In the afternoon, Chen Zhou accompanied Yang Yiyi to the library to hang up.

As his math project came to an end, Chen Zhou began to set his sights on physics.

From Yang Yiyi, he made a list of the remaining textbooks in the Department of Physics.

Then, Chen Zhou began to plan a plan to brush up on the book.

In Chen Zhou's plan, he had to finish most of his physics course in the first half of his sophomore year.

After all, there are still two other papers that have to be counted together.

Otherwise, it would be funny if you can't finish your sophomore year......

In the afternoon, Chen Zhou comfortably brushed up on physics textbooks.

It's been a long time since I've read a book for the sake of reading a book.

"How is it?" Coming out of the library, Yang Yiyi tilted her head and looked at Chen Zhou.

"What?" Chen Zhou didn't understand for a moment.

"Isn't physics much more interesting than math?" Yang Yiyi said.

"Hmm......" Chen Zhou hesitated slightly, but still said, "Physics and mathematics have a lot in common, and they seem to me to be equally interesting. ”

"Well, you have a point. After Yang Yiyi finished speaking, she took the initiative to reach out and pull Chen Zhou.

Yang Yiyi asked again: "By the way, what did Professor Wu say about your paper?"

Chen Zhou shook his head: "I only sent it in the morning, and it is estimated that I will be looking for me tomorrow." ”

Yang Yiyi thought for a moment, and then nodded.

Chen Zhou stretched out his hand and rubbed Yang Yiyi's head, and asked softly, "Yiyi, what about you, how is the progress of your project?"

Yang Yiyi said: "We are not in a hurry to teach the Tai Buddha Department, he has given us enough time, so we are still in the initial stage......

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "Be careful that this professor deliberately put time in front of him, and then suddenly sped up. ”

Yang Yiyi asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

Chen Zhou explained: "They are all superficial Buddhists, and they have been given so long in the early stage, but they are actually all foreshadowing. During this time, you can't just focus on the tasks given by the professor, you need to take into account all aspects of the subject. ”

"Because if you don't prepare enough for this preparation time, once the progress of the follow-up project suddenly accelerates, it is very likely that you will not be able to keep up, and then you will be scolded by the professor......"

Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou strangely: "How do you know?"

Chen Zhou immediately said: "Senior Shen Jing told me, he was scolded for the first time with Professor Wu to do a project......

Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou in disbelief: "Not yourself?"

Chen Zhou immediately shook his head: "How could it be me, what are you thinking?!"

After a pause, Chen Zhou said again: "I am the one who participated in the project on the shoulders of Senior Shen Jing, and his previous summary and lessons have been well absorbed by me. Now, it's time to impart it to you. ”

Hearing this, Yang Yiyi laughed softly: "It seems that Senior Shen Jing has stepped on a lot of pits before......"

Chen Zhou also smiled: "Anyway, I remember that when I first joined Professor Wu's research group, my seniors taught me a lot of things. ”

At this time, Shen Jing, who was in Wu Xiping's office, unconsciously sneezed.

Wu Xiping glanced at Shen Jing: "Got a cold?"

Shen Jing rubbed his nose: "There shouldn't be, but my nose suddenly itched." ”

Wu Xiping nodded: "Then let's continue to look at the question just now......"

Shen Jing was asking Wu Xiping for help with the problem.

Last year, with the help of Wu Xiping, Shen Jing successfully applied for the school's research fund and started his own research.

At this time, Shen Jing was asking for help on this topic.

Shen Jing didn't know until this moment that when a person was doing a project, his hair really fell out......

Wu Xiping only provided Shen Jing with enlightening ideas, and he would not say a word more about specific issues.

After a while, after Wu Xiping finished speaking, Shen Jing was thinking about what Wu Xiping had just said.

Finally, Shen Jing slowly turned his head, looked at Wu Xiping, and said softly, "Thank you, teacher." ”

Wu Xiping waved his hand: "Don't be polite to me, no problem, right?"

Shen Jing nodded: "No problem." ”

Wu Xiping: "No problem, you can go, I still have to help read the paper." ”

Shen Jing was curious: "Professor, the graduate students you took have sent papers again?"

Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou's paper and said, "It's not a graduate student, it's an undergraduate." ”

"What?" Shen Jing was surprised, when did another undergraduate student come?

Wu Xiping glanced at him before he said, "It's Chen Zhou's thesis, didn't I find you and him at the same time last time? His thesis has been completed." ”

Shen Jing hurriedly stretched out his head to see what kind of topic Chen Zhou had chosen, and it had already yielded results.

"Complex Clifford Analysis?" Shen Jing said in surprise.

"Do you understand?" asked Wu Xiping.

Shen Jing shook his head: "I don't know very well...... However, it is said to be very promising, and there are many applications in partial differential equations. ”

Wu Xiping raised his eyebrows, held the mouse in his right hand, slid the scroll wheel, and jumped directly to the part of the paper on the study of complex partial differential equations.

"Look at it. Wu Xiping pointed to the content on the computer.

Shen Jing looked in the direction of Wu Xiping's finger, and then looked at it for a long time......

"Is this really a freshman undergraduate's paper?" was Shen Jing's first reaction after reading it.

There was no way, he felt a little struggling to do this subject.

No, it's very difficult, and this topic is completely beyond the scope of undergraduates' ability, right?

Glancing at Shen Jing who was in shock, Wu Xiping laughed softly: "What do you feel?"

Shen Jing slowed down for a moment before replying, "It's amazing......

Wu Xiping: "It's really powerful, the entire freshman, sophomore, and junior year, can do this topic to this extent, not a handful of them, maybe even less." ”

After a pause, Wu Xiping said again: "Chen Zhou is very talented in the field of complex variable functions, if he devotes himself to studying, the field of complex variable functions will be a big stage for him to display his talents." ”

Shen Jing was slightly stunned, this compliment is too real......

You must know that there are too many theories of complex variable functions, such as the theory of single-valued analytic functions, the theory of Riemann surfaces, the theory of geometric functions, the theory of remaining numbers, and generalized analytic functions, all of which belong to the field of complex variable functions.

Pick any one of them, they are all very capable of fighting, and there is no weak character.

Shen Jing originally thought that he would complete the project faster than Chen Zhou, but it turned out to be a little slower.

It will take at least two months for his project to enter the final stage......

Moreover, he still applied for the school's project funding.

Thinking of this, Shen Jing sighed softly and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry, I ......"

Wu Xiping interrupted: "I'm sorry what, you are different from Chen Zhou, you are already a very good student." You must know how difficult it is to apply for the support of the school's project funds in the Department of Mathematics of Yan University in your junior year. There aren't many students in the mathematics department who have this qualification, so you don't have to be presumptuous. ”

Shen Jing felt a slight warmth in his heart, and he just wanted to say thank you to the teacher, but Wu Xiping said again: "As for Chen Zhou, if you consider his status as a freshman, then in all fairness, I think he should be the first in the entire mathematics department, and there is nothing to compare." ”

Shen Jing swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, Wu Xiping's praise was more real than what he had just now......

Leaving Wu Xiping's office, Shen Jing took out his mobile phone and thought about whether to call Chen Zhou, but finally forgot it.

"This guy...... Tut-tut, I will graduate next year, and it turns out that he will graduate next year......" Shen Jing said, with a wry smile, if this junior is also with Professor Wu in graduate school, then everyone's pressure will increase more than ten times in an instant......

Chen Zhou naturally didn't know what was happening in the office, and he didn't receive a call from Wu Xiping until the afternoon of the next day.

Wu Xiping told him that he had already gone through the paper and written it very well, and the entire argumentation process of the paper was extremely rigorous, and there was nothing that could be modified.

You only need to adjust the format of the paper and edit and submit the manuscript according to the requirements of the journal.

Then I asked Chen Zhou if he had time to go to his office in the afternoon and talk to him about the paper.

Chen Zhou naturally has time, and he also happens to ask about the issue of journal submission.

The reward of the project task is determined by the value of the paper and the impact factor of the journal.

Chen Zhou himself also checked the impact factors of many mathematics journals, and he found something that made him very painful.

That is, the impact factor of mathematics journals is generally very low, especially in the field of pure numbers, and the impact factor is even lower than that.

Of course, this is also related to the calculation method of the journal's impact factor.

A journal's impact factor is equal to the number of citations a journal has been cited in the previous year or two divided by the number of papers published in those two years.

Obviously, the number of citations a journal has to determine the impact factor of a journal to the greatest extent.

As for mathematics, why the impact factor of pure number journals is so low, Chen Zhou also roughly has an answer in his heart.

That's because, in the field of mathematics, if a paper has a high citation rate, it is very likely to indicate that the content of the paper is out of water and is very superficial.

After all, profound content should be incomprehensible to most people......

Therefore, such an impact factor calculation method breeds a large number of water magazines with high impact factors, but in fact, there is not much nutrition.

If only the impact factor of journals is considered, then Chen Zhou can choose these water journals.

The fast manuscript and the sufficient impact factor are the reasons for his choice.

But Chen Zhou didn't want the first paper he completed independently, so he fed the dog like this......

Therefore, it is very necessary to communicate with Wu Xiping.

Chen Zhou, who was thinking like this, knocked on the door of Wu Xiping's office.

In addition to Wu Xiping, several graduate students he brought with him were also there.

Although Chen Zhou and these seniors hadn't talked much, they had met many times, so he took the initiative to say hello to them.

Seeing that one of the peerless double arrogances of the new generation of Yan University took the initiative to say hello, these seniors were also polite, and nodded to Chen Zhou one by one, which was regarded as a response.

Walking to Wu Xiping's desk, Chen Zhou said loudly: "Professor Wu, I'm here." ”

Wu Xiping pointed to the chair that had been reserved for Chen Zhou.

After Chen Zhou sat down, he said with a smile: "This paper is really well written, if it weren't for the requirements of the School of Mathematics, I think you would have graduated from the Department of Mathematics now." ”

Chen Zhou smiled embarrassedly: "Professor, you praised it once on the phone just now......

Wu Xiping said: "Good papers, good students, it's okay to praise more." ”

After a pause, Wu Xiping didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he first glanced at the students who greeted Chen Zhou, and then said: "Moreover, the level of your thesis has completely surpassed that of undergraduates, and even some graduate students can't compare to you." ”

Chen Zhou kept looking at Wu Xiping, and naturally knew what the professor really meant, and he hurriedly said, "Professor, you have won the award......

Wu Xiping waved his hand, then pointed to the computer and said, "Your paper, I made some small revisions for you, and now it is basically perfected." ”

Chen Zhou glanced at the computer, and indeed the layout format in some places had changed, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, professor, that, do you want to put a name?"

Wu Xiping turned his head to look at Chen Zhou, and directly refused: "No, I will help you repair and make up for the things, but they are not enough to be named, as I said before, an independent SCI is more meaningful to you." Besides, if I really put my name on you, then you Professor Zhang will have to laugh at me for the rest of my life......"

Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, and then laughed.

However, Wu Xiping's meaning, Chen Zhou also understands, he doesn't care about this two-article SCI at all.

Just like Wu Xiping's first project in which he participated, the final paper was to give the signatures of the first author and the second author to Shen Jing and him.

Wu Xiping said again: "I sent the revised paper to your mailbox, and you can review it yourself." ”

Chen Zhou nodded and said again, "Thank you, professor." ”

Wu Xiping waved his hand again: "You kid can think of letting me review your paper for you for the first time, which shows that you still approve of me in your heart." Be polite to me again, and don't send me the paper next time. ”

Chen Zhou smiled when he heard this: "Then don't bother me, professor?"

Wu Xiping: "No, you can just bring the paper." ”

The teacher and student looked at each other and smiled.

With a smile on his face, Wu Xiping continued to ask: "By the way, which journal do you plan to submit to for this paper?"

Chen Zhou immediately said: "Professor Wu, I just want to discuss this matter with you, I still don't know much about the selection of mathematics journals. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Zhou continued: "Actually, I want to vote for journals with a larger impact factor. ”

Hearing this, Wu Xiping immediately frowned and looked at Chen Zhou: "Hmm?

Chen Zhou hurriedly explained: "No, no, I definitely can't put in water magazines, this is the result of my long time......"

After speaking, Chen Zhou secretly glanced at Wu Xiping, Wu Xiping's brows furrowed, and he said softly: "Mathematics journals, the impact factor is not high, you can't simply rely on the impact factor to see the value of a journal, especially in the field of mathematics." ”

"Hmm...... If you want to invest in a mathematics journal with a higher impact factor, I suggest you still invest in a foreign journal. ”

As he spoke, Wu Xiping opened a notepad, glanced at it, and then sent the notepad to Chen Zhou's chat software.

"These are some of the journals that I have applied to over the years, and I have also marked some of their characteristics. You can choose a suitable journal for submission according to the content of your paper. ”

After a pause, Wu Xiping looked at Chen Zhou and asked, "You know the specific submission process, right?"

Chen Zhou nodded: "I know." ”

Wu Xiping: "Okay, then you can do it yourself." ”