System: Master Your Life-Chapter 652 - 166: Xu Lin’s Thesis Ideas

The paper written by Ning Yuhuan is about the study of the green economy and green productivity.

Because in recent years, the direction of economic development advocates for this, and thus terms like green finance and green total factor productivity have emerged.

Xu Lin sometimes feels that the people who create these terms are truly talented.

The introduction is straightforward, just talking about the background.

Xu Lin has read many papers, several hundred words, and can finish them quickly. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Then there is the literature review, which talks about what papers have been cited and how these inspired your paper.

Xu Lin needs to look at the specific papers Ning Yuhuan found to write this part.

Because Xu Lin was just looking at papers in the field of economics, which is a broad category, with various related papers, only a few are related to Ning Yuhuan’s research direction.

After reading the papers collected by the other party, Xu Lin continued to work on the paper.

This part is also quite complex.

But this is not difficult for Xu Lin.

Then comes the third part, the economic model and research methodology.

What model to use?

Writing an economics paper, this part is the most complex. In fact, students may not understand what this model is at all, because it’s more complicated than mathematical formulas. Anyone who has read papers in this field knows it’s like reading a book in an alien language, of course, except for the top students.

Xu Lin referred to other papers and combined them with Ning Yuhuan’s data, finally deciding to use the Super SBM model.

"Damn, it’s really complex."

Xu Lin couldn’t help but complain.

Ning Yuhuan asked, "Is it very difficult?"

"Not difficult, just typing is quite troublesome, with some special characters that I have to switch back and forth for."

"Oh."

After building the model, it was time for data and variable analysis.

Then comes the discussion of results, and finally the conclusion.

A paper that takes others at least a few days to complete, but Xu Lin can finish it in three to four hours at a glance.

As for the paper formatting, just let Classmate Xu handle it.

Paper formatting has special formatting rules; it’s not done randomly, and relying on people for formatting would take several hours, but for Classmate Xu, it just requires inputting commands.

At four in the morning, Xu Lin had already finished this paper.

"Done, you can submit it to Professor Huang tomorrow, no, the day after tomorrow, don’t be too fast, otherwise she might think you weren’t serious. If she asks you, just say your boyfriend guided you in writing it, and if she doubts you, just call me over."

"Okay, okay," Ning Yuhuan nodded earnestly.

She was still reading the paper, and from one read-through, she could clearly see that Xu Lin’s level was much higher than hers, like reading a paper written by a professor or some scholar.

"Honey, you’re amazing!"

"Calm down, I can do even better!"

Xu Lin yawned, "Let’s talk about anything else tomorrow, time to sleep."

"Hmm."

Speaking of which, before Xu Lin went to sleep, he thought about this new task, what paper would be good to write?

He’s studying economics, and to be honest, while this discipline sounds prestigious, the truth is it’s quite superficial and broad, and economics itself is a major branch. For instance, when Ning Yuhuan pursues her graduate studies, she’ll need to choose a more specific discipline, like international economics or development economics, and economics itself is a mix of disciplines.

Like the papers he read tonight, combined with the ones Ning Yuhuan collected, he read more than 130 papers.

Most of these papers are sci papers, but Xu Lin felt they were just mediocre.

Because he views it from the angle of societal development and academic advancement, these things don’t seem particularly useful.

After all, the task Xu Lin has to handle obviously can’t be accomplished with these papers.

Moreover, a very important point is that there’s no groundbreaking creativity.

Besides, what are sci papers? Some talented students at ordinary colleges can get them done. At major universities, many students have several attached to their names, and every experimental group member averaging one paper is normal.

Therefore, this task for Xu Lin can’t involve writing papers related to economic and financial topics, or even sci papers.

He needs to write something with technical content, something creative, or even revolutionary.

Xu Lin suddenly thought of Nature, the world’s top comprehensive science journal, the pinnacle of pinnacles.

It only accepts research with major theoretical innovations, scientific breakthroughs, or interdisciplinary impacts.

Like solving theoretical issues in physics, biology, medicine, or proposing some revolutionary theory, that kind of thing.

At this time, being able to publish something on it is nothing short of bringing glory to one’s ancestors.

Someone asked: What does it mean if I publish a paper in the main issue of Nature?

Many 211 universities don’t have a single indigenous one, not even in the main issue but in a sub-issue. If a school publishes a paper in Nature, it’s no exaggeration to say it’s like earning first-class honors in the army.

If a PhD holder has one Nature paper, they’re directly promoted to associate professor at a 985 university.

Conversely, publishing a Nature paper is as hard as a miracle.

Before going to sleep, Xu Lin briefly thought about it and decided to aim for a Nature paper.

But then again, if he wants to get a paper in Nature, it can’t be in his current discipline, like economics.

What kind of papers are on Nature?

Biology, physics, medicine...

These fields are ones Xu Lin has never encountered, completely unfamiliar territory for him.

"Forget it, I’ll look into it tomorrow."