Chapter 12 The Open Access Movement

"Yogmov Foigt." After making a phone call, Officer Xiao Hu looked at the information transmitted on his mobile phone and frowned slightly: "This is a troublesome person." ”

"Troublesome characters......" Xiang Shan was a little strange: "What kind of trouble method?" ”

Officer Xiao Hu nodded: "Hmm...... Given that you and this Mr. Foigt may be in contact for a long time in the future, I would like to start by telling you about this Yogmoth Foigt, a supporter of the 'open access movement......"

"Oh!" Xiang Shan suddenly high-fived: "A little impressed." Professor Yagmow...... He looks a little younger than expected. ”

Xiao Hu was very strange, and asked with a little vigilance: "Do you know this person?" ”

"I've seen names." Xiang Shan said: "I have scanned the relevant content in the open access library. ”

Officer Hu nodded, but he was still a little puzzled: "This guy is an expert in the field of genetics." You can't fight with eight poles, right? ”

"When I glanced at it, I saw the name, and I was a little impressed. In addition, my supervisor has an interdisciplinary project with biology, so I will go to the paper bank in the field of biology to find materials. Xiang Shan was embarrassed to say that he was impressed because the name was the same as the boss of a game he had played.

Officer Hu nodded, "That's true." This guy is really quite amazing, he got a Ph.D. and a teaching position in his early twenties, a famous figure in the field of proteomics. From a professional point of view, it is indeed the most suitable scholar to come here. He was recommended by the technical department of the United States for this reason. ”

"But it wasn't until the NSA brought him here that the FBI filed an urgent report saying that they had long suspected that Professor Yogmov Foiggett was an extremist supporter of the open access movement......"

Xiang Shan was a little puzzled: "The open access movement is a good thing, right?" ”

The open access movement was a movement in the early nineties that was launched by Western academics to free science from the control of copyright and publishers.

As we all know, to evaluate whether a paper is "good or not", it is basically based on the "impact factor". To discuss the impact factor, it is important to first mention SCI (Science Citation Index). SCI is currently a relatively objective, fair and authoritative evaluation method, which can be used to comment on the academic value of papers or journals.

If you evaluate a single paper, you will be judged by the number of citations of the paper.

If a journal is evaluated, the total number of citations of papers published in the first two years of the journal in a certain year is calculated C, and the total number of papers published in the past two years is P, then the impact factor IF=C/P. The larger the impact factor, the higher the value of the journal.

The problem, however, is that while these two methods can be called "objective", this "objective criterion" itself is beneficial to the publisher of the journal.

It's essentially a simple and crude advertisement.

Even the "evaluation system" itself is included in a company's "intellectual property" and "business".

The academic community has also been looking for a more powerful and fair evaluation system.

In the eyes of scholars like Xiang Shan, this can be said to be a great attempt.

"That's not the problem." Officer Hu shook his head: "The FBI accused him of having ties to a hacker group and allegedly stealing fee information from the university's database without permission and uploading it online β€” but they don't have evidence yet." ”

"Hey, fight the local tyrants and divide the papers, righteous people...... Oh no, revolutionaries. Xiang Shan nodded approvingly: "It's amazing." ”

Officer Xiao Hu was quite vigilant: "Comrade Xiang, what you say ......"

"Don't worry, I'm just praising this kind of righteous deed, and I won't do it myself." Xiang Shantan stretched his hands: "I'm not a fool. Only peace can lead to development. ”

"These extremists are self-proclaimed 'guerrillas in the Internet age,' fearing that the world will not be chaotic." Xiao Hu said solemnly.

"Why did the United States send him over?" Xiang Shan was a little puzzled: "If he is really an extremist, he is afraid that if he turns his head, he will upload the secrets in this park to the Internet and let everyone in the world know." ”

"The F.B.I. had previously only listed him as a suspect." Xiao Hu said: "Before they reported it, people were brought in." In short, this is a person who is still an opinion leader on campus, and is said to have ties to environmental groups, and is a restless element. ”

Xiang Shan nodded: "I said why is it so angry, it turns out that I am writing and painting outside, and it doesn't look like I am recording inspiration, so I was regarded as a spy by him." This kind of person must hate the behavior of 'monopolizing information', so he can't recognize the two sentences. ”

Thinking of this, the little unhappiness in Xiang Shan's heart also disappeared. Anyway, he didn't suffer any substantial losses, but let the other party misunderstand his identity and made a joke.

"Alas. What about the level of this Professor Foiggett, we really need to pay attention to. But we can't fully agree with his behavior. ”

Officer Xiao Hu instructed Xiang Shan a few words about "discipline" and left in a hurry.

It seems that there is indeed a lot of government work at present. Only scholars are more relaxed.

Xiang Shan blew the air conditioner in the room for a while and read the book. Remembering that it was time for dinner, he left for the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is also a newly built house, and all the building materials and modules are shipped from overseas and built in one day. The food inside was supplied by the United States military, with grilled chicken, cutlets, mashed potatoes, bean soup, noodles, chips, jelly, and coffee, juice, and bread available 24 hours a day.

The taste of this thing is not very good, but due to the strong food industry in the United States, the quality of the ingredients is good, and the cooking is also as close to the "public taste" as possible. Xiang Shan asked for some mashed potatoes and bread, and some chicken and beef.

This canteen is a temporary building, there are not many seats, and it is now the peak hour, Xiang Shan is holding a plate, and he can't find a seat for a while.

"Xiao Xiang, here!" A familiar voice came. Xiang Shan looked up and saw Lao Liu waving at him. When he got closer, he found that Lao Liu, Professor Zhang, and Professor Jing were all sitting together and eating. Lao Liu and Jing Hongtu sat side by side, while Professor Zhang sat opposite Lao Liu.

Xiang Shan hurriedly sat down opposite Jing Hongtu.

Professor Zhang shook his head and said with a smile: "I told you not to call him, young people don't want to eat with us old men." It's too restrictive to do it here. ”

"Come on, I don't know about my students, and neither of them is disrespectful." Lao Liu looked at his proud protΓ©gΓ© and said, "Xiao Xiang, did you say?" ”

Xiang Shan said modestly: "I love my teacher, and I love the truth even more." ”

"Hahaha." Lao Liu smiled: "That's it." If you dare to open a dyeing shop for three colors, will he feel restricted? As long as you don't have the authority to deduct his salary or funds, he will dare not bird you. ”

After joking with Professor Zhang, Lao Liu turned to Xiangshan: "Speaking of which, Xiao Xiang." It's your first time in the tropics, right? Are you used to it? ”

"It's so hot, I feel like I'm going to get heat stroke at any time." Xiang Shan shook his head: "I have been to the southernmost place before, which is Jingchu...... Oh, I went to a mountain town with my family when I was a kid. It's not that hot, and I don't have much appetite for food. ”

Professor Jing nodded: "Well, yes, if it's hot, you have to match the dishes with heavy flavors, not heavy sour and spicy, and it's hard to raise your appetite." The diet here in Southeast Asia is very heavy on spices. The cooks of the United States don't seem to have thought of that. ”

Xiang Shan scooped a ball of mashed potatoes with a spoon: "This mashed potatoes taste okay with pepper." I've heard before that the United States warships are ...... that serve ice cream"

"Not now, maybe later."

Due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, Lao Liu and Professor Zhang did not have a very good appetite and did not take much food. By the time they came to the mountain, they had eaten almost enough. The two professors who were "just in the right year" stood up and said, "Professor Jing, you use it slowly. The two of us went outside for a walk. Xiao Xiang is the same for you, if you have an appetite, eat more, and be prepared for a long-term war of resistance. ”

After the two professors left, they moved to the side of the mountain without a trace. He has a good relationship with Lao Liu, and he has met Professor Zhang a few times, but he only has a few words of friendship with Jing Hongtu, a member of the department. With such an elderly person around, it's not easy to be too casual.

Jing Hongtu pinched a piece of French fries and asked, "I heard that you have a small friction with the scholars over there in the United States. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Shan put down his fork and said with a smile: "You are really well-informed." But I have to say beforehand that it's not me who is at odds with others, it's that my friend from the United States has a little misunderstanding of my little hobby. ”

Xiang Shan had to express his admiration for Jing Hongtu's connections and face. The conversation between himself and Yagmov is estimated to be known to a few people such as Director Hu, but I didn't expect it to be transmitted to Jing Hongtu. But this misunderstanding still has to be explained, after all, everyone will be colleagues in the future, and it will not be good if this incident leaves people with the impression that "this person is a thorn".

Jing Hongtu listened to Xiang Shan's explanation and nodded slightly: "Oh, write science fiction novels...... It's a good hobby. ”

Xiang Shan grinned: "I thought you would think you didn't do my job. Lao Liu...... Although Mr. Liu didn't say it, he still didn't think so. ”

"Haha." Jing Hongtu swallowed the fries in his hand: "When I was young, I actually wanted to be a science fiction writer. Have you ever heard of "PHS Wandering the Future"? I was so popular when I was a kid. I was probably one of the first readers of that book. ”

"PHS Roams the Future", a children's science fiction novel written in 1987 by Ye Yonglie, a famous fiction writer, reportage writer and popular science writer of the Republic, tells the story of a young journalist who inadvertently travels to the future.

Xiang Shan's eyes lit up: "Although I have heard of it, I haven't read it......"

"It probably doesn't make much sense to your generation." Jing Hongtu said: "But for me in elementary school, it really opened a door. ”

Xiang Shan asked: "You said that you also want to write novels, so have you published any works?" ”

Jing Hongtu shook his head regretfully: "The family won't let it." ”