While Ning Zongxun and his wife were worrying about the possible desert expansion and climate change issues, Gibson Stein, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of "Cell", was in a sad mood in the Cell Press building in Amsterdam, USA.

very nice.

After five years as editor-in-chief of "Cell", he finally had the opportunity to be promoted to editor-in-chief.

Being able to become the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of a top journal like Cell, which is a flagship journal and not a sub-journal, will not only result in a high income, but also a rise in social status, which will not be lower than that of professors from prestigious universities.

So Gibson was quite high-spirited. At this time, he was taking the editor Collins, who had just joined the job less than three months ago and was still in the probation period, to guide him on how to conduct the preliminary review of the manuscript.

If all goes well, Busson will officially take the position of editor-in-chief after next month, and Collins will take over his original position and become the official editor-in-chief.

"Okay, Collins, you have been here with us for almost three months. You must have accumulated a certain amount of experience and encountered a lot of problems. Now I will give you lessons.

Gibson was in a good mood. In order to secure his promotion, he did not hide his secrets and planned to teach Collins his work experience.

"Thank you, Mr. Stan!" Collins thanked him repeatedly. He was very studious and quickly took notes with a pen in hand.

Gibson nodded secretly with satisfaction and explained:

"According to the regulations of our "Cell" editorial department, after receiving the manuscript, we must reply within thirty working days whether it has passed the preliminary review. And our first team is evenly distributed, and there are about a hundred articles every month.

It seems that you can read about five manuscripts a day, but as you know, we receive long papers with dozens of pages. If we want to read each one carefully, it will take at least three to five hours, so we can finish it in one day.

Five articles is obviously impossible."

Gibson nodded repeatedly.

"We must learn to skillfully judge which papers are worthy of in-depth reading and which ones can be answered after a cursory glance. Here are the experience and techniques that our editorial department has circulated for many years. Please take note of them. First of all, in the background of our website, you can

When screening submissions from countries, we give priority to manuscripts from the United States and developed European countries, and then look at correspondence institutions, such as Harvard, Cambridge, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, University of California and other famous universities and well-known laboratories and research institutes.

For manuscripts, it is often easy to find excellent papers, and then see if there are professors who recommend them..."

Collins listened and took notes. After hearing what Giblin had almost finished, he raised the question in his heart: "Mr. Stan, I saw a lot of manuscripts from the Xia Kingdom, accounting for more than half..."

"Manuscripts from Xia Guo? Haha." Gibson sneered: "Except for Xia, there are not many countries in the world that are so keen on publishing papers in top foreign journals. Why? Because their own domestic journals have been deceived and smeared.

As a result, the authority is completely lost, and the only way to find authority is to rely on foreign publications. Moreover, they often have no self-awareness, or they tamper with the data even though they know it is garbage, exaggerate the research results and then send them to try their luck. My usual approach, except for the communication unit

Except for the manuscripts from Xia Academy of Sciences, Qingbei and other key universities and research institutes, for the rest of the manuscripts from Xia State, you only need to read the title and abstract, and you don’t need to read the text at all.”

Collins asked in confusion: "Mr. Stan, if you don't read the text? How can you judge the quality of the content?"

Gibson said: "It is easy to judge that such papers are often not recommended by famous professors, and the communication units are small laboratories and research institutes that came out of nowhere. The titles are very exaggerated, what new system do you like to use, what big

Discovery, any important progress, any new mechanism... Seeing this kind of thing can basically be equated with garbage." He said and randomly selected a paper submitted by Xia Guo:

"For example, in this article, the recommender column is empty, that is, there is no recommended professor. Looking at the communication unit, it is called the 'Lime Plant Cultivation Laboratory'. I have no impression at all. At first glance, it looks like a small experiment that is not popular.

Room. Look at the title again, "Theoretical Model System of Computational Seed Science", ha, this is a typical exaggerated title. Generally, if either of the two words "theoretical model" and "system" appears, it may be garbage. If both of them appear at the same time,

More than 90% of them are garbage. How can a theoretical model be established so easily? Even a well-known professor at Harvard University would not dare to use such a word lightly, let alone add 'system'. Not to mention 'computational seed science'

What is this? Is there such a subject? What else is it if it’s not sensationalism?”

Collins nodded in agreement. He is also a master's student in biology, and his tutor is a well-known professor at the Harvard Medical School. Even a master like his tutor will never use "theoretical models" easily.

Such words.

"Let's take another half minute to look at the abstract. 'Plant genetic relationships are accurately described through mathematical language, and a new theoretical model system has been established, named 'Computational Seedology'. According to this system, the remains of genes can be

The relationship between them is converted into mathematical formulas, and mathematical modeling is carried out based on this to deduce the specific DNA and RNA base combinations, sequencing and optimal structures, and then the best hybrid breeding plan is derived.', Wow, this is

Claiming to have created a brand new sub-discipline! With a small laboratory, you dare to claim to have created a new sub-discipline!"

Gibson sneered: "With such an exaggerated paper, do you think it is necessary to waste a few hours to read the contents in detail?"

Collins also found it a bit funny: "It's really not necessary."

"Well, this is a typical rubbish paper. Taking it as an example, you will understand how to treat these Xia Guo manuscripts. But when you reply to the reasons for rejection, you must pay attention to your attitude. For example, you can say, 'The manuscript has been received.

It currently does not meet the inclusion criteria of our journal. It is recommended to transfer it to one of our sub-journals, so that the ball can be kicked into the sub-journal and it will not appear that our "Cell" journal is overbearing. After all, Xia Guo's market is huge.

Major universities, research institutes and laboratories all like to subscribe to our journals and sub-journals, so we still have to give face, there is no need to offend potential customers for some junk manuscripts..."

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gibson explained for another half an hour. Feeling that his lips were dry, he stood up and said: "Okay, Collins, this time the preliminary review of the manuscript will be handed over.

Here it is, tell me after the preliminary review, I’ll see if it’s okay and then submit it to the editor for review.”

Collins hurriedly responded, and after Gibson left, he opened the article "Theoretical Model System of Computational Seedology" again and glanced at it, wanting to see the contributor's email address for a reply, and his eyes accidentally fell on the author's column.

"Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun?"

Collins was startled. The names of these two Xia Kingdom authors sounded a bit familiar. He seemed to have heard them somewhere before...

Although the names of Xia people are very similar and difficult to remember, the two names together can still produce a feeling of familiarity, which makes Collins curious. He opened the search website and searched for it, and the next moment he sat on his seat and played.

stand up!

Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, the latest winners of the Fields Medal! Xia Guo is the youngest and most popular mathematics master who currently enjoys a high reputation in the world!

No wonder these two names looked so familiar to me. The two 20-year-old Fields Medal winners had caused a sensation in the whole world at that time. I was also very surprised. I even checked their information, so I had a special impression!

But... this is a paper in the direction of biology, especially plant breeding, right? Two masters of mathematics, submitting a paper in the direction of biology? Could it be that they are just authors with the same name?

But they can’t both have the same name and surname at the same time, right?

After all, Collins did not dare to reject the manuscript easily. If he was really the boss of the Philippine Prize, not giving a specific and detailed reason for rejecting the manuscript would easily lead to trouble, and it would also easily affect the academic honor of "Cell"!

If he really makes such a low-level mistake, a probationary editor like him will 100% be held accountable and fired!

Collins broke out in a cold sweat, and no longer dared to have any luck or laziness.

In any case, you must read the text content carefully.

As a graduate student in the Department of Biology at MIT, Collins has a strong professional level. The previous basic theoretical part is easy to understand. The theoretical integration and mathematical description of DNA and RNA are very innovative, and the logic is clear and self-consistent. It is easy to understand.

Collins was in awe. But after reaching the fifteenth page, increasingly complex mathematical formulas and functional analysis theories began to appear, and Collins began to be confused. After turning to the twenty-fifth page, he was completely dizzy.

Because in the end, it is all about how to use mathematical expressions and equations to express the relationship between the genes of the remains, as well as the mutual transformation and derivation of these relationships. It is difficult to understand, but it makes people unclear.

At this point, he was basically certain that the authors must be Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, the two youngest mathematics masters of Xia State who won the Fields Medal. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to find people with the same name and surname with such superb mathematical skills.

!

He rubbed his dizzy forehead, read two more pages, and finally gave up.

If you want to understand these mathematical parts, you must at least be a PhD student majoring in mathematics. He, a master's student majoring in biology, is simply not qualified.

I skipped the mathematics part of more than ten pages and kept reading. Then I came to the computer part. Although it was only about two pages long, it mainly explained how to use computers to program and deduce mathematical models to obtain the final DNA and RNA combination.

Sequencing structures, etc., and deduced the optimal hybrid breeding plan, but the relatively complicated terminology still drove Collins crazy.

Are Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun both so familiar with computer technology?

He suddenly remembered that there were rumors that these two elders had developed an operating system... Well, the elders couldn't be offended.

He even skipped this part and finally came to the last part.

This last part is case analysis and experimental verification. The author used the previous theoretical model system to deduce the genetic code of a special sweet potato, including base sequencing, combination, structure and how to cultivate it. The experimental data is attached to make it clear

This graphic shows the sweet potato cultivation process and the final results.

This kind of sweet potato is undoubtedly a new species that has never appeared. Although it has no advantages except being drought-resistant, it can neither bear fruit nor withstand high temperatures, and has no economic significance. The author also admitted in the last part of the paper

The above example is just a failed product in the process of cultivating a higher-level and more perfect sweet potato, but even if it is a failed product, its drought-tolerant feature of "still surviving well without watering for twenty days" is enough to shock everyone.

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The most incredible thing is that the results verified by the experiment match more than 95% with the results deduced by computer after mathematical modeling!

After reading the entire paper, Collins was completely shocked.

Even if he couldn't understand most of the details, he could understand the idea and logic of the entire paper.

To put it simply, the two young Fields winners used their superb mathematical skills to establish a new sub-discipline spanning the three interdisciplinary disciplines of mathematics, plant genetics, and computer science. This sub-discipline is based on mathematics.

At the core, we weave a large theoretical network that includes the genetic codes of plant remains, and establish special solutions to equations through computers and mathematical modeling, and use these special solutions to "translate" mathematical language and biological language.

", restore the specific DNA and RNA base combinations, sequencing and optimal structure, and deduce the best hybrid breeding plan based on this!

The more Collins thought about it, the more shocked he became.

My God, if the correctness of this paper is verified, it will have a huge impact on the entire botanical community. All seed cultivation research will usher in a complete change. All current seed cultivation research methods can be thrown into the garbage.

It’s in the pile!

Because time efficiency, economic efficiency and accuracy are not on the same level as this "calculation seed science"!

Even if he does not have much work experience, Collins can keenly judge that this paper is likely to become the best and most influential paper published by "Cell" in recent years!

Thinking that he had almost been "deceived" by Gibson into rejecting such a manuscript, Collins felt scared again.

However... this computational seed science is not easy to master. Collins estimates that in the future, a PhD in mathematics and a PhD in computer science will become standard in the seed breeding team...

Collins was lost in thought when someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder. Collins recovered from the shock, and when he looked back, he saw it was Gibson.
Chapter completed!