Chapter 185 How to Write an Excellent Paper
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【Brilliant debut】
Task content: Publish a paper on "graphene".
Fixed reward: 20,000 experience
Additional rewards: based on the impact factor of the publishing journal.
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‘Wow…this experience value is such a leap. ’
As for publishing papers, Wu Bin has only heard of it.
The concept is almost that the real academics in top universities never compete with childish things like grade points, but compete with how many papers they have published in top journals and how many citations they have received.
Anyway, it’s very B-like.
‘Well… let’s ask Professor Song. ’
Since it is a system task, Wu Bin still wants the extra reward, and naturally wants to publish it in the best journal.
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"You want to get SCI!?" Song Nanfeng almost sprayed water on Wu Bin's face.
"Professor, please don't get excited... Let me set a goal first, a goal." Seeing Professor Song being so excited, Wu Bin quickly comforted him with a few words.
Taking a deep breath, Song Nanfeng looked at Wu Bin with some dumbfounding. If another student who didn't even know the format of the paper came to ask him how to publish SCI, he would definitely throw it away. But as for Wu Bin, as long as he If you are willing to drill into a certain place, you might actually be able to do it.
So Song Nanfeng took a sip of hot tea and slowly explained to Wu Bin.
From Song Nanfeng's narration, Wu Bin learned that even at HKUST, most undergraduates have no idea about publishing papers. This reflects the popularization of the concept of publishing papers and the atmosphere of undergraduates participating in scientific research activities.
But to be honest, most undergraduates are overwhelmed with basic courses alone. Where do they find the time to research and publish papers?
Even many graduation thesis are not academic papers at all, such as compiling a small algorithm, "Simulation Design of Modem and Demodulation System"
The schematic diagram is drawn, the simulation drawing is drawn, the demodulated signal and the original signal are compared and analyzed, and the whole article is written, that's it.
However, what is written like this is completely a manual and not an academic paper at all.
"By the way, I forgot to ask you, what kind of paper do you want to write? Theoretical physics?" After explaining the basic concepts of academic papers, Song Nanfeng looked at Wu Bin.
"No, it's about graphene."
After hearing this, Song Nanfeng's lips trembled again, "Graphene!? When did you start researching this?"
"I just started studying, and I suddenly heard a few seniors discussing the journal, so I wanted to ask the professor for your opinion."
Song Nanfeng scratched his head and said, "Okay, but at most I will tell you about publishing a paper. For graphene, you go to Professor Liu or Professor Lin from the School of Chemistry. They have been studying this material for many years."
"Okay, thank you Professor Song." Wu Bin nodded obediently.
Song Nanfeng: "Although your English is good, the English writing in the paper is still very different from writing other things. At least read more than 100 related academic papers first. "Nature", "Physical Review" "Read more of these journals, and then..."
Song Nanfeng's lecture lasted until dinner time. He still felt that he had not explained clearly, so he went to the cafeteria with Wu Bin and continued to talk while eating.
During the process, Wu Bin listened and summarized. First of all, papers with novel ideas are the most popular, but the expression must be in place, otherwise it will be useless if the logic is unclear and others cannot understand it.
In addition, you also need a tutor who can guide you. Whether it is timely advice or revising the paper, it is of great help. Of course, this refers to a conscientious tutor, the kind who can change your name for you by changing two sentence patterns. Those who hang on to the same work do not count.
"Suck...suck." After eating two mouthfuls of spicy pork noodles, Song Nanfeng wiped his mouth and said, "There must be various difficulties in the research process, especially in conducting experiments. It took several weeks to discover that The numerical value is completely wrong, and many people will become emotional. For example..." Song Nanfeng said and glanced at Wu Bin: "Forget it, you definitely won't. I think you wish the experiment could fail a few more times and make a lot of attempts. .”
Wu Bin: "Professor, I don't tremble like that, okay..."
Song Nanfeng: "Who told you that every time you leave the laboratory, you feel like you have broken up with your girlfriend? If I help you with music, you can play Qiong Yao."
"..."
At this point, Wu Bin was indeed speechless.
With a proud smile, Song Nanfeng continued: "After reading a hundred relevant academic papers, you will have completed the preliminary research. Then you will determine your research topic and direction. In this regard, you can listen to your instructor or do it yourself. It doesn’t matter if you decide.”
Wu Bin nodded while drinking the soup.
After Wu Bin finished drinking the soup, Song Nanfeng glanced at his shiny dinner plate and asked, "Are you full?"
"full."
"Well, when you're full, come back to the office with me. I'll show you some information, which should be helpful to you."
"Okay!" Wu Bin stood up with a "swish".
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"Majorana fermions?"
Looking at the academic paper displayed on Professor Song's computer, Wu Bin read out the title with some confusion.
"Yes, this is a mysterious particle that the Shanghai Jiao Tong University experimental team successfully captured in the laboratory in 2016. It has puzzled the physics community for more than 80 years."
"Awesome." Wu Bin said while looking at the content of the paper.
"The reason why I brought you to read this academic paper is because it is very cleverly written and worth learning from..."
As he spoke, Song Nanfeng noticed that Wu Bin did not respond, so he glanced at him and found that his eyes were completely absorbed by the paper on the computer.
Smiling and shaking his head, Song Nanfeng stood up and gave the chair to Wu Bin, while he walked to the window sill to drink tea and look at the scenery.
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"so amazing……"
An hour later, Wu Bin, sitting in front of the computer, let out a heartfelt sigh.
"Have you finished reading?" Song Nanfeng, who was flipping through the book, asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Wu Bin nodded, "So it's one of the perfect choices for quantum computers, huh..."
As early as in the training camp, Wu Bin heard Song Nanfeng talk about this kind of computer.
Unlike ordinary computers that process data in binary, a quantum computer is a computer that processes data based on quantum physics mechanisms.
Its data processing speed is astonishing. If a quantum computer is compared to an airplane, then an ordinary computer can only be regarded as a bicycle. Problems that require huge computing resources to be handled by ordinary computers are a piece of cake for quantum computers.
Once a quantum computer is truly built, mankind will enter the era of topological quantum computing. The most direct impact will be on materials science. It can even perform systematic, accurate and efficient calculations on unsynthesized conceptual materials. That will be revolutionary. improvement!
"Hey, you're off topic. I asked you to look at the paper format."
Seeing the way Wu Bin's eyes were shining, Song Nanfeng knew that this kid was in trouble again.