1572 Bad Luck
Lu Xia also believed her article was good enough to be published on the cover of SCI.
But when she saw the article title printed on the cover, her smile suddenly froze.
It was not the same subject as her paper.
Lu Xia raised her head and looked at Prof Qiao’s assistant nearby. She walked over and said, “I think this is the wrong journal.”
The assistant put down his work. “How can that be? This is the right journal. Before you came over, I already checked that your paper was in there.”
Lu Xia was stunned.
The assistant noticed the look of disbelief on her face, so he took the journal from her. He flipped two pages and held the journal in the air. “See? This is your paper, right?”
Lu Xia looked at the journal and promptly saw her article inside.
“The paper was published as the second article in the issue. This is proof that it was good.” The assistant praised Lu Xia for her work.
He was not just being polite. Only papers with high research value were accepted and published in SCI. It was no wonder Qiao En had chosen to accept Lu Xia as his new disciple.
Lu Xia did not take the praise to heart. Instead, she kept thinking about the fact that her article did not appear on the journal cover.
A week ago, she tried asking Prof Qiao about this since he was close friends with the journal editor. She did not understand why her article did not appear on the journal cover.
Lu Xia stood where she was at a complete loss.
She took the journal back. Even though she was not feeling great physically, she did not care. She turned to leave the office without saying a word.
Prof Qiao’s assistant looked puzzled.
Her article was accepted by SCI and published. Why did she seem annoyed?
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Lu Xia took the lift and pressed for the 11th floor. Qiao En’s office was located there.
“Yes?” asked Qiao En quizzically when he saw Lu Xia.
Lu Xia pursed her lips and did her utmost to suppress her anger. She handed the journal to Qiao En and said softly, “Prof Qiao, have you seen the latest issue of SCI?”
Qiao En spent most of his time in the laboratory. Every now and then, he read journals when he was free. He took the journal and replied. “Not yet. What’s wrong?”
Lu Xia clenched her fists and said nothing.
Qiao En looked at the contents of the cover and proceeded to flip through the journal. Lu Xia’s article was the second one in the issue. He felt surprised when he spotted it.
Qiao En naturally knew the reason for Lu Xia’s appearance in his office. He cleared his throat and said, “Maybe they had to make some last-minute changes. Even then, your paper was published as the second paper, right?”
“Didn’t you mention it would be published as the first article?” Even though Lu Xia knew this was not Qiao En’s fault, she could not help asking.
It felt as though someone had stolen her glory, so she naturally had trouble suppressing her indignance.
“The editor did tell me your paper would appear on the cover…” Qiao En opened the journal to look at the first article.
Even though he was not a Bioinformatics major, he had a little understanding of it since it was from the same faculty. After reading the first article, he could not help looking astonished.
The writing itself was average, but the thesis and research were solid. No wonder the journal published it as the first paper for the issue.
“Don’t take it to heart. You are good, but this other paper is a little more special.” Qiao En explained.
