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Chapter 514 - 337 I Just Want to Buy a Good Gun

Chapter 514: Chapter 337 I Just Want to Buy a Good Gun

"How absurd! This is utterly ridiculous!"

"Is this scholar from Country Hua serious? I think he hasn’t taken the larger research context into account at all, and he probably hasn’t even read Professor Sylvan’s work."

"He even had the nerve to send it to our inbox?"

"Talking about repeating multiple groups of comparison experiments with a 100% accuracy rate? Does he not realize that it’s best to describe fabrication with vagueness?"

"Maybe he got the date wrong, thinking today is April Fool’s Day? Hahaha..."

"Zheng Dalu? Why have I never heard of this scholar’s name before, does anyone here know him?"

"The affiliated institution listed is Country Hua Changqing Biological... Has anyone heard of this company?"

"Pardon my ignorance."

"Clearly, this is the work of a clumsy opportunist."

A group of fair-haired, blue-eyed expert editors sat around a horseshoe-shaped table, holding an internal manuscript selection meeting.

"Willow Leaf Flying Blade," one of the most influential and top-tier medical journals recognized internationally.

This seemingly routine meeting held within the editorial department of "Willow Leaf Flying Blade" is actually renowned throughout the global medical research community.

The special editors here are well-known scholars from around the world. Every week, they select around 30 papers from a large number of submissions, choosing breakthrough academic research papers for publication.

Unlike most of the expert editors below, the somewhat stern German editor-in-chief Hoffman, sitting at the head of the table, frowned as he looked at the article in his hands.

"Gentlemen, if we may, let’s put our prejudices about this paper aside, and I would like you to objectively reevaluate it," he said.

"Editor-in-chief, as a professor and expert in neuroscience, do you really think it’s necessary?"

"Yeah, who does he think he is? A fighter challenging authority?" another editor mocked.

To many, it seemed like a complete waste of time.

As for his colleagues’ reactions, Hoffman wasn’t very surprised.

After all... strange animals are protected, but strange people are ostracized.

It’s the same in academic circles.

Still, he shook his head solemnly.

"Authority? For us researchers, authority should be the last thing that matters, unless it ultimately proves to be the truth.

We are professional, so we must carefully analyze every single paper.

We need to determine whether it’s a clinical advancement, a plagiarized paper, or a genuinely valuable research that deserves publication.

Of course, this includes verifying whether the authors really completed the research work they mentioned in their paper...

But obviously, we haven’t finished any of the above for this paper yet.

At least in my view, this paper offers us another new and inspiring research approach; it doesn’t seem to be the work of an uneducated opportunist.

Research in the field of Alzheimer’s has not progressed an inch for decades. I think we might need such different voices.

That’s why I let it pass the initial draft."

In fact, as an expert in the field, Hoffman was extremely dissatisfied with the slow progress in the development of Alzheimer’s treatments.

After all...

A hint of sadness flickered in his eyes.

Needless to mention the level of a top journal’s editor, but when he first saw this paper, for some reason, he felt a moment of awe.

It was like someone opening a door for you in a maze where you couldn’t find the direction...

Even if that door seemed so illusory...

"Objectively speaking, I don’t see anything unsound about this paper.

Even... I can’t find any suspicious flaws, and as the editor-in-chief said, its research approach is indeed groundbreaking!

If the experimental data in this paper are true, I even suggest we publish it as the front page without any revisions."

A younger editor, seeing the chief editor’s support, stood up and honestly expressed his opinion.

"Good heavens! The front page? Are you joking? It would cause an uproar!"

"But, purely theoretically speaking, this article does have its value in scientific research.

Well...its value is revolutionary..."

"Your suggestion is based on the premise of the paper’s authenticity. Publishing such unverified work, if later proven to be fraudulent, would be a serious blow to the credibility of ’Willow Leaf Flying Blade’!

Have we all forgotten the recent scandal with the fabricated cardiac stem cell research paper from Harvard Medical School that forced us to retract a large number of publications?"

"Exactly, the fallout from that incident hasn’t settled yet, and those media hounds are still sniffing around us every day. I don’t recommend publishing such sensational, easily attacked articles at this time."

"It seems this paper is quite controversial, so I’ll reserve my opinion, after all, neuroscience is not my area of expertise."

"Hmm... My suggestion is to give the author a chance to answer some questions about the experimental data..."

"I think..."

After several minutes of discussion, Hoffman nodded, hesitated for a moment, and finally made a decision.

"Let’s set this paper aside for now. I will ask a friend at PFE to help conduct an independent review."

(PFE: Pfizer, a global pharmaceutical giant)