I Have a Research Support System

Wei Xingsi stood outside and looked in for a few moments, but didn't come in, and didn't speak, but just waved to Wu Feifei.

Wu Feifei grabbed the mobile phone on the desk and got up in a hurry, and then the two disappeared at the door of 216 together.

This scene happened so quickly that no one in the laboratory paid attention to what was happening outside.

After three minutes, Wu Feifei came back and shouted loudly: "Xu Qiu, Teacher Wei is looking for you."

This was done not only to inform Xu Qiu, but also to inform the friends in the laboratory of the fact that "Teacher Wei has returned".

"Is it about the progress of the experiment?" Xu Qiu asked back.

"Probably," Wu Feifei explained, "He asked me about the recent situation of the laboratory."

"Okay." Xu Qiu stopped the work in hand, pressed Ctrl+S to save the file, and muttered in his heart, "This scene always feels a little familiar."

Xu Qiu has just been writing the "Experimental Details" part of the article, namely Experimental Details, referred to as ED? It seems a bit strange, but it matches well with NC.

The experimental details of NC journals are quite special. They are hung between the conclusion part and the references at the end of the main text. The format is similar to other journals, but this part needs to be described in detail and cannot be omitted.

This part must be placed in the main text, so Xu Qiu cannot directly copy the experimental details from the previously published articles, but needs to make certain modifications. Although the instrument model will inevitably be repeated, the way of expression cannot Exactly the same, otherwise you will encounter the problem of high repetition rate of articles.

Similar to CNKI’s plagiarism check, journal editors will check the submitted manuscripts for plagiarism in the database after receiving the manuscript. If the repetition rate is too high, the editor will review it. If the circumstances are particularly serious, the author's account will be blacklisted by the journal.

The experimental details of some other journals can be placed in the supporting information (SI) outside the main text, and this part is usually not pulled into the scope of plagiarism check.

Even, you can directly quote the previously published work, say something like "The characterization methods such as TEM and AFM in this article refer to the previous work", and then hang a [ref.] (reference), which is the so-called The "preliminary work" is enough, so there is no need to expand the description in detail.

This is really great for the author. It not only solves the trouble of checking for duplicates, but also saves a lot of trouble in writing, and also has a good reason to cite the articles published by himself or his research group to increase the number of citations.

But it is very unfriendly to readers.

Xu Qiu had encountered such a situation when looking up literature before. He wanted to see how other people did experiments, so he found the PDF of the text of the literature.

Then, he found that the experimental part was in the supporting information, so he had to download the supporting information file.

For ACS journals, at the end of most documents in PDF format, there will be hyperlinks to directly download supporting information files, which is more convenient;

However, Wiley's journals usually do not have hyperlinks, so you need to find the DOI number of the article first, and then go to

Search the website, find the corresponding article, and finally download the supporting information file.

After some operations, it took a few minutes for Xu Qiu to successfully obtain the supporting information file.

He flipped through it, and saw a paragraph "The synthesis method of XX material refers to the previously reported article [ref.]".

His old face turned black, WTF?

But for the details of the experiment, I can only bite the bullet and continue to look for the reference they cited.

However, such directly quoted articles usually only have information such as the author of the article, the name of the journal, year, volume number, and page number. As for the issue number and title of the article, it may or may not be there, but there is a high probability that there is no DOI number.

Without a DOI number, you cannot directly find the corresponding literature in one step. Instead, you need to enter the official website of the relevant journal company first, and then use the search tool inside the website to enter the journal name, year, volume number, page number and other information to search.

Although the corresponding documents can be found in the end, the time and cost will be greatly increased. The former uses the DOI number, which is like finding someone through the ID number, while the latter uses the name, gender, age, work unit, and social relationship. go find someone.

Then, Xu Qiu found the article they quoted, and just in case, he even downloaded the supporting information file.

Do you think that you can find the desired result?

No, they can nest dolls.

In the supporting information of the new document, Xu Qiu saw a similar paragraph, "The synthesis method of XX material refers to...", and then they cited an earlier "preliminary work"... …

Xu Qiu: "???"

In this way, there are almost three endings for nesting dolls.

One is HE. After untold hardships, I found the original job, and the details of the experiment are very complete, so I can directly use it for reference. Although it wasted a little time, at least I got what I wanted. Congratulations.

One is NE, which has also gone through untold hardships and found the original work, but found that the original work is that kind of ancient literature, such as the one published in the last century or even the last century, usually "Nature", "Science" like this.

For example, to find the specific experimental details of "Stille coupling reaction between trimethyltin-substituted dithiophene unit and bromine-substituted NDI unit to prepare N2200 material", the result was a lot of searching, but finally found the report "Stille Coupling Reaction," the first paper published by Stille himself and his collaborator Milstein in the 1970s.

The original work was indeed found, but it cannot be directly used for reference.

Of course, it cannot be said that there is no gain at all, at least reading the pioneering work of the big brother can be regarded as expanding the knowledge reserve.

There is HE, there is NE, and there is BE naturally.

BE refers to a citation error in the process of nesting dolls, for example, the corresponding document does not exist, or the document exists, but it has nothing to do with what you are looking for, etc.

In short, I was busy for a long time, and finally got nothing.

...

Xu Qiu copied the draft file of the article to a USB flash drive, got up and went to 218.

When he came to the door, he knocked lightly on the half-closed door a few times, pushed the door open, and saw Wei Xingsi bending over to organize the suitcases on the ground, with a slightly tired face and an "emptied out" look .

Xu Qiu was slightly surprised, and thought to himself:

The hospitality of the foreigners is so good, if you don’t know that Mr. Wei went to Sweden and Denmark this time, you would think he went to the Netherlands...

Having said that, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands are all Schengen countries. As long as you have a Schengen visa, it is not too difficult to fly to the Netherlands for a visit.

However, Teacher Wei should not be this kind of person.

Mostly because Mr. Wei just got jet lag after staying abroad for seven days, and now he has to get jet lag again after returning to China, and it's only after a long-distance flight of about ten hours, so it's strange to be refreshed.

Wei Xingsi didn't know about Xu Qiu's mental activities. He heard the sound of the door being pushed, raised his head, and said proactively, "This time I went to a few places, mainly to meet the big guy who made lasers at Lund University, Tnu Pullerits. , he is an academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and he also visited their laboratory. One of their groups occupies the entire experimental building, with various large-scale laser equipment, normal temperature and low temperature experiments can be done, and the equipment is also complete. TAS, TRPL, THz..."

‘It seems that Mr. Wei’s going abroad is to solicit connections and find a way, like some international exchange fund projects, which need to be applied and approved by the scientific research departments of the two countries at the same time. Without foreign relations, there is basically no chance to apply for such funds. '

‘However, with the academician level of Tnu, Mr. Wei only met once and brushed his face, so he should not be able to cooperate directly. Most of them are directly cooperating with the small bosses in their group. '

Xu Qiu listened to Teacher Wei's experience abroad, and silently analyzed it without interjecting.

Not long after, Wei Xingsi packed the suitcase, took out a few gift boxes and put them on the coffee table, and continued:

"One of Tnu's assistant professors, Feng Shengdong, happens to be an alumnus of Modu Comprehensive University. He accompanied me on this trip. I talked with him a lot about the research on organic photovoltaics and perovskite photovoltaics. He also I'm very interested, after all, I'm an assistant professor."

Xu Qiu nodded to express his understanding. Sweden's scientific research work system is basically the same as that of the beautiful country, and assistant professors, associate professors, and professors are upgraded in this way.

Different from domestic ones, in this foreign system, both associate professors and full professors are tenured professors, while assistant professors belong to professors in the evaluation period. To be upgraded to an associate professor with tenure, it usually takes a six-year evaluation period.

During these six years, assistant professors have to apply for various research funds in order to bring more master and doctoral students to help assistant professors produce more results and papers.

Until the end of the fifth year or the beginning of the sixth year, the academic committee of the department will evaluate the various performances of the assistant professors, including the number of courses taught, the effect of the lectures, the ratings given by the students to the assistant professors, how much research funding they have applied for, and how much money they have brought. Master’s and Ph.D., how many research projects have been completed, how many projects are under research, how many journals and conference papers have been published, whether they have published teaching materials and applied for patents, whether they have participated in some management affairs of the school or department, and whether they have chaired Or have co-hosted academic conferences, have you served as a reviewer for academic journals, what is the H factor that reflects the academic level of the assistant professor...

After deliberation and voting by the academic committee, after obtaining a majority of votes, an assistant professor can be promoted to an associate professor and become a tenured professor.

This process is like a carp jumping over a dragon's gate. Once it is over, it is a new life.

Therefore, in order to be tenured, assistant professors will be very active in teaching and scientific research in the first six years, and generally have very strict requirements on their master's and doctoral candidates. This is the so-called "PUSH" phenomenon in the academic circle. .

It is similar in China. Although there is no such thing as tenured faculty, college professors can be regarded as people in the system. They are usually relatively stable and will not lose their jobs easily.

In addition, many professors in colleges and universities have experience studying abroad. In other words, many people have been PUSHed. After all, saints who hold the idea of ​​"don't do to others what you don't want to be done to others" are a minority. The past experiences are passed on.

Various reasons lead to the PUSH phenomenon in China. Although it is not as common as abroad, it is not uncommon.

For example, Mr. Wei in front of him, in the Materials Department of Shanghai Comprehensive University, can be regarded as a mentor with a relatively strict reputation.

However, Xu Qiu's understanding of this is not deep, he feels that Teacher Wei is quite easy to get along with...

"I made a deal with Feng Shengdong. I can send him some samples of TAS and TRPL, and ask him to help test and analyze. Feng Shengdong has worked under Tnu for five years. He is professional in transient spectroscopy. You can ask him any questions directly." Wei Xingsi paused and said:

"For example, for your current 3D-PDI system, if you want to apply for NC, you'd better write more theoretical research, so that the article will be easier to get in. Speaking of it, how is your device doing after that, I remember before The result you told me was 7.5%."

"The highest efficiency has reached 8.4% now." Xu Qiu said calmly.

"Yes, the efficiency has finally broken through. I knew you would be able to do it!" Wei Xingsi was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What about the representation data, how far is it?"

"Except for the data of the light source, all other data are ready." Xu Qiu replied.

"So fast!" Wei Xingsi sighed, and then asked: "When will the light source be tested next time?"

"Next week." Xu Qiu said.

"Very good," Wei Xingsi nodded in satisfaction, thought for a while and said, "I'll send a message to Feng Shengdong later to ask them about the specific conditions of the test samples, and I'll send them a batch next week. You can first follow the NC format, write the article first, by the way, there is no NC template in our group, you can refer to the articles published by other people and make one..."

"I've almost finished writing the text of the article." Xu Qiu raised his hand and interrupted.

Wei Xingsi was silent on the spot, his body froze for a moment.

Are you kidding me?

How come I just left the country, and you have written all the articles?

However, if you want to say this, I will be in a hurry.