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As soon as the two returned to the office, they heard Wu Feifei, who was doing experiments in the glove box, shout:

"Xu Qiu, Teacher Wei came to you just now, saying that the proof of your article has arrived, and he has forwarded the details to your mailbox, and it will be fixed today."

"Sister, what is a proof?"

This was the first time Xu Qiu heard such a statement.

"After an article is officially published, it is generally not possible to change the content of the article at will. Unless a major error is discovered, the article will be withdrawn or another errata information will be published." Chen Wanqing said:

"So before the article is officially published, the editor will ask the contributor to check it again to see if there are any problems with the article. This process is called proof.

At this time, the editor has already arranged the article, which is generally in the format of two columns on the left and right, and a few of them are in the format of one column or three columns.

The article version edited by the contributor after receiving it mainly checks the name of the author, the name of the unit, whether there are any mistakes in the acknowledgment part, and whether there is any expression error in the text part, whether there is an error in the picture, etc.

As for how to modify, some journals are directly modified online, which is relatively simple, just log in to the link provided by the editor;

There are also some journals that need to write the places to be modified in a WORD file and list them:

Make a four-column table, the first column marks row XX, the second column is the modification method, including addition, deletion, replacement, and the text before and after modification in the last two columns.

That is to say, provide the editor with a modified file, and he will modify it on his behalf after receiving it.

The proof process is relatively short, usually only a few days.

If the time is exceeded and you do not explain the situation to the editor, you will give up this operation by default, that is, choose to publish directly. "

"I didn't expect to go through so many steps to publish an article." Xu Qiu said with emotion.

First write an article, modify the format, submit online, wait for review, return comments, revise, accept, proof...

It may also involve processes such as appeal (appeal), transfer, and repeated revisions.

He opened the mailbox and asked:

"Sister, is proof the last step in publishing an article?"

"Almost, for the contributors, at this point they can be sure that the article has been accepted," Chen Wanqing said:

"However, there is still a period of time before the official publication of the article.

Because the so-called periodicals are published at regular intervals.

Such as weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, etc.

Now the electronic version of periodicals has become popular, and the periodicals in the early years were all printed in paper version, one after another like "Yilin" and "Reader".

After the article is accepted by the journal, the electronic version will appear first, indicating that it has been included by the journal.

At this time, other researchers can check the recently accepted literature in the just accepted column on the journal website.

Afterwards, articles are queued for formal publication in the hard copy edition.

But there is often a long queue in front, which means that there are a large number of previously accepted articles waiting to be published.

Therefore, the waiting time is generally not short, as fast as one or two months, as slow as a year or a half.

Before and after the article is published, it corresponds to two states, indexed and published.

Indexed articles do not have complete issue, volume and page numbers. If you want to cite them, you usually cite their corresponding DOI codes.

Only published articles will have complete issues, volumes and page numbers. "

"I see."

After listening to the senior sister's introduction, Xu Qiu read the email forwarded by Teacher Wei.

His article proof is not a type of online modification, but the modification details of the WORD version need to be provided.

"Senior sister, come and do me a favor?"

"I am the second author of this article, so I must read it again. Teacher Wei should have copied the email to me."

Xu Qiu glanced at the cc column of the email, and sure enough, the email address of the senior sister's student number was on it.

The two spent more than an hour carefully reading the article twice, and they really found several mistakes.

After writing the modification details of the WORD version, the two went to find Mr. Wei, but found that he was not in the office, so Xu Qiu sent the file to his mailbox.

...

After dealing with the emergency, Xu Qiu began to plan the next experimental plan:

Two thermal characterizations are scheduled for tomorrow, and an atomic force microscope is scheduled for Friday afternoon.

And the sixth batch of materials has just been received, and it is still hot.

However, more than half of today's time has passed, and it is obvious that there is no way to make another batch of devices.

Moreover, based on the current optimal conditions, the highest efficiency is only 9.7%, which is not much different from Sunday's efficiency result of 9.2%.

How to break the efficiency to 10%?

Is it a black technology to reduce the battery area?

Or keep repeating the device, relying on the fluctuation of the value, to bet on the occurrence of small probability events?

After all, device performance is normally distributed.

Theoretically speaking, since it can reach 9.7%, it is possible to fluctuate to 10% even without changing the conditions.

It's just that the specific probability, whether it can fluctuate in the lifetime, is unknown.

Xu Qiu shook his head, he still didn't think so much, let's write the article first.

Maybe what inspiration can be gained in the subsequent characterization experiments.

...

On Thursday morning, two thermal characterizations need to be carried out at the same time, namely differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The test location is also in the Advanced Materials Building.

It just so happens that you can also get yesterday's gel chromatography GPC data.

The samples for these two tests are relatively simple to prepare and do not require any treatment, only a separate polymer is required.

The two used disposable centrifuge tubes to pack eight kinds of samples, five from Xu Qiu and three from Chen Wanqing.

Han Jiaying also came over, just in time to take the test with her.

The teacher in charge of these two instruments is the same teacher who managed the GPC instrument yesterday.

Do the check-in and get the keys.

Xu Qiu knew this teacher. She was one of the teachers of "Materials Chemistry Experiment", and she taught him the two test methods of DSC and TGA in the class.

She is already an associate professor at a young age, and she is affiliated with the head of the department's research group, so she can be regarded as a small boss.

"Han Jiaying, did you take her lab class this semester?"

"DSC and TGA? It's not my team's turn to do it yet."

Experimental courses are generally done in groups. For example, eight experiments are divided into eight groups, and the experiments are carried out in turn.

"Brother, what is the score for this class?"

"In the experimental class, what's the point of giving grades? Unless everyone performs very well, there will definitely be one or two people who will get grades C and D." Xu Qiu said:

"There are a total of eight experiments in this course. The grade is based on the experiment report. The average of the eight reports is the final grade."

"What grade did the senior brother get in the end?"

"A-."

"That, the experiment report, brother, look..."

"My lab reports are all in the dormitory. I'll go back and look for them today, and I'll give them to you next time."

"Thank you brother, I'm saved."

"We have to agree first, my experimental report can only be used as a reference for you, don't use your brains."

"That is required."