Chapter 757: Pure Chinese Journal

(Another unexpected update! Are you surprised? Ahem, I will update 2/2 for the boss because he lost a sheep)

Since we want to create a top academic journal belonging to China, it is natural for Xu Chuan to choose a Chinese journal and include papers written in Chinese.

However, facing this choice, President Tan Shaoyuan shook his head slightly and suggested: "I don't recommend this idea."

"If you only plan to circulate this journal in China or a few countries in Asia, then it doesn't matter."

"If you choose to create a journal with great influence in the world, an academic journal and paper in Chinese, I am afraid that the number of scholars and people willing to submit will be greatly limited and locked in the next few years, even more than ten years or even longer."

"Because at present, whether from the basis of expanding the influence of academic journals or from the default language of the academic community, the influence of Chinese is too small."

"Although this is cruel, it is indeed true."

"Pure Chinese journals do sound beautiful, and I also yearn to have a top academic journal in pure Chinese, but I can only say that the current foundation is far from enough."

"From the perspective of scientific communication, if we want to spread it worldwide, as scientists, we actually have no choice at present."

"So overall and In other words, compared to purely Chinese journals, I would rather recommend bilingual or dual-edition journals in Chinese and English. First expand the influence of the journal little by little, and then slowly promote Chinese journals.

After a pause, Tan Shaoyuan sighed and continued: "Also, let me tell you a story."

"A few years ago, I remember it was in 2014, a foreign professor published a paper called "Convergence of Land Plant Production in Global Climate Gradients" in Nature."

"And in this paper, 90% of the data for the study came from a Chinese doctoral thesis from Fudan University."

"Later, another non-Chinese professor in Australia felt that there might be something wrong with this paper, so after carefully reading the translated papers of Natuer and Fudan doctor, he found the problem. In the end, Nature published an errata for this paper.

"But later, the doctor from Fudan University proved through his own efforts that there was no problem with his paper and data."

"So do you know where the problem is?"

Before Xu Chuan answered, he gave the answer.

"The problem is not the data itself, but the translation problem after the Chinese paper was translated by others, which led to the error in the paper on Natuer."

"That is to say, if we choose a purely Chinese paper journal, similar problems may arise in the submission, commissioning, review, and publication of Chinese and English papers."

"Not all contributors will choose to choose and translate two completely different languages. Similar situations may occur when other people read the paper."

After listening carefully to President Tan Shaoyuan's opinions and suggestions, Xu Chuan still had a smile on his face.

But he did not change his opinion.

Indeed, what President Tan said was all problems.

To be honest, the language of academic journals, in the final analysis, does not depend on the academic community, but on the international language.

If Chinese is an international language, then there is no problem in creating a purely Chinese academic journal. But unfortunately, due to historical problems, they are not currently.

Although there are more than one billion people using Chinese, the universal language of the world is still English.

As Tan Shaoyuan said, if we want to reverse the situation, we can only rely on the country's gradual development, expand the country's influence around the world, and expand the popularity of Chinese in the world.

However

Thinking about this, Xu Chuan smiled, looked up at Tan Shaoyuan, and said: "Bilingual parallel is indeed a good suggestion, but... someone has to stand up to change these, right?"

"It may be good to take it slowly, but it may be difficult to change anything."

"I believe in the development of the motherland, and I am willing to be the wave of the tide and walk at the forefront!"

Although English is now the mainstream of scientific research papers, with the changes of the times and the flapping of butterfly wings, the course of history has long changed.

Although they still have a certain gap with those Western countries in some fields such as chips, materials, precision instruments, and semiconductors.

But the realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology, as the first country to master the "ultimate energy" of the initial stage of mankind, these gaps are not so big.

Energy, materials, and information are the three important areas of production and technological development in modern society, and are also the main support for scientific development.

But the core of them is energy.

Even if materials and information are slightly inferior, they can be compensated by cheap energy.

Therefore, the liberation of energy means endless productivity, and also means that in various backward fields, they can quickly catch up through various means.

When China's science and technology is leading the world in all aspects, if there is really no Chinese scientific research paper.

Then Chinese will never become the mainstream language of scientific research papers.

Because once the mainstream language of high-level cultural exchanges is formed, it will have great inertia, and it will be difficult to change unless the world pattern is fundamentally reversed.

Take your time, maybe it will be good, maybe not.

In severe cases, sometimes strong medicine is needed!

Seeing that Xu Chuan did not change his mind, Tan Shaoyuan sighed inwardly.

In fact, if you really want to make the "Hope" journal bigger and stronger quickly, the best way is to use both Chinese and English.

He very much hopes to see a domestic journal that can stand up and carry the banner of domestic academic journals. The person in front of him is undoubtedly the person best able to realize this dream.

That's why he tried his best to help analyze the pros and cons, hoping to make the best choice.

It can be said that almost all domestic SCI journals with impact factors exceeding 10 are English journals, or have both Chinese and English versions.

Because only in this way can we be able to connect with world academics, maximize the influence of journals and papers, and attract scholars from other countries to contribute.

It is really difficult for purely Chinese journals to establish their own authority and influence in today's international academic world.

Taking a deep breath, Tan Shaoyuan looked up at Xu Chuan and couldn't help but persuade him again: "Purely Chinese journals are really too difficult."

"Not only in terms of submissions and invitations, but also in terms of whether the academic community will accept such a journal, it is a very difficult task. Is Academician Xu really no longer thinking about it?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said confidently: "Even if they can reject a sub-magazine of "Hope", no one can reject a general issue of "Hope"!"

"As for the first issue of "Hope", I have already decided on the content. I believe no one will refuse!"

Hearing that Xu Chuan had confirmed the first issue of papers, Tan Shaoyuan subconsciously asked: "What is the content?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Unified Theory of Strong Electricity!"

Tan Shaoyuan: ".????"

Hearing this answer, his eyes widened immediately and he sucked in the cool air blown by the air conditioner.

Damn it!

"Unified Theory of Strong Electricity?" 》

This person actually plans to publish this 'epic' paper in a new journal that has not yet been officially established?

Although he may no longer care about the journal's division and the reputation of the journal itself, is this too fierce?

Unable to help swallowing, Tan Shaoyuan looked at Xu Chuan in shock, as if trying to get an answer from his face as to whether he was mistaken.

Seeing the question on his face, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Why, can't you?"

Hearing this, Tan Shaoyuan came to his senses, calmed down the shock in his heart and said with a smile: "Not really, it's just a bit too shocking."

"After all, this is the Unified Theory of Strong Electricity, the biggest crown in physics in the 21st century."

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "For the academic community, the most important thing about a result is not which top journal it is placed in, but its own value."

"Just like when Perelman posted the proof of the Poincaré Conjecture on arxiv instead of submitting it to authoritative journals such as the Annals of Mathematics or New Advances in Mathematics."

"The academic community did not bury it or deny it just because he posted the paper on a website like arxiv, which does not even have a public impact factor."

"Just like for an academic achievement, winning the prize is never its most glorious moment, but the moment when it is verified to be correct!"

PS: Looking for opinions on a journal name, I suddenly got confused tonight.

Should it be called "Transcendence" or "Hope"?

Vote, give your opinion, and you can make changes while it's just getting started.

Another note: It’s the last day. Those of you who have monthly votes can vote. There will be an update in the afternoon.