Chapter 398: Learning to use Chinese is a basic requirement
Because the impact factor of a journal is calculated by the average number of citations of the papers published in the previous two years in the current year.
Before last year, the impact factor of Jilin University’s core journals had just exceeded ten.
In just one year, the impact factor increased thirty times, which is incredible.
This has a lot to do with the academic conferences we have held many times.
Many developing countries have been very active in citing our papers, which has also greatly increased the number of citations of papers in our journals.
The quality of the paper itself is also a key factor. As long as the research is in a related field, it is difficult to avoid referring to Xu You’s paper.
Such amazing data has made the impact factor of Jida's core journals surpass all other academic journals and directly top the academic journal rankings.
In addition to the core journals of Jilin University, many other Chinese journals such as the core journals of Jinan University have also seen a significant increase in impact factors and are in a very good position in the academic journal rankings.
The people who were most happy about this news were the teachers and students in Xu You's laboratory.
Because of the influence of Xu You, they were banned from submitting papers to Western academic journals.
This time, the top spot of Jida’s core journals allowed everyone to completely escape from the ban.
“See who is the strongest academic journal! This time they really beg us to submit, we won’t submit to them anymore!” Lin Shi said excitedly.
This news was beyond their expectations.
Everyone could have imagined that the impact factor of Jida’s core journals would increase, but no one expected it to increase so much.
With such a high impact factor, it will become more difficult to publish a paper in an academic journal of Jida University in the future.
"Yes, this is after we give up for one year. After another year, the impact factor may double again!"
Xu You was also very excited about this news.
Although Xu You knew that he played a major role in it.
But in addition to my own papers, the overall quality of journal papers has indeed improved a lot compared to before.
As long as we can continue to develop at this pace, our academic environment will hopefully reach or even exceed the level of the West.
"With this achievement, more academic experts will definitely be attracted to submit papers to Ji University's academic journals. We all need to continue working hard to produce higher quality results. Don't think that just because we are in the same laboratory, I will be lenient with your papers." Xu You said with a smile.
On academic issues, Xu You will maintain a very objective attitude and will not let the author of the results affect his review judgment.
Just as Xu You expected, after this.
The number of submissions to Jida's academic journals is increasing day by day.
Except for countries with which we have close academic exchanges.
Scholars from some Western countries, including the United States, have also begun submitting papers to our academic journals.
They did not choose the more famous N, S, and C, but chose our academic journals. A big reason for this is that the impact factor of our academic journals is indeed too high.
Among these papers, there are many high-quality ones.
Xu You would not let their country affect his own judgment criteria.
When it comes to academics, Xu You will stick to his original intention.
In accordance with previous agreements, the journal accepts papers in both Chinese and English.
However, Xu You felt that changes would have to be made to the language of the paper sooner or later.
If a Chinese academic journal always accepts papers written entirely in English.
This undoubtedly recognizes the highest status of English in the world.
Over the years, English has indeed become the most widely used language in the world.
But this, too, will eventually be a thing of the past.
As China continues to develop, Chinese, the world's most widely spoken language, will continue to gain popularity around the world.
If you want to continue to submit papers to our academic journals, learning to use Chinese is a basic requirement.
Under Cui Ying's arrangement, Xu You found several leaders in the Chinese academic community and explained his idea.
"I think it's time to promote Chinese papers. Many foreign scholars have never been exposed to Chinese before, which is normal, and we should give them time to learn. I suggest that we immediately announce that after one year, all papers submitted to our country's academic journals must be in Chinese, otherwise they will not be accepted."
In fact, Xu You does not hold any formal position in the Chinese academic community, and is just an informal reviewer for the core journals of Ji University.
But Xu You's status in the Chinese academic community is unmatched.
It can be said that every word Xu You said was full of weight.
At this time, the editor-in-chief of an academic journal said:
“Professor Xu, we all agree on this general direction, and this is also our ultimate goal. But isn’t it a bit too early to force submission in Chinese after one year? Our journal has just started to gain momentum in the international arena, and such a mandatory requirement will increase the cost of submitting papers, and may even discourage them from doing so.”
Xu You could naturally expect this result, and said calmly:
"You are right. There will indeed be such an impact. This is also a necessary process to establish our position in the academic community. Before, when we submitted papers to their journals, we also needed to translate them into English, but this did not affect our enthusiasm for submitting papers. I believe everyone knows the reason, right?"
Xu You's remarks left the academic leaders at a loss for how to refute them.
Why do Western academic journals have the confidence to allow foreign scholars to translate their papers into English before submitting them?
Isn’t it because they have established an unshakable position in the academic world?
If you want to prove the quality of a result, you can only choose these influential academic journals.
Now, we have the confidence.
"Now that we have determined this direction, we must make this decision firmly. I believe that one year is enough time for them to learn. If they don't have this idea, it will be meaningless to give them more time."
Seeing that Xu You was so determined, everyone gradually accepted Xu You's idea.
Finally, after a collective vote, everyone unanimously decided on Xu You's suggestion.
…
In the office.
Seeing the latest rankings of international academic journals, the white-haired old man frowned.
"What? Their academic journal is actually ranked first in the world? How is this possible?"
"Sir, this is the result obtained after rigorous data statistics. We are not sure whether they are suspected , but their impact factor does exceed that of all our academic journals."
