay, you guys continue to work. I will handle the review comments for this paper. Of course, there must be necessary doubts. We must always maintain a serious review attitude, and we must not relax at all. .If you have any questions, please report to me as soon as possible, and I will make the decision."

"Understood, Mr. Bolas Barry."

After that, Bolas Barry re-reviewed the paper carefully, annotated some places that he felt needed to be revised, and gave his own review comments.

After completing this series of work, Bolas Barry sent an email to the email address of this paper and replied to the email.

……

Because of the time difference, Wang Xiangwu did not see this reply email immediately.

After waking up in the morning, Wang Xiangwu first turned on the phone as usual to check if there was any important information.

There were a few messages on Wang Xiangwu's WeChat, but none of them were too important, so Wang Xiangwu didn't rush to reply.

After reading WeChat, Wang Xiangwu opened his work mailbox again.

In the work mailbox, Wang Xiangwu does not receive emails very frequently, but they are often important emails.

After opening the work mailbox, Wang Xiangwu really saw a new unread email.

"Huh? This is..."

After seeing the sender of the email, Wang Xiangwu suddenly regained his energy.

"Has PRL finally responded to the comments?"

Wang Xiangwu knew that the paper submitted by Xu You would finally have a review result.

Seeing this email, Wang Xiangwu felt a little nervous.

In fact, when Wang Xiangwu suggested Xu You to vote for PRL, Wang Xiangwu himself was a little uncertain.

Although there is nothing wrong with the content of the thesis itself, after all, Xu You's qualifications are too shallow, which will inevitably make people suspicious.

In the author's introduction, Xu You can only add the honors of various competitions, as well as the third author of Zhao Weijia's SCI.

Compared with those scientific researchers with rich resumes, their resumes are too pale.

"It...really passed?"

After seeing the contents of the email, Wang Xiangwu confirmed this fact.

Although in the email, there are still very long review comments, indicating that there are still many places in this paper that need to be revised.

But in the process of paper delivery, this is also a very normal thing.

What's more, this is the PRL of the top journal in the physics world.

PRL is also well-known in the industry for its strict review of manuscripts.

Although many of those who have the courage to submit papers to PRL are big names in the physics world.

Even so, the acceptance rate of PRL reviewed papers is only around 20%.

Xu You, a first-year freshman doing scientific research and writing a thesis for the first time, was able to pass the review for the first time when he submitted to PRL, which is a very incredible thing.

It is even more shocking than getting No.1 with IPhO full score.

After calming down, Wang Xiangwu hurriedly told Xu You that the paper had been finished.

At this time, Xu You had already woken up to study for almost an hour.

Seeing the news from Wang Xiangwu, Xu You was also very happy.

The approval of the thesis means that Xu You has successfully entered the scientific research circle and has become a real scientific researcher.

Of course, Xu You didn't tell his roommate about this matter.

Xu You knows that the joys and sorrows of people are not connected.

If they say it bluntly, not only may they not be happy for themselves, but they may feel that they are showing off.

"Okay, teacher. I have class in the morning, and I will go to the laboratory after lunch."

Because the thesis still needs to be revised, Wang Xiangwu gave Xu You time to come to the laboratory in the news and explain these revisions in person.

After lunch, Xu You came to Wang Xiangwu's laboratory.

When Zhao Weijia saw Xu You approaching, he hugged Xu You's shoulder excitedly.

"Junior Brother, this time you are so awesome! That is PRL! I have never dared to submit for so many years. Many Nobel laureates will submit their papers to this journal, and now you are going to be compared with them! Senior Brother’s previous dream, you must help me realize it in the future!”

"Brother... what is your dream?"

"I'm afraid you will make fun of me if I say it. When I was your age, my dream was to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Of course, it was just that I was young and frivolous at the time, and I didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. But if you can publish PRL at the age of 18, you can win a prize." The Nobel Prize is also a matter of great hope!"

"Brother, are you thirty this year?" Xu You asked suddenly.

"No, I'm only 28 this year. Why, do you look old?"

Xu You was also a little surprised to hear this age. In fact, 30 years old is said to be lower.

"No, no, I mean, brother, you are still young, and you still have a long way to go. There are people who can win the Nobel Prize at the age of 96, so you don't have to put your hopes on me at all."

"Come on, I know what level I am. In the future, I will be content with a stable job and a wife in my life."

At this time, Wang Xiangwu also came to the laboratory.

"Come here, Xu You. Sit down, and I will tell you about the revision of the thesis."

Wang Xiangwu was still very excited, but he didn't specifically praise Xu You.

There is no need for Wang Xiangwu to deliberately praise such a child, he just needs to help Xu You grow up as much as possible.

After the two sat down, Wang Xiangwu showed Xu You the review comments from PRL.

"Teacher, are there still a lot of questions in my thesis?"

Xu You didn't know what kind of concept it was when he first received review comments from journal editors.

"It's not too much. Normally, for every accepted paper, the editor will give a lot of comments and ask the author to modify it. Some may be the problem of the paper itself, and some may be that the journal has its own set of requirements. It's normal. Yes. There are very few things that need to be revised in this thesis of yours."

(End of this chapter)