The editorial department of Science is as busy as ever.

Every day, we receive a large number of manuscripts from all over the world, and less than one-tenth of them are able to successfully board journals.

Compared to an editorial position, Warren feels that his job is more like a gold digger. Screen out new and groundbreaking papers from a large number of manuscripts and hand them over to the appropriate reviewers.

There is no doubt that this is a great job because the whole world of the work is being changed.

At the same time, however, it is also a boring job.

As for why?

Because as one of the two top journals in academia, the reputation of Science is too big.

In order to publish here, contributors are also unscrupulous. It is precisely because of this that they can see various "breakthrough" progress every day.

To be honest, for the correctness of the papers, there is no way to judge them as editors who are only half-footed in the academic circle. Only refer to the identity of the contributor, as well as information from the university or research institution, past submissions, etc., to determine whether a paper is eligible for peer review.

As usual, Warren drank himself a cup of refreshing black coffee before working, then opened his own work email and received a paper reviewed by a technical editor.

Looking at the e-mail, he couldn't help but have some scalp tingling.

“I think the technical department should develop some new features for our office software...”

"For example?" Brock, who was working on his hands, asked casually.

Warren said with a sigh of relief: "For example, before sending a paper to us, the cumulative impact factor of the contributor's past submissions, the academic rankings of the research institutions, and the weighting values ​​are then sorted."

Bellock said with a smile: "This is a good idea, but it seems to be unfair to those not-known contributors."

“What's the relationship? We are Science. Shouldn't we use a more scientific method to screen our manuscripts?” While dragging a paper into the recycle bin without mercy, Warren spits on the channel. “Some papers It’s a waste of time."

I smashed a paper and quickly opened the next one.

When I saw the title, Warren couldn't help but vomit in my heart.

It is a lithium-sulfur battery!

The previous one also claimed that it solved the shuttle effect, but only studied solid electrolytes. To be honest, there is nothing wrong with the direction of solid electrolytes, but some of the mistakes in the paper are obvious even if he is an editor who has no reviewing ability.

He has been voicing recently in this type of paper.

Subconsciously looking at the contributor and the research institution, Warren wondered if he should waste a few minutes on this paper, and suddenly he collapsed.

I saw that the name of the contributor seemed familiar.

Looking at the research institute, I saw the Frick Chemical Laboratory at Princeton University.

Then Warren discovered something more surprising.

The papers submitted are not just one, but two...

Warren silently looked at the calendar resting on the corner of the desk.

I remember that the last time Science published "highlights" on the modified pdms papers published in the "Nature" sub-published for half a year. He couldn't believe that only half a year would be enough to write another article with "modified pdms." Materials "equal level papers.

After solving the lithium dendrite problem, the shuttle effect is solved again?

This is too exaggerated!

However, Lu Zhou’s academic reputation is there, and Warren has paid enough attention to this paper, and has carefully studied it one by one.

Then he made a difficult decision.

At the lunch break, the Belk standing at the desk next door got up and was preparing to solve the problem of lunch.

At this moment, he noticed that the colleague next to him was staring at the screen with his brows locked, without the slightest departure from the seat. Out of curiosity, he walked over and stood behind Warren's back.

"Lu Zhou? That Princeton professor?"

Warren looked at the paper meticulously and replied casually: "Yes, I don't think Princeton will have a second professor whose name is so strange..."

Brock's tone is a bit strange: "It's unbelievable, it's only half a year... and two manuscripts together?"

"And it's still a lithium-sulfur battery. Obviously he has made a big move," Warren, who stared at the computer screen, Warren's brains, "two papers, one paper on the specific surface area of ​​hollow carbon spheres. The effect of pore size on the diffusion rate of polysulfide compounds, another paper is about the study of hcs-1 hollow carbon sphere materials. The two papers have certain relevance. The former focuses on theory and the latter focuses on application...how to do ?"

Bellock hesitated and said: "I think Professor Lu's academic reputation is still trustworthy. Is it better to give the reviewer the question of whether he is eligible to publish?"

Warren said with a headache: "I know, but the question is, who is this reviewer?"

This is indeed a problem.

There was also a touch of color on Bellock’s face.

“The paper on the hollow carbon sphere material of hcs-1 is quite good. Many professors who are doing carbon nanomaterials have the ability to review manuscripts, but this other paper...” After thinking about it, he did not come up with a suitable Candidates.

Looking for a mathematics professor, there are not many people interested in organic chemistry. Looking for a big cow in the field of organic synthesis, there are very few people who can understand the Lu Zhou paper.

In the circle of organic materials, there are many people who do carbon nanomaterials, and there are many research teams that do hollow carbon spheres, but to do the calculation of materials... To be honest, it is too little.

Many people have changed their careers to become farmers, and their annual salary has doubled. And those who do not forget the initial heart, there are very few who can make a big cow.

Because of the modified pdms material that miracles were born, Lu Zhou has been recognized as a **** by those who do the calculation materials, and they are counting on him to save them like David Shaw rescued computational chemistry.

It is really difficult to find a suitable candidate from these people to find a professor who is qualified to review the draft.

After thinking for a moment, Bellock tried to propose: "Or do you still contact Professor Bawdi?"

"But is he studying the direction of carbon nano?" Warren frowned. "And I heard that he was very busy recently and has already pushed away many review invitations for journals."

"But he has twice served as a reviewer for Professor Lu, and only he knows his paper better." Bellock said, "Still, you have a better candidate."

"Then write a letter and trouble him again." Hesitating for a moment, Warren immediately made a decision to drag two papers into a folder for important manuscripts.

Regarding whether the two papers are eligible for publication, he has not doubted it from the beginning.

If the shuttle effect can really be contained by this hcs-1 material, this result will undoubtedly be groundbreaking.

It is natural to be published in Science.