I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Shen Qi finally finished his thesis "A Solution to Three-Dimensional Hypercomplex Numbers" and submitted it after checking that there were no problems.

Where to vote?

Of course, you can't vote for Ann-Math or Acta-Math. Shen Qi wrote the paper in Chinese and it hasn't been translated into English yet.

Even if it is translated into English, it is impossible for Ann-Math and Acta-Math to accept Shen Qi's manuscript. Shen Qi himself knows that the current level of his papers cannot attract the attention of top international mathematics journals.

So let's vote for domestic mathematics journals first. Shen Qi locked in the target, the mathematics journal "Mathematics Research Journal" sponsored by Zhejiang University.

Shen Qi converted the LaTex document of "A Solution to Three-Dimensional Hypercomplex Numbers" into PDF format and emailed it to the editorial department of "Journal of Mathematics Research".

In the text of the email, Shen Qi briefly introduced his identity background and academic research achievements: "Dear editor, I am Shen Qi, a freshman student in the Department of Mathematics of Yanda University. A paper, that is, "Some new solutions to second-order constant coefficient linear non-homogeneous differential equations" published in Volume X and Issue X of "Mathematics Innovation Journal".

A few words of self-introduction are enough. Shen Qi is a person who has published papers, which is very important. He has a certain amount of academic capital, not just a piece of paper.

Although "Mathematical Innovation Journal" has not been included in SCI, it doesn't matter. Shen Qi is currently a new academic. As long as he has published papers in domestic journals or even general journals, resubmitting papers will at least make the first review editor take a closer look.

The academic status of "Journal of Mathematics Research" has improved compared with "Journal of Mathematics Innovation", at least it belongs to the national core journal, and the impact factor of SCI is 0.302.

IF is only 0.302 too LOW?

LOW is LOW, mathematicians don't care about IF at all.

No mathematical journal in China has an IF of more than 1, and the highest is the Chinese Academy of Sciences' "Acta Mathematics", with an IF of 0.578.

Worldwide, the IF of top big players such as Ann-Math and Acta-Math has also hovered between 2.5-4 for a long time. The average value in the industry is 1-5. The industry here includes journals in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, etc., as well as comprehensive journals.

Why are the IFs of mathematics journals so low?

Mr. Qiu Chengtong gave a brilliant overview in one sentence: "Good mathematics papers must be rarely cited, because few people can understand them."

According to the calculation formula of IF, the number of citations within three years determines the impact factor IF of the year.

Good mathematics journals and truly informative mathematics papers can't be read by readers, and they even quote a thread, so the IF of mathematics journals is generally low.

If your mathematics papers are cited a lot, there is only one reason: your writing is too superficial and your level is too bad.

The reason why "Nature" and "Science" are cited more often is because they are comprehensive academic journals, which study physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering... people from all walks of life can always find Find the information you need on "Nature" and "Science".

The reader base is too large, and readers frantically click on "Nature" and "Science". These two journals have occupied the top two places in the click list for a long time.

They absolutely did not check the data. This is real data. "Nature" and "Science" are popular science books for the general public, and even ordinary readers can understand some of them.

And the mathematics circle is a small circle, so it is still the same sentence, mathematicians do not care about IF, you like to read it or not, like to quote or not, stay away from me, low IQ will contagious.

Shen Qi sent the PDF version of the thesis to Zhejiang University's "Journal of Mathematics Research" by email, and the next step was to wait.

If the preliminary review of the PDF version is passed, the editor will generally require the author to provide a typesetting LaTex document, and then enter the peer review, the final review of the editorial board and other links. The whole process will last 2-3 months, or even longer.

This is the case, the review work of mathematics papers has been so long, and peer experts have to carefully deduce and calculate the author's papers.

Mathematics is not like natural science, where a bunch of experimental data and pictures are attached, and there are pictures and truth, so it is clear at a glance whether it is right or wrong.

The verification and review of mathematical papers almost rely on the brains of experts. In the history of mathematics, there have been many cases where review experts could not understand the author's papers.

Some mathematics papers took more than ten years to review, and the authors died when the awards were awarded, which is regrettable.

For example, Abel, who was only 27 years old when he died, never won a grand prize during his lifetime.

Playing mathematics to the middle and late stages is to compare who can live longer and be healthier.

This also reflects the importance of physical exercise, the body is the capital of all academic struggles.

In the evening, Zhou Yuan returned to the dormitory. He announced a set of data: "In the men's 5000m preliminaries, a total of 4 people ran within 18 minutes. Shen Qi, your time of 17 minutes and 58 seconds ranked fourth in the preliminaries. The first-ranked It was a sophomore in the College of Engineering, and he ran to 17 minutes and 12 seconds."

Shen Qi was shocked: "Impossible, that guy is a special sports recruit?"

"No, just like you, that guy is a top student, with almost perfect marks in all exams. Shen Qi, do you think you are the only one who is good at pretending to be X in Yan University?"

"It's very challenging. My fastest 5,000-meter time in practice was only 17 minutes and 28 seconds." Shen Qi fell into deep thought, feeling a mountain of pressure.

"What's the matter, do you still want to win the championship?"

"Nonsense, if I don't win the championship, what kind of long-distance race should I participate in?" Shen Qi couldn't sit still anymore, he rushed downstairs and started running.

Sports experience +1

Sports experience +1

After a 5-kilometer run, Shen Qi's sports experience value increased by a few points, reaching level 3 sports (524/5000).

Just run like this, and after running for one year, the sports level can be automatically raised to level 4.

Comparing the upgrading process of mathematics and physics horizontally, as well as the personal experience of participating in mathematics and physical competitions, Shen Qi believes that level 3 of physical education is a relatively good level among ordinary college students, and level 4 of physical education is close to the level of professional athletes, which is equivalent to semi-professional class it.

There is no sports special enrollment to participate in the long-distance running festival in Yanda University, so the sports level 4 should be able to beat the whole school invincible --- only amateur level.

It's time to strengthen physical fitness. Shen Qi took out 4476 points out of more than 90,000 Xueba points, and raised his physical fitness to level 4.

System: "The host's sports level has been raised to level 4, and the activity of red and white muscles has increased significantly compared to the previous level."

"Ah! The meridians are all severed...Ren and Du's second meridian is being rebuilt..." Shen Qi rolled on the lawn, the benefit of the sports upgrade was the increase in the activity of red and white muscles.

Although the surface of his body didn't seem to change at all, and he couldn't feel the throbbing blood in his body, Shen Qi still rolled twice symbolically. The protagonists in martial arts novels usually do this after they upgrade. Ritual.

Then Shen Qi went to the cafeteria to eat pasta, supplement carbohydrates, eat a banana to supplement trace elements to prevent cramps, drink a box of milk, protein intake is essential.

After giving these foods and dairy products a certain amount of time to digest and absorb, Shen Qi went back to his bedroom to draft his second paper, "A Class of Computational Methods of Vector Calculus".

Apart from eating and sleeping, Shen Qi didn't waste a minute or a second, and none of the top ten indicators of the system reached the full level of 15, which was beyond his control.

Shen Qi didn't dare to waste time, let the brain rest when the body is exhausted, and the body recovers energy when the brain is calculating. People must always do something meaningful when they are alive, either they are pretending to be B, or they are on the way to pretending to be B.

At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Shen Qi had enough rest and recovered his physical fitness.

Taking advantage of the stillness of the night, Shen Qi went downstairs to run another 5 kilometers, and the time was 16 minutes and 18 seconds.

Looking at the running software timer on his mobile phone, Shen Qi couldn't believe it: "It's so slow, 16 minutes and 18 seconds! After upgrading to level 4, my 5000-meter PB has been shortened by more than 1 minute. This is probably a fake result Right? Come on, let’s run another 5 kilometers...Forget it, I can’t run anymore, go back to sleep, let’s go.”

The next day, Sunday.

Many spectators came to the stadium, and the men's and women's 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter finals were held today.

In a corner of the stand, more than a hundred teachers and students from the School of Numbers gathered. The principal and deputy deans of the School of Numbers have gone abroad for academic exchanges. An old man led the team to cheer for the long-distance runners of the School of Numbers.

The old man, surnamed Long, is the dean of the Department of Mathematics. He said to a fat man beside him, "Xiao Sun, this Shen Qi is very good. With all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique, he can be trained as a leader of the discipline in the new era. By the way, I have already approved Shen Qi's application to complete 10 advanced credits in advance."

Sun Erxiong said with a smile: "This kid has too much energy, it seems that the questions I gave him are not difficult enough."

Director Long looked in the direction of the starting line and asked, "How many athletes from our school will participate in the men's 5,000-meter final? I only know Shen Qi, and the other students are not very familiar with it."

"Mr. Long, it's normal for you not to be familiar with it. Only Shen Qi entered the finals in our academy." Sun Erxiong said.

Director Long asked again: "So, how many students from the School of Physics entered the final?"

"Two."

"As professors, don't force students to study and do questions every day. The body is the capital of the revolution. It is impossible for our students in the School of Math to engage in sports to be worse than those in the School of Physics, right?"

"Mr. Long, the School of Physics is not bad. Since I retired, I have played basketball and football in the School of Physics. I have never won the School of Physics. Ball games and track and field are not the dominant sports of the School of Science and Technology."

"Then what are the advantageous sports of our school?"

"Go, chess, bridge."

"..."

Shen Qi waited for the starting gun on the runway, and the men's 5000m final was about to start.

With his sharp eyes, he spotted the relatives and friends group in the corner of the stand.

Director Long is here, Professor Sun is here, roommates are here, and the students from the Department of Mathematics are basically in place. Even Ouye, a reclusive house girl, also came to the scene.

"Anti-wood man! Anti-wood man!" Shen Qi clenched his fists and raised his arms, shouting in the direction of the group of relatives and friends in several courtyards.

"Shen Xiaoqi, the most amazing!"

"Shen Xiaoqi, the most durable!"

"Shen Xiaoqi, enough is enough!"

The student cheering group headed by Zhou Yu'an shouted slogans rhythmically.

Director Long was very happy: "The freshmen in the School of Numerical Sciences are very energetic and great!"

Zhou Yu'an said to Ouye beside him: "Hey, call Ouye, call your male god, why don't you call? You want to call out loud, will you?"

Ouye: "Go."