The number had become so large that it was beyond everyone's comprehension.
Yet, that wasn't even the most exaggerated part.
What puzzled these journal editors the most was that several reviewers reported to the journal editors that they had received peer review requests from different journals and, upon comparison, unexpectedly found a very perplexing situation with the recent Huaxia papers they had received.
They didn't even know how to describe the situation.
One could call it homogenization, but that wasn't quite accurate. To be specific, it involved the same material, the same experiment, only the whole process and the base material ratio had been adjusted, and with the ceaseless optimization of the experimental steps, each time it managed to improve the material performance by just a bit.
Then they would submit these papers to various journals.
The most cunning aspect was that the authors of these papers were all the same group of people, just taking turns being the lead author.
In other words, the same institution, the same team, simply kept changing the lead investigator, then continued to break their own records in the lab, followed by endlessly publishing papers.
This outrageous maneuver left all the material science experts almost dumbfounded.
Had the combat strength of Huaxia colleagues suddenly become this terrifying?
It was known that Huaxia people were competitive, but this was taking it too far. Even if everyone spent twenty-four hours in the lab, repeating experiments non-stop, then analyzing the results around the clock, the speed would still be outrageous.
Even a model worker would cry at this!
Besides, don't people need rest, and machines maintenance? Or are you saying that Huaxia-made equipment is now of such quality that it can disregard normal usage and just be pushed to the limit?
In any case, it was outrageous!
Without exaggeration, if everyone were to publish papers , all the world's material science and natural science journals combined would not be sufficient.
Reviewers who realized that something was odd immediately reported the situation to the journal editors.
Editors from major journals also started to investigate within their own circles.
This investigation turned up quite a number of similar cases. The scope was wide, ranging from nanomaterials, to metals, to ceramics...
Comparing the papers, it would be found that although the experimental processes were largely similar, each paper still contained some adjustments and changes, resulting in indeed improved material properties.
If these papers were published every year or two, it would actually be quite normal, as material science is all about steadily advancing through continuous experimentation.
But what's the meaning of this collective rush to publish? Are they racing against time?
What's happening? Is it the end of the world? Or do these Huaxia folks think they don't have much longer to live?
Even if it's a fabrication, everyone knows you're supposed to wait a while.
What's the purpose of shamelessly churning out papers ?
When asked for clarification, the reasons given were diverse.
Some said directly it was internal lab secrecy that couldn't be disclosed.
Others told the reviewers to verify as they pleased, claiming their own work was surely not faked.
Overall, the explanations were vague.
At first, based on private discussions among these journal editors, it was assumed that these were results previously accumulated by Huaxia material labs, and for some unknown reason, they had suddenly all been published.
As for the actual reason, there was too little substantive information to determine what it was.
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long before various pieces of news came through.
Huaxia people had developed a mysterious artificial intelligence model for material science that could nearly perfectly deduce the experimental process based on the desired results?
If this was true, it would be one of the most impressive applications of artificial intelligence to date, bar none.
What's ChatGPT in comparison? Weak.
What capability is chatting? Huaxia's artificial intelligence has evolved to the point of guiding material scientists in their experiments, and the results are surprisingly good, with successful outcomes reportedly above eighty percent?
See, it's always been said that artificial intelligence would destroy the earth, and now that's finally being confirmed!