Shi Huanzhong, a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, shared an experience of interviewing doctoral graduates, and the performance of one of the younger brothers on the spot was very impressive, and even triggered him to think about the intricate interpersonal relationships in Chinese society.
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Professor Shi Huanzhong wrote: This doctor should belong to the kind of smart people who don't stay particularly well in small cities, so he wants to jump through the dragon gate by studying for a doctorate, but the problem is that his achievements in scientific research are not outstanding, and at this time, the attitude and on-the-spot performance of the applicant are very important.
However, the written material provided by the doctor shows that he has published 1 SCI paper and 6 articles in Chinese. 6 Chinese papers have 2 first authors and 4 second authors, as if 4 of them are reviews. However, when applying the PPT oral presentation, it was said that he had published 6 Chinese papers as the first author.
When it came to the question session, a professor asked, "You said that you published 6 papers, but you only saw 2 in the application book, and what about 4 more?" Dr. replied, "Although I am not the first author, the first author is my supervisor, in fact, I wrote them alone. 」
Professor Shi Huanzhong said that there is no strain in the world that is worse than such an answer, which is almost doomed to him. In the session of the concentrated discussion, a professor pointed out: How can such a young man sell his boss? How can he cooperate with the department director to do a good job after being recruited? I am afraid that he will not be able to get along with his colleagues in the future.
What kind of mentality do tutors have when they encounter such students? Previously, a tutor posted an article on the Internet bluntly saying that he had "severed diplomatic relations" with graduate students, and the reason was that the problem of the authorship of the journal article made him feel cold. How to sign a tutorial paper is really a science, which makes people scratch their heads.
Some students are afraid that the supervisor who has not contributed will preempt the signature of the paper, but some supervisors say that they are also afraid that the student will sign the paper as the first author for some purpose.
In fact, this situation also happens from time to time in the master's and doctoral groups. The main reason for this is that it is convenient for the manuscript to be written. In the transcription of many high-quality journals, it is clearly required that the first author of the paper must be an associate professor or above, so some graduate students will write the first author of the paper as their supervisor to facilitate their own paper transcription.
When the paper is written, who does it belong to?
Regarding the matter of dissertation signature, many graduate students have had similar troubles:
From the root analysis, both sides are right, this is the dirt accumulated for a long time due to the poor environment of paper authorship in the academic circle.
On the one hand, if the student is the largest contributor to the paper, it is a very reasonable rule for the student to be the first author and the supervisor to be the corresponding author. But there are always a few people who break the rules and make unjust enrichment.
On the other hand, journals do not look at the quality of the paper but look at the author's background, forcing some supervisors to have to sign, which is also a deformed review requirement.
In such an environment, students are robbed of signatures, tutors are forced to sign, and students secretly send papers without their tutors happening. Instead of making both parties feel cold all the time, it is better to open up and discuss clearly from the beginning, or make trade-offs under the premise of successful graduation, and it will not get to the point of "old and dead do not get along".
Returning to the theme of university recruitment, when applying for a job, should we emphasize that the dissertation during the doctoral period is actually completed by yourself? Of course, the answer is no, if the interviewer asks you this, eighty percent of them are deliberately looking at how you answer. Why, as a dean in a university and a team boss, of course I know what is going on with the signature of the thesis between the tutor and the student, and they must be the beneficiaries of the current team research model of the university.
Don't think that the current outstanding young people and excellent young people are completely self-motivated, and there is no strong teacher or college to support you, so you can apply for a try?
So, what should you do when you are in the midst of a rolling torrent?