"A paper is generally read by two or three reviewers, some journals require a majority to agree to publish, and some journals require all consents before publishing. Therefore, reviewers cannot completely decide whether or not to publish in a journal. Yang Rui explained quite seriously.

Tian Shichang and others didn't care so much, no matter how good or bad they learned English, they all rushed to see the letterhead.

Yang Rui was a little proud, and instantly pressed it down, because he knew that it was quite easy to be a reviewer for foreign journals. By the time he is in graduate school, if anyone publishes a paper in a foreign journal, the other party may invite you to be a reviewer and publish three papers, which is very likely. This is a voluntary work and a way to improve the level of research, which can also be refused.

From the perspective of journal companies, it is impossible for them to recruit a large number of researchers to review their manuscripts, and journal editors usually only have basic scientific literacy, and at most have more knowledge of a certain aspect.

The reviewer system guarantees the style and level of the journal. However, because it is a voluntary work, journals often need a large number of reviewers to ensure that manuscripts are reviewed on time. Inviting researchers who have published articles in this journal to be reviewers of their own journals is a result of many years of experience.

The higher the level of the journal, the more high-level reviewers are needed, and Biochemical Systems Ecology cannot be said to be a very good journal, but the authors who can publish papers here cannot be said to be the majority in any country.

Of course, journals don't rely on reviewers to win the world, they will also invite well-known experts in the industry to be the editorial board of the journal.

Compared with reviewers, the number of editorial board members is much smaller, and the power is much greater.

In many journals, the editorial board and the editor-in-chief are the final deciders on whether a paper can be published or not. In the Internet era, when the review status of the paper can be queried at any time, the status of "editorial board review" can often be seen, which usually means that the paper is in the final review state.

In China, due to the different national conditions, high-level journals are often able to invite high-level researchers, at least high-level administrative researchers, so the early domestic journals can be said to be an editorial board and editorial review system.

The lack of reviewers, coupled with irrepressible administrative intervention, makes domestic journals unscrupulous cheating, and in the 21st century, except for a few powerful journals, most Chinese journals have no academic reading value. Researchers will not submit papers to journals that have a bad reputation, unless they are bad papers for the sake of mixed titles.

However, it is precisely because of the editorial board and editorial system in China that the name "reviewer" has become very glorious.

Even in 2014, it is common to see some professors and experts adding the words "invited reviewer" or "reviewer" to their profiles.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the reviewer is invited or not. Being able to be a reviewer for such and such a journal simply means that such and such a person has published several papers in that journal.

Of course, to describe this kind of behavior as a reviewer is indeed more than "published a paper in such and such a journal".

The name of the reviewer of the journal "Nature" can indeed be regarded as a high-end cow, and if it is an editorial board member of such and such a magazine, there is about another cow.

Yang Rui was about to explain, but he felt that there was no way to talk about it, the buffet was not necessarily organized by him, and everyone spontaneously chatted about their favorite topics. Students, on the other hand, are apparently more willing to confuse reviewers and editorial board members.

"Let's publish a paper one day. He Cheng and Yao Qi, who are often assistants, came to Yang Rui's side, with excitement on their faces.

Yang Rui shrugged: "When you get to your sophomore and junior year, you can try." ”

"When the time comes, will you be able to review our manuscript?" He Cheng was excited, as if he was about to publish his paper now.

Yang Rui stretched his waist and smiled: "It's possible." Anyone can recommend me as your reviewer, but it is generally better to recommend those with similar research fields to ensure that the referee can understand your paper. It is also not certain whether the editor arranges the reviewers according to the recommendation. In addition, an article usually has 3 reviewers to give comments. ”

"Foreign journals are so strict?"

"This is not strict, in fact, if you really become a reviewer, there is still a certain amount of room for manipulation, at least you will not be rejected directly, if you ask some small problems that are easy to revise, it may also increase the chance of passing guò after revision. ”

He Cheng listened in a fog, but just nodded again and again: "In the future, I will write you as a recommended reviewer." ”

"If you write a biology essay in the future, you can. Yang Rui smiled and said: "The next thing is the pre-selection, you have less time, and you can usually reduce the number of times you come to the real room." ”

The pre-selection is the selection test before the college entrance examination. Since '80, seven provinces and regions across the country have adopted a pre-selection system, and in '81 it was expanded to 13.

The purpose of the pre-selection examination is to reduce the number of people taking the college entrance examination, so that the vast majority of the examination rooms in the country will be concentrated in areas above the county level, strengthen management, and implement a single person, one table, and one line.

In short, the pre-selection is to reduce the number of people taking the college entrance examination and reduce the pressure of organizing the college entrance examination.

Nationally, only one in two candidates was able to pass the guò pre-selection, and in the case of Xibao Middle School in previous years, it would be good for one in two students to pass the guò pre-selection in the return class. Fresh graduates in the second year of high school may be wiped out in the pre-selection.

It was also from '80 '81 that pre-selection became a sign of whether a student repeated. Students who have passed the pre-selection will consider whether to repeat if they do not pass the college entrance examination, while students who have not passed the pre-selection will usually give up and continue to repeat.

After all, a student who is not even allowed to register for the college entrance examination is a waste of time to continue repeating.

It is also because of the pre-selection policy, when you look at the university acceptance rate after the resumption of the college entrance examination, you will find that since 81, the university acceptance rate has increased considerably, soon exceeding 10%, and once reaching 20%.

However, if you take into account the pre-selection of the deposit, you know how much water is in the university acceptance rate, as far as '83 is concerned, there are about four or five million school-age high school students in the country, and only 1.87 million people take the college entrance examination through the pre-selection, and the number of admitted students is 320,000, and the so-called acceptance rate of 17% is actually calculated by the number of admitted students and the number of people after the pre-selection.

Because the pre-selection is also a veto system, all high schools attach great importance to this, and Yang Rui is no exception.

Even if the potential of the students in the Ruixue group is great, they will not be able to participate in the college entrance examination if they cannot pass the pre-selection, and the efforts in the second half of the year will be meaningless.

Yang Rui is also not sure how many members of the Rui Xue group can pass the guò pre-selection, and now he can only minimize the non-learning burden of the members of the Rui Xue group.

Although He Cheng likes the real yàn room, the college entrance examination is obviously more important, scratching his head and saying: "We have less time to go to the real yàn room, what should we do if we can't get busy in the real yàn room?"

"Didn't I kidnap a college girl two days ago? in two days, I will find one or two assistants who will be practical, and it will be about the same, you can review with peace of mind." "It's a good experience to be a practical assistant for science learning, but it doesn't make much sense to keep doing it.

When He Cheng heard the word "turn", his eyes changed several times, although he often heard Yang Rui's special words, he was still not so adaptable.

Huang Ren heard them talk about the pre-selection, grabbed a piece of bacon and ran over, and asked, "Brother Rui, many people are asking when to prepare for the pre-selection, when will we prepare for the pre-selection?"

"Do you need to prepare?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically: "In our school's return class, half of the people passed the guò pre-selection last year, and with the current results, I think that if you review normally, you should be able to pass the guò pre-selection." ”

Huang Ren hesitated for a moment and objected: "We reviewed for two months last year, and only then did so many people pass the guò pre-selection, and now our grades are much better, but if we don't review, if someone fails the exam, it will be troublesome." ”

"I've looked at the exam papers for the monthly exam, and it's no problem. Yang Rui is still quite confident in the monthly exam papers he designed. One of the responsibilities of a tutor is to judge the level and progress of the candidates.

Huang Ren was not at ease, and said in a low voice: "Someone has started to review for the pre-selection by himself, do you want to talk about it?"

"Specifically for pre-selection review? ”

"It is to take out the previous test papers and review them according to the pre-selected syllabus. ”

"How much time is it a waste of time to read the pre-selection outline?" Yang Rui said unhappily: "Isn't it good to have this time to do something else?"

"If you can't pass the pre-selection, you will be directly out of the college entrance examination this year. Everyone is inevitably worried. Huang Ren understood very much, and asked in a low voice: "Do you think that people with low grades can also pass the guò preliminary examination?"

In the 80s, the pre-selection was not very difficult, and if you were to pass the exam, the average passing score of the entrance examination would be about the same.

In the era when Yang Rui was a tutor, the student examination scores of key high schools were basically A, and after a grade, a total of several people's single homework would be C, and the D test was unique. Even in a regular high school, the entrance examination is never a problem.

However, in the 80s, the average level of students was far from so strong, and if the examination papers of later generations were brought to the present, it would be difficult for half of the students to graduate.

The results of the Rui school group are far above average, but those who are left behind will always have all kinds of worries.

Yang Rui thought for a while and said: "Normal review, those with low grades can also pass the pre-selection, I did last year's pre-selection test questions, it is very simple." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rui felt that it was not good to let Huang Ren pass on the word again, so he simply clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, and said: "I looked at everyone's last monthly exam results, which are very good, I think that even if the preliminary exam is held tomorrow, all of them can easily pass the exam." Therefore, there is no need to waste time dedicated to reviewing for the pre-exam, and do not disrupt the rhythm of revision, and maintain the previous progress, our goal is the college entrance examination. ”

"You can't do it without any preparation, right?"

"It seems that the return class and the second year of high school have already begun to review the preliminary exam. ”

"County No. 1 Middle School will start reviewing the preliminary exam next week, can we do it if we don't review?"

When there are many people, there will always be all kinds of ideas, Yang Rui doesn't care, and explains at will. The role of a buffet, a symposium or a tea party is the same, and the conversation is also a way to strengthen the connection, Yang Rui is naturally the core of the Rui group, but this is not a strict organization after all, Yang Rui is not prepared and cannot use the hierarchy to restrain it.

The members of the Rui study group have a strong trust in Yang Rui, and after listening to his explanation, everyone gradually felt at ease. At least in terms of learning, Yang Rui has a considerable foresight.

However, when the news spread that the Rui school group was not ready to review the pre-selection, the rest of the school would not recognize Yang Rui's judgment so much.

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