"Dear Reiner. Mr. Ian Grey, I'm Hans Gray, editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Griffin the Alchemist. Tolan, I have the pleasure of reading your paper "Discussion on the Special Gases Produced in Limestone Heating Experiments and Several Problems in the Theory of Traditional Combustion Reactions", and our editorial department thinks that your paper is very valuable for discussion, so we hope to publish it in the next issue of the monthly Alchemist Griffin, which will be the first one, and we hope to get your reply. ”

Open the invitation letter, and write these words in neat font.

"Why did you get a letter of invitation so soon?"

Claire was curious, and although there was nothing wrong with the reviewers communicating with their friends, it only took half a day to confirm the paper and send out a letter of invitation, which was unique in Claire's memory.

"I remember that the best journal in the alchemy department should be Alchemy, right?"

Reiner had no doubt that as long as a mage with a certain foundation and was in the process of research, he would soon find the value of this paper, and all he needed to think about now was how to earn more points with this paper.

It is true that relying on the opinions of the reviewers, Reiner can get a certain number of points, but the real big deal is still in the citation of the paper.

According to the rules set by the high-level council, the citation score should be one-third of the points obtained by the paper review, that is, a paper with nine points, the original author can get three points if it is cited once, and at the same time, the points obtained by citation cannot exceed ten times the points obtained by the paper, that is to say, the paper with nine points can no longer generate income after its citation score reaches 90 points.

On the one hand, this is also to urge the mages to improve the content of the paper and expand it in depth to obtain higher review points, so that on the other hand, it is also to prevent some mages from relying on a special paper to be infinitely cited, or use some means to brush up points.

You know, if you want to send a paper to brush points, it is actually very simple, and you can do it by changing an object with a similar nature in some controlled experiments, but the actual significance is very small, and the review points will be very small for papers like this, or even only one point for sending people, that is, you can't get citation points.

Therefore, Reiner attaches more importance to citation points than audit points, and if you want to get more citation points, you must first be seen by more people, and it is undoubtedly best to choose better and more famous journals.

He had checked the conditions for the grading of the magic school, and it was necessary to obtain 100 academic points per year to maintain the ninth level of the school, 300 points to advance to the eighth level, 1,000 points to the eighth level to the seventh level, 3,000 to the seventh level, and so on, if you want to become a first-level magic school, you must get 1 million academic points per year.

Reiner has no intention of reaching the top, he just needs to keep Crescent Academy from being abolished now.

Based on this, Reiner was a little embarrassed by the letter of invitation from Griffin the Monthly Alchemist.

This is the first letter of invitation sent to me, and from the perspective of time, the other party reviewed his paper almost immediately, and promised to publish it in the first one, which is enough to show attention.

But Griffin the Monthly Alchemist isn't influential enough, and Reiner can't guarantee that he'll be able to get enough citation points.

"Do you want to contribute to Alchemy? No kidding, it's the top journal out there, and it's full of research by high-ranking mages, and you're not even ranked yet. ”

Claire said without thinking, but then seemed to realize that something was wrong with her words, and lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip, looking rather worried that Reiner would taunt her in turn.

Unexpectedly, Reiner just smiled lightly and continued.

"That's right, I should go and get the rank of an official mage first."

"Huh?"

Claire originally thought that Reiner realized that he was not up to the level of "Alchemy", but she didn't expect such words to come out of his mouth.

"You—Do you think it's easy to become a full-fledged mage!?

"Is it hard? I think you only need to pass the written test and the magic test, and the guy who can't pass under such simple conditions is the problem. ”

Reiner naturally knows how hard it is to become a full-fledged mage.

Under the ancient magic system, mages relied on the magic obtained from their own meditation to use magic, just like a tiny ant trying to shake a tree, and the so-called high-level mages were all gifted and scarce.

Some mages began to find another way, fusing all kinds of magical magical creatures with themselves, and became the origin of bloodline mages, because this method is very efficient, can quickly improve their own strength, and has a wider applicability, so it once became a powerful force with a large number of people.

Ancient mages and bloodline mages have been at loggerheads, during which many wars broke out, and in the most recent war, several mages led by Master Hohenheim founded the modern theory of magic, which is represented by the qualitative and quantitative analysis of illusory spells, thus unifying the two schools and forming the current wizarding world.

Even with the popularization of modern magic education, no more than 30 out of a hundred mage apprentices can become full-fledged mages, and more than ninety percent of them will be stuck in one link and unable to advance in their lifetimes.

Guys like the original Reiner are actually the majority, because of the development of magic, so many nobles like to send children to learn magic, but there are very few who can really make achievements in this area.

High mages have great strength and long lifespans, for them, the authority of the nobility is no longer much intimidating, only the king can make them nod and salute slightly, but for the low mages, they are just one of the many living beings, and they have to work hard for life.

This is similar to the aristocracy, where the poor and incompetent are spurned, and the powerful and wealthy are attracted to the nobility, after all, this is a world where power reigns supreme.

Claire is a one-ring mage, and she barely passed it after five failed exams, which is considered to be below average, so she was so surprised to hear Reiner's understatement.

Judging from Reiner's indicators, becoming a full-fledged mage is about the same as passing the bar exam or a certified public accountant qualification certificate or a first-class architect on earth, and this is only the first step, intermediate mages are already at the level of academic masters in various fields, as for high-level mages, I am afraid that only those Nobel Prize winners can compare with them.

However, after his previous experience, his magic strength has improved a lot, and if he has the opportunity, Reiner will still try to advance, after all, it is rare to come to a magical world, and how to do it without learning.

"I'm just waiting for you to come back from the failure of the advancement with a sad look on your face."

Claire gritted her teeth and said, although the guy in front of her is sometimes quite reliable, but in most cases he is very underbeaten, which makes Claire crazy.

"Let's not discuss the advanced matters first, I have to go back and think about whether to accept this invitation letter, Mr. Claire, do you know any directory that collects the rankings of all academic journals or something?"

Reiner didn't mind Claire's curse, but asked rhetorically.