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These reviewers didn't know what Kamala had with Barry.

However, Kamala is a former Nobel Prize winner in physics. In terms of qualifications, there are not many scholars in the entire United States, who are at the same level as Kamala.

Mr. Kamara, I'm going to get Mr. Barry over here.

When Barry learned that Kamala arrived suddenly, he didn't expect it.

Kamala is one of the most senior paper reviewers that PRL has cooperated with. For Kamala, Barry has only infinite respect.

Mr. Kamara, why didn't you tell me when you came here? I'm very sorry, I missed you.

Barry, let's have a good chat.

Kamara didn't mean to be polite to Barry, and his expression was still very serious.

Although Kamala did not say, the reason for coming here by himself.

But looking at Kamara's expression, Barry can basically guess most of it.

Okay, Mr. Kamara, this way please.

Barry invited Kamala into his office and asked his assistant to help him make two cups of coffee.

Barry, I am very disappointed in you. I originally thought that PRL would be a purely academic journal in the physics world. But in fact, it is not. In the face of power, PRL is just a tool.

Kamara didn't procrastinate, and said his thoughts directly to the point.

Listening to Kamala's words, Barry's mood was also very depressed.

Mr. Kamara, I know that PRL has let you down. This is not our original intention, but, this time, they put too much pressure on us. If we don't do it like this, maybe from now on , the PRL will lose the status it once had.

Barry knew that if they didn't issue those statements like other top international journals.

They are easily replaced by some journals catching up from behind.

In the face of power, the power of an academic journal is indeed too small.

Barry, is this your reason? Do you evaluate the quality of a paper based on the paper itself, or do you follow the orders of those people?

It's not that Kamala doesn't understand those power tricks, but even so, he is still very angry.

In Kamara's heart, Barry is like his own student.

When the student he had always been optimistic about made a serious principled mistake, Kamala felt heartbroken.

At this moment, Barry had mixed feelings in his heart.

When these emotions came together, Barry was at a loss for words.

If PRL still insists on such absurd behavior, I will never appear as a reviewer of PRL again. Well, I am leaving as an old man. I wish your journals can continue to flourish!

After leaving these words, Kamara left without looking back.

Looking at Kamala's staggering back, Barry felt very uncomfortable.

Barry recalled his work experience as the editor-in-chief of PRL.

Before this incident happened, Barry could say with a clear conscience that Barry used the most objective criteria to evaluate every paper he had read.

Regardless of which country this is from, regardless of the sender's resume, this is not a factor affecting the evaluation of the paper.

Even when he received the paper submitted by Xu You, which the other two reviewers found very controversial, Barry tried his best to publish it on PRL.

However, this time, Barry really deviated from his original intention.

At this moment, Barry was a little confused. Should he stick to his original intention, or bow to the power?

...

On this day, a small thing happened in academia.

In the latest issue of Ji University's core journals, two papers submitted by non-Chinese scholars were included.

Originally, it was nothing special for a journal to publish two papers by foreign scholars.

But before that, the core journals of Ji University hardly published papers from foreign scholars.

Unless it is a foreign scholar working in a domestic university, or an international student studying in a domestic university.

And this time, it was really two scholars who worked entirely abroad, and their papers were published in the core journals of Ji University.

Link this matter with the news released by Huaxia academic circles before.

This is undoubtedly an important news that has attracted the attention of the international academic community.

This means that the Chinese academic community has really developed towards world-class journals.

Regarding this news, domestic netizens also expressed their excitement.

These two scientists are not very mediocre scientists. They both have many outstanding research results in their respective research fields. This means that they really recognized our journal.

This time there are two foreign journals, and there will be more and more in the future. We really want to make a world-class academic journal.

Haha, there is a Chinese version of their paper. I hope that one day, Huaxia will really become the academic center of the world. At that time, if you want to submit a paper to our journal, you must first translate it into Chinese!

Such news is enough to make those Chinese people who pay attention to current affairs feel very excited.

Xu You was also very happy about this.

This kind of current affairs news is one of the few things that Xu You pays more attention to.

A small step, but it marks that China's academic circle has entered a new stage.

In addition to foreign scholars, they began to submit papers to domestic academic journals.

Xu You also felt that the reduction or exemption of page fees for domestic journals is very beneficial to the development of Chinese academics.

The issue of page fees is understandable because journals need to maintain their operations.

But at the same time, there are also problems with the logic of the industry itself.

Xu You believes that through this initiative, the business model of the academic journal industry can be gradually changed in the future.

...

Before you know it, another semester ends, and it's time for winter vacation.

As a university teacher, in principle, you can enjoy winter and summer vacations like students.

Of course, Xu You will not give himself such a long vacation, he will still do more research work, and then go home for the New Year.

On this day, Xu You suddenly received a call from Wu Jing.

To Xu You, this was a very unusual thing.

Due to work reasons, Wu Jing hardly ever calls Xu You, and often just leaves messages on WeChat if there is anything to do.

Xu You, are you still at Ji University?

Yes, I plan to work for a while and then go home for the New Year.

Tell me one thing, I won't be able to go back this year for Chinese New Year.

Hearing this news, Xu You felt a little disappointed.

This will be the second year in a row that Wu Jing will not be able to go home for the New Year.

But what Wu Jing said next made Xu You feel a little confused.