"Scientific research goddess" Yan Ningfa soared: the paper was "forced" to be cited? I'd rather not send it
When Professor Yan Ning was mentioned, everyone praised him.
She is a myth in the Chinese scientific research community. After graduating from Princeton University in the United States at the age of 30, she became the youngest female professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, and gradually became a world-renowned biologist.
Today's Professor Yan Ning is more than 40 years old. Although she was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences, she still looks full of youth and vitality.
It is such a person who will always be like a spring breeze. Recently, I was mad because of one thing, but this has resonated with many students.
Yan Ning devoted his life to science. She even gave up marriage and children for academic research, and devoted everything to scientific research.
Yan Ning's daily routine is to engage in scientific research every day and then write papers. She occasionally publishes her views on life and scholarship on social platforms and enjoys discussing papers with other scholars. Improve your academic perception and improve your research results. And Yan Ning is mad, it is precisely because her paper has been "tarnished".
Papers are not as casual as articles in other genres and often require extremely scientific citations of authoritative references. The reason why Yan Ning was angry was because of the references.
However, not everyone has Yan Ning's confidence. People do not understand this mandatory citation rule and question the system of paper evaluation. They believe that the current paper evaluation system needs to be improved.
It seems that many people have encountered this kind of thing in the field of scientific research. So, what exactly is "mandatory citation" and how strange is it?
In general, publishing a paper is a process of growing strength. If a large number of good quality papers are published, they will also have a certain influence in the academic circle. It may be "relatively easy" to reissue the paper later.
Because of your influence, it is likely that you will meet an acquaintance who happens to be a reviewer, and the submission process of the paper will be smoother. For example, Yan Ning, such a big guy, her submission will probably be smoother than the average person.
On the one hand, she already has a lot of experience in this area, and her academic accumulation is relatively high. On the other hand, the total impact factor is high, and the personal influence is relatively large.
First of all, high-end journals have high requirements for academic titles. For example, CSSCI is a key project of the Ministry of Education of the mainland, which has been adopted by first-tier universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is also an important indicator of talent training and achievement evaluation. This hardware requirement first "blocks" a large number of genius scholars who are scrambling to "throw their heads and spill their blood" on the road of scientific research.
On the other hand, the problem of mandatory citations does not only occur all around us, but is a common problem in academia. This kind of behavior, known as compulsory citation, not only violates objective and fair academic evaluation, but also undermines the freedom of scientific research.
In 2019, Elsevier, a well-known academic publisher, surveyed more than 55,000 reviewers in more than 1,000 journals. The results showed that 433 of them may have forced citations, meaning that less than 1% of reviewers would do something unethical.
Enthusiastic netizens have followed the post:
Don't understand this practice of forced citations, and have no confidence in the article? It should be posted on English social media to let everyone know about this unhealthy trend! The big guy is great, we can only be the reviewer to say what we do.
It is really worthy of being a big guy + a bully, and this paragraph is domineering + full of talent. While I know they're going to be like this, I hope they won't. But even if they do, don't be so angry that they are half dead. There is always a second half in life.
Yan Ning returned to China in 2007 and prepared to dedicate all her blood to her alma mater, Tsinghua University. At that time, the school did not have such a young doctoral supervisor, and it was most appropriate to describe her as young and promising.
Yan Ning has worked diligently at Tsinghua University for ten years, using his knowledge and talents to promote the development of domestic academic research. Under the guidance and help of Yan Ning, many students at Tsinghua University have a new understanding. But ten years later, in 2017, Yan Ning decided to leave Tsinghua University and transfer to the United States to teach.
It is not easy to cultivate high-end talents, but our country is developing rapidly, and it is also the time when talents are urgently needed. Therefore, after the news of Yan Ning's decision to teach in the United States came out, it immediately caused a great response on the Internet.
Yang Wei, an academician of the American Academy of Sciences who is called a "goddess" by Yan Ning, commented on Yan Ning's departure, saying: "Yan Ning will continue to succeed in China, and it will become bigger and bigger. The higher the position, the greater the influence. Her visit to Princeton was a new beginning and a new challenge.
Yan Ning himself graduated from Tsinghua University and later went abroad to study for a doctorate. After my postdoc, I decided to go back to my alma mater as a teacher. Such a rich resume makes many people envious, and yan Ning is now quite famous in the field of scientific research. Now Yan Ning has become a well-known professor in foreign universities and has been awarded the title of academician, which has a certain influence at home and abroad. In addition to her outstanding scientific achievements, Yan Ning also has an outstanding appearance, so many people want to know about her personal life.
"In the past 10 years, I have received excellent support at Tsinghua, and the scientific research results have even exceeded my expectations when I returned to Tsinghua." Yan Ning told reporters, "People often say that they should think of danger in times of peace. Hope to give yourself some new pressure, inspire new inspiration in a new environment, and have new breakthroughs in science. ”
After Yan Ning left the motherland, he published papers in world-class journals many times, which once again proved that it is necessary to leave basic scientists and top scientists who can lead. When we emphasize that "science has no borders, and scholars should have their own feelings of motherland and homeland", we must first seriously reflect, summarize and improve shortcomings.
What does true patriotism look like? Respect for scientists is patriotism.
How to respect scientists? Effectively improve the treatment of scientists, respect them in personality, make them reluctant to leave, let them feel that "working in their hometown is more promising", and are willing to stay forever. This is the cultivation of higher-level feelings.