Chapter 1051 Just Call It "Future"

It is not uncommon for a scholar to have a manuscript rejected.

Regardless of the reputation or previous achievements, if the journal is not selected correctly, or the results fail to meet the standards for publication, the manuscript may be rejected at a certain point in the review process.

However, not everyone has the opportunity to encounter the retraction of published papers.

Leaving aside the discussion of water journals that have been broken and broken, and those manuscripts that are still in the queue, for papers that have already been printed, every retraction is a big blow to the credibility of the journal, because it is equivalent to A public acknowledgment of major and irreparable errors in published papers.

Therefore, generally speaking, unless there is extremely serious academic fraud or other things that damage the reputation of scholars, journals are very cautious about withdrawing published papers.

The Nobel Prize-level academic fraud that caused a sensation in the biological world - the Haruko Obokata incident, even though the entire academic community had already determined that her experimental results were based on P-maps, but in the end it was still the RIKEN who could not withstand the pressure to come forward. Only after Baofang obtained written consent for the withdrawal of the STAP cell paper did Nature withdraw the controversial manuscript.

Although things in the biological world cannot be compared horizontally with the field of integrated circuit design, IEEE's sudden withdrawal of manuscripts at the report meeting has ended, which is indeed quite unusual.

In short, after being rejected for the first time in his life, this time even the withdrawal of the manuscript was arranged. Lu Zhou felt that he probably had no regrets in his academic career.

But speaking of it, this is the first time he has contributed to a journal under IEEE. This kind of journal is biased towards the field of engineering electrical and electronic engineering, and his professional field is still a bit far behind. Although a top journal in the field of electrical engineering had sent an invitation email before, hoping that he could publish a paper on controllable fusion technology, but considering that this technology involves a lot of things after all, he finally declined politely.

Unexpectedly, the first time my name appeared at the top meeting of IEEE, I was kicked back, and it was still with ridiculous reasons such as "academic deceit" and "falsified experimental data".

After seeing the written retraction notice sent by IEEE, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion.

Conscience, is he the kind of person who jokes about experimental data?

He is not quite clear about the influence of this International IC Design and Technology Conference in the industry, and what makes him feel emotional is not because of the ridiculous reason, but that he has felt more and more over the years that the pure academic And justice is becoming more and more like a piece of paper to wipe the ass.

Back when the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in an arms race, they wouldn't have become like this...

"I heard you were withdrawn?"

Sitting on the sofa in the office of the director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Chen Yushan had a narrow smile on her face when talking about this matter.

Seeing her schadenfreude, Lu Zhou sighed, made a helpless expression and said, "I was withdrawn, why are you so happy?"

"What are you talking about? How could I gloat? It's just a rare surprise to see you deflated."

Lu Zhou made fun of himself and said, "It's not a shame, it's just that I lost my face on IEEE and was driven back by others."

Chen Yushan: "Did they ask you to revise your paper or something?"

"There was a tactful mention in the retraction notice that I was asked to revise the experimental data that seemed a bit 'exaggerated'. But they didn't say where the exaggeration was. I can even be sure that they didn't repeat the experiment because there was no such condition."

Chen Yushan asked curiously, "Then are you going to change it?"

"Change?" Hearing this question, Lu Zhou smiled lightly, and said nonchalantly, "Why change something that is right."

It is another matter to modify obvious or easily misunderstood mistakes in line with the reviewers' comments. To be honest, he didn't take this kind of ambiguous or even false accusation to heart.

Seeing the expression on Lu Zhou's face, Chen Yushan couldn't help but bend the corner of her mouth.

"As expected of a schoolmaster, this sentence is quite in your style."

Lu Zhou laughed and said, "What does this have to do with Xueba?"

"Why doesn't it matter? Think about it, when you were studying, wouldn't anyone who dared to talk back to the teacher on the standard answer be a bully? If you are a scumbag, the teacher will say that he is wrong. I'm afraid he will admit it." gone."

"Where is this all?" Listening to this strange metaphor, Lu Zhou sighed and said, "And you are exaggerating when you compare IEEE to a teacher, they are not qualified enough."

"It's just a metaphor. You have to argue with me." Rolling her eyes, Chen Yushan rolled her eyes, and suddenly a thought popped into her head, and said on a whim, "Speaking of it, have you ever considered yourself Start a journal?"

Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Before leaving yesterday, the boss of Huawei talked to me about this issue."

In fact, not only the boss of Warwick talked about this issue with him, but his old friends in domestic academic circles talked about it with him when they were chatting, but he thought it was troublesome and didn’t let it go too much on heart.

After all, in his opinion, where the paper is submitted is secondary, the important thing is the paper itself. A sufficiently outstanding research result, even if it is posted on Arxiv, will definitely attract people's attention.

Only those research results that are not particularly important, or even dispensable, need to reflect their value through the authority of the journal itself.

But looking at it now, his ideas may still be a bit too idealistic.

Although it is true that journals are just a platform for publishing academic results, speaking through other people's microphones will still be somewhat restricted. Even if these constraints cannot be reflected under normal circumstances, and ordinary people can’t do such disgusting and tasteless things as unplugging the power of the microphone and driving the speaker off the stage, it is obvious that IEEE has broken down this bottom line.

Perhaps, I really should think about it and start an academic journal for myself.

"Wang Zhengfei told you about this?" Chen Yushan asked Lu Zhou curiously, "What did he say?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while, and then repeated: "He said, after all, carbon-based chips are something we made, and it would be inappropriate to hand them over to others for review. It's not that there are no researches on carbon-based integrated circuits in the world. So, most research institutes and scholars still only know about this stuff at the theoretical level. Asking their opinions is a bit too difficult.”

Nodding thoughtfully, Chen Yushan said, "I think so too... What do you mean?"

"I think he has a point."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhou paused for a moment, smiled lightly, and continued, "I turned around and thought about it carefully. Our Jinling Institute for Advanced Study has been established for so long, and we don't even have a journal run by the institute. It seems really shameless to say it. a bit."

"I plan to set up a comprehensive academic journal in the name of the Institute for Advanced Study...Of course, even people who are not from our Institute for Advanced Study can contribute papers, but we must take care of the review."

Chen Yushan: "Do you need my help?"

"That's for sure. I don't understand these things. I can temporarily be the editor-in-chief, but I have to leave it to you to start the journal."

Hearing Lu Zhou's request, Chen Yushan couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth.

"It's a small matter, don't worry and leave it to me."

Having said that, she suddenly remembered a very important matter, so she asked.

"By the way, let me ask by the way, what do you plan to call this journal?"

After spending about five minutes thinking about this question seriously, Lu Zhou raised his head and said.

"Just call..."

"'Future' is ready."