The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Since the Industrial Revolution, western developed countries have long held the right to speak academically in the field of natural sciences.

In particular, the top western journals are a must.

After the end of World War II, English became the universal language of the academic world, and almost all research results with major influence were published in English.

Needless to say, the top two journals "Nature" and "Science", many of their sub-journals have superb standards in various subdivisions.

In addition, in the field of biomedicine, there are publications such as Cell, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

In the field of physics, there are "Modern Physics Review" and "Physics Review Letters".

In the field of mathematics, there are four top-level journals headed by "Annual Mathematics" and so on.

Chemistry ...

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The top academic journals in various fields are basically in the hands of Western countries.

In recent years, with the rapid development of Chinese science, only a few influential academic journals have gradually emerged in China.

Among them, the most famous one is the National Science Review sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As China's first English-language review journal, the National Science Review has grown in influence since its establishment in 2014.

The impact factor has risen from 8.0 at the time of publication and has now exceeded 20.

Even among the global comprehensive journals, there are still the top five.

The only regret is that because of the issue of Western academic discourse power, this journal mainly publishes representative scientific research results of various disciplines in China, and rarely publishes papers by foreign scholars.

And the purpose of the journal itself is to be based in China and face the world.

The main purpose is to attract the international scientific community to pay more attention to China's research results and research activities, promote academic exchanges, and increase the visibility and influence of China's important research achievements in the international scientific community.

In Pang Xuelin's view, today's journal ecology is not in line with China's current academic status.

On the one hand, top journals in various disciplines in the academic world have their own circles.

If you have never published an article in a top-level journal and your paper collaborators haven't, it has a very low probability that you will be accepted in this journal.

Unless your article is well above the average level of articles in that journal.

However, how bad is the average level of articles that can be published in top journals?

The academic circles are similar to the rivers and lakes in martial arts novels. It is a loose organization similar to the republic of gates, and the articles of top journals are one of the core interests of the organization.

Therefore, there is definitely a certain degree of injustice for "outsiders". After all, publishing top articles has a direct impact on the immediate interests of appraisal titles, application for funds, and so on.

Therefore, as the leading figure in Chinese academic circles, Pang Xuelin needs a top platform that can serve Chinese scholars.

That's why he wants to start a new journal.

Through this journal, Chinese academia is empowered to speak globally.

And as a lucky man who can travel through the major science fiction worlds, Pang Xuelin knows that over time, he and his team will make more and more results.

Sooner or later, Qiantang Lab, Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute, Jiangcheng University, West Lake University, etc. will become a global research mecca.

Therefore, even for the sake of his team, Pang Xuelin must come up with an academic journal comparable to "Nature" and "Science".

"Professor Pang, do you think of the name of this journal?"

Cao Yuan curious.

Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Not yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Cao Yuan groaned for a moment and said, "How about" Find "? The English name" "..."

Li Changqing said: "I'm afraid not."

"Why?" Cao Yuan was puzzled.

Li Changqing said: "I remember the name" ", which was registered in advance by an academic journal in India."

"Ah? It's a bit difficult to choose."

The names "Nature" and "Science" have been registered respectively for Americans and British, and it is a bit cumbersome to find another magazine name that can cover the entire scientific research system.

At this moment, Pang Xuelin's mind flashed and said: "Just called" Exploration ", the English name" Research "Exploration, what do you think of this name?"

"Well, this is good."

Both Cao Yuan and Li Changqing had bright eyes.

Since the obscurity of mankind, all scientific discoveries have originated from the exploration of nature.

The name "Exploration" is similar to magazines such as "Nature" and "Science" and will undoubtedly encompass the entire natural science system.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "That's the deal."

The three were talking, and Pang Xuelin's ringtone suddenly rang.

Pang Xuelin froze slightly, took out her mobile phone, and the caller ID was Zuo Yiqiu.

Pang Xuelin quickly pressed the answer key, and Zuo Yiqiu's voice rang on the phone: "Professor Pang, a scholar who claims to be from MIT Wengang has come to visit you. He did not make an appointment. Would you like to meet him? "

"Wen Xiaogang?"

Pang Xuelin froze slightly, and said, "Receive him well, and I'll see him right away."

Li Changqing looked curiously at Pang Xuelin and asked, "Professor Pang, what's wrong?"

Pang Xuelin said: "Wen Xiaogang is here."

Cao Yuan and Li Changqing looked at each other, both of them were shocked.

In the domestic academic world, the name Wen Xiaogang is well-known.

Wen Xiaogang was admitted to the Department of Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China at the end of the 1970s. He passed the CUSPEA (Sino-U.S. Joint Graduate Program in Physical Education) admission test with the first place in the country in 1981, and then went to Princeton University for further studies, 1987 He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1991, and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. He has successively served as assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.

In 2002, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society; in 2017, he was awarded the Barkley Award from the American Physical Society; in the same year, he was selected as the "50 Chinese Scholars in 2017"; in 2018, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences; in August of the same year, It has made independent contributions on how quantum mechanics affects multibody systems, introduced original interdisciplinary technology, and won the Dirac Prize awarded by the International Center for Theoretical Physics.

Xiaogang Wen is mainly engaged in the research of quantum Hall liquid, high temperature superconductor, topological order / quantum order and the origin of new matter states and elementary particles. At MIT, he and Li Yada are regarded as the banner of condensed matter physics. character.

"Why is this guy here?" Li Changqing was surprised.

Pang Xuelin could not help but hesitate, Li Changqing's tone seemed to be quite familiar with Wen Xiaogang.

"Professor Changqing, do you know Wen Xiaogang?"

Li Changqing said with a smile: "I and his former classmates at the University of Science and Technology of China, my bachelor's degree is in physics. At that time, I took CUSPEA with Wen Xiaogang. I didn't pass the exam and the graduate student turned to chemistry. He was our first One, the guy who has the best mix in our class. He and I haven't seen each other for more than a decade. The last time I saw him was when I went to MIT as a visiting scholar. Professor Pang, he came here suddenly I guess it was for your paper on superconductor theory. "

Pang Xuelin nodded with a smile and said, "No matter what he comes, let's go and see first."

The three came to Pang Xuelin's office and saw a man with a slightly convex head and a tall man who had been waiting in the reception room next to the office for a long time.

There was a steaming cup of coffee in front of him, and Zuo Yiqiu was telling him this.

"Professor Pang."

Seeing Pang Xuelin coming in, Zuo Yiqiu got up first.

At this time, Wen Xiaogang also followed and shook hands with Pang Xuelin and laughed: "Professor Pang, hello, I'm Wen Xiaogang."

"Professor Wen, how long have you been a long time."

Then Li Changqing greeted him and said with a smile, "Old text, it's been a long time."

"You are, Li Changqing? Are you also in Qiantang Lab?"

Wen Xiaogang seemed a bit surprised.

Li Changqing laughed: "I'm working under Professor Pang now."

The two of them chuckled for a moment. At this time, Pang Xuelin pointed to Cao Yuan again: "Professor Wen, this is Professor Cao Yuan, and he graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China."

Wen Xiaogang laughed and said, "Why don't I know Xiao Cao? When he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he wanted to take the physics department, but he didn't go in. Later he moved to the electronic engineering department. , We met again here. "

"Hello Professor Wen!"

Cao Yuan shook hands with Wen Xiaogang.

Subsequently, the four sat down on the sofa in the reception room, and Zuo Yiqiu brought them aromatic coffee.

At this time, Wen Xiaogang said, "Professor Pang, I'm sorry. I took the liberty to disturb you this time. I couldn't find your contact information for a while, so I went directly to you. You should already guess me Are you here? "

Pang Xuelin said: "Professor Wen, should you come for my thesis?"

Wen Xiaogang nodded and smiled: "Professor Pang, you really have a bright eye. Actually, this time when I come here, I mainly have a question for you."

"What's the problem, please."

Wen Xiaogang groaned for a moment and said, "You should have a preliminary technical route for normal temperature superconductors?"

Pang Xuelin looked at Wen Xiaogang with a smile, and smiled: "Professor Wen, sorry, I can't tell you this directly."

Wen Xiaogang realized that his question was a bit too direct, and said, "Professor Pang, I'm sorry. This question is my presumption. That's the case, I've been immersed in the field of condensed matter physics for most of my life. Some achievements have also been made. But I have never been able to understand the basic mechanism of superconducting theory, let alone find a room temperature superconductor in the true sense. My biggest wish in my life is to see a room temperature superconductor one day. Really appeared in front of me. If you really have a technical route to realize new room temperature superconductors, I hope to join the team of Qiantang Lab. Do n’t you welcome it? "

Pang Xuelin froze slightly. Somewhat surprised, he didn't expect Wen Xiaogang to recommend himself.

Pang Xuelin groaned for a moment and said, "Professor Wen, you can come here. I personally welcome it, but there are two problems in it."

"what is the problem?"

"First, if you want to join our team, you must give up MIT's tenure and return home full time. Second, this project is a national confidentiality project, and your nationality is also a big problem ... "

Wen Xiaogang was silent, and after a while, he said, "What if I apply for a change of nationality now?"

Pang Xuelin and Li Changqing looked at each other and were a little surprised: "Professor Wen, are you determined?"

Wen Xiaogang nodded and said, "I'm almost fifty-eight this year. They all say that Ye Luo returns to the roots, Ye Luo returns to the roots. Taking into account some opinions of my children, coupled with the death of my parents, there is no one in my hometown, so I have no The thought of returning home. But this time, I don't want to miss this superconducting feast in the scientific community. "

Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "OK, if you have no problem in this regard, I welcome you to return to China and join the Qiantang Lab."

Wen Xiaogang relaxed with a raised heart, and said, "Okay, then I will return to the United States as soon as possible to complete the resignation procedures. As for the domestic identity problem, then Professor Pang is troublesome."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Be assured that you can come back, the country welcomes you too late, and will certainly help you complete the nationality conversion procedures as soon as possible."

That night, Pang Xuelin hosted a banquet for Wen Xiaogang in a small cafeteria inside the Qiantang laboratory.

The next day, Pang Xuelin asked Li Changqing to arrange a tour with Wen Xiaogang inside the Qiantang laboratory.

This big man has a well-known presence in the condensed matter physics community, and he has taught at MIT for more than 30 years.

Wen Xiaogang's hypothesis is of great benefit to the Qiantang laboratory attracting top scholars in the field of condensed matter physics.

Three days later ~ www.readwn.com ~ Wen Xiaogang left Jiangcheng by plane and returned to the United States.

One month later, Wen Xiaogang gave up his tenure at MIT and returned to China.

After the news spread, it aroused widespread concern in the academic community.

But for Pang Xuelin, these are just some trivial matters.

During this time, in addition to paying regular attention to the multi-walled carbon nanotube superconductor team and the dynamic APT technology being studied by Shi Yi, the rest of the time, Pang Xuelin focused his energy on the forthcoming "Exploration" magazine. .

According to Pang Xuelin's plan, the "Exploration" series of magazines will be on the same top of the two oldest titles of "Nature" and "Science" in the future.

In addition to the main issue of "Exploration", there will be various sub-periods such as "Exploration · Mathematics", "Exploration · Physics", "Exploration · Chemistry", and "Exploration · Biology" in the future.

Like "Nature", it covers dozens of disciplines and all fields.

Of course, in the short term, the main goal of "Exploration" will focus on the opinion work of the main issue.

Therefore, the first issue of Discovery magazine will undoubtedly be the top priority.

If this cannon is successfully fired, with the appeal of Pang Xuelin, the development of "Exploration" magazine will undoubtedly be on the fast track.

Therefore, it is not enough to publish only one heavyweight paper on the superconducting mechanism.

Only when two more similar papers can come again will that be the time when Discovery magazine is making a splash in the scientific community.

But what's the problem? Where do I start?

Sitting in the office, Pang Xuelin bowed his head and thought. After a while, he picked up the pen and wrote down the two words of mathematics on the manuscript paper.