When the Doctor Uses A Hack

Chapter 390: Chapter 390: The Full Man Does Not Know the Hungry Man’s Hunger (Two in One, Large Chapter)

Zhang Zhixin’s “I just farted” remark plunged the operating room into a moment of embarrassment and helplessness.

But fortunately, it was much better than the previous tension, anxiety, and panic.

At least the patient on the operating table didn’t have any issues!

Everyone couldn’t help but slowly exhale, and then took a long breath…

However, thinking about what Zhang Zhixin said, they couldn’t help but interrupt their breath halfway through!

They just couldn’t inhale it!

Even the head of the anesthesiology department couldn’t help but cough discreetly and sneak out the back door for some fresh air!

It was too damn smelly!

It smelled just like bowel obstruction.

What the hell did you eat this morning? How could you produce such a smell?

Thinking about it, they felt a sense of heartache.

A few nurses wanted to laugh but didn’t dare, so they could only hold it in.

As for people like Zhang Youfu, it was much better; they were used to the smell and didn’t mind this one bit.

The key thing was, this fart… was too embarrassing.

You see, on the operating table, everything is feedback of information.

Indeed, you can tell a lot from a smell.

Zhang Youfu glared fiercely at Zhang Zhixin, who offered an awkward smile in response.

If he had a system, right now it would definitely be flooding him with “Affection Level -N” messages.

Chen Cang finally breathed a sigh of relief as the tense atmosphere completely dissipated.

Turns out there wasn’t anything wrong with his eyes!

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The surgery proceeded as normal, with Chen Cang’s job being suturing and tying knots, as there were two senior attending physicians by his side, not leaving much for him to do.

All three were experienced and skilled.

The entire surgery ended smoothly and without any mishaps, except for the small hiccup caused by Zhang Zhixin.

Chen Cang was worried… Would that fart affect the patient’s healing and recovery?

Wouldn’t it cause an abdominal infection?

With that thought, he couldn’t help but shake his head…

After the surgery, Chen Cang and the others couldn’t help but keep their distance from Zhang Zhixin, fearing he might let another one rip.

After all, they were all medical professionals and knew one thing: if such a smelly fart could be released, a second one was definitely possible, so better to keep some distance early on.

When Zhang Youfu looked at Chen Cang, he suddenly remembered something and couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, Chen, the annual meeting is next weekend, how’s your preparation going?”

Chen Cang sighed helplessly. The paper had been submitted, but he had not yet received an acceptance notice, and no acknowledgment message had come either, which was really worrisome.

If only he hadn’t submitted such a high-end article!

“The surgical video is ready, so there shouldn’t be any issues with the presentation, but… the first paper is ready for publication, but I haven’t received any acknowledgment for the second one yet… I don’t know if it will be accepted.”

After hearing this, Zhang Youfu was taken aback, “Which journal did you submit to? Maybe I can help by urging them a bit? If not, we can ask Director Qian to inquire so they might review it sooner.”

“I’m quite close with the editor-in-chief of ‘Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery.’ Recently, they even invited me to submit an article. I have friends in several other domestic journals. Let me ask around for you.”

After saying this, Zhang Youfu felt quite prestigious. After all, the ‘Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery’ was a very impressive domestic journal in the field of hepatobiliary surgery.

It seemed that Chen Cang aimed high, presumably submitting to a core journal. Zhang Youfu had friends in many domestic hepatobiliary surgery journals since they regularly met at conferences, becoming fairly acquainted with one another.

If Chen Cang had two good papers, it would be significant for the awards, which is why Zhang Youfu was so concerned.

With Chen Cang’s insufficient clinical experience, if his research wasn’t up to par, it would be hard for his peers to accept and recognize him.

After listening to Zhang Youfu, Chen Cang felt a bit embarrassed, but remembering that ‘Liver Transplantation’ was only fast-tracked thanks to Professor Xu Mo and his mentor Qin Yue pulling strings, he thought Zhang Youfu’s offer might really be feasible!

So his eyes lit up, he gave an embarrassed smile and said somewhat sheepishly, “Director Zhang, I submitted to a foreign journal… a British journal,”

Zhang Youfu was momentarily stunned, then teased with a laugh, “Boy, you have quite the ambitions, don’t you? What’s the matter, you don’t hold domestic journals in high regard? In fact, many of our domestic journals are increasingly gaining influence with the recognition of various international organizations.”

“And many foreign journals are just blustering, without very significant influence, especially in terms of industry recognition, which requires scrutiny.”

“You didn’t make a peep this time, next time you’re publishing an article talk to me first and I’ll give you some advice.”

What Zhang Youfu said made a lot of sense.

Nowadays, many domestic journals are doing well, with increasing global influence and climbing impact factors.

And it’s not the case that an SCI-indexed international journal is always superior; there’s also the question of industry recognition.

Perhaps a particular journal is prestigious, and its impact factor is not low, but after you publish your article, it might not be highly recognized in your field.

This is a common occurrence.

That’s why Zhang Youfu said what he did, thinking that since Chen Cang hadn’t done postgraduate studies and might not have a deep understanding of research and articles, there could be some herd mentality when publishing, which is understandable.

Zhang Youfu indeed wanted to help Chen Cang out of kindness!

After listening, Chen Cang nodded, “Mm, I’ll definitely need to communicate more with Director Zhang in the future.”

“I submitted to ‘British Journal of Surgery,’ and so far there’s been no acknowledgment; it might… take who knows how long to wait. I’ve heard their initial review alone can take a month.”

As soon as Chen Cang finished speaking, he noticed the office, which had been lively just a moment ago, suddenly fell into a quiet lull.

Zhang Youfu suddenly felt a twinge in his heart, as if he were having a heart attack.

Even Zhang Zhixin and Chen Bingsheng exchanged glances, their eyes filled with mirth, but they had to hold back their laughter.

After all… ‘British Journal of Surgery’ was one of the TOP 10 journals in the world of surgery!

It was even older than many journals with high impact factors, boasting a history of more than a hundred years, having been established back in 1913, with a significant impact factor of around four.

Upon hearing Chen Cang’s words, Zhang Youfu couldn’t help but slap his forehead, “You young man have really gone wild!”

“‘British Journal of Surgery,’ do you have any idea what kind of journal that is? Although its impact factor isn’t very high, it’s… notoriously hard to get published in, and it places more emphasis on surgical improvements and innovations, you really have guts!”

Chen Cang sighed awkwardly, “I had no idea it would be like this, if I had known, I would have sent it to ‘Liver Transplantation’ instead.”

This remark made the three of them burst into laughter once again.

Chen Bingsheng chuckled, “You really don’t understand these journals at all. ‘Liver Transplantation’ is at the same level as the ‘British Journal of Surgery,’ but it has a higher impact factor and greater influence in the field of hepato-biliary surgery. To get published there, the review process alone would take about a year! And then waiting for publication would take another year; you might see your article the year after next.”

Zhang Youfu also laughed and said, “I submitted an article a couple of years ago, revised it seven times, and, in the end, it was still… politely rejected. I’m going to try again this year.”

Chen Bingsheng let out a sigh, “If I had an article in ‘Liver Transplantation,’ I would probably have no trouble getting promoted to associate senior this year.”

There was no shame in that; in the entire Dongyang Province, there were only a handful of published articles in ‘Liver Transplantation,’ and every one of them was by a giant in the field. Qian Liang published one, and it caused quite a stir at the annual conference.

When Chen Cang heard about Chen Bingsheng’s promotion and job title issues, he suddenly became curious, “Can the same author appear more than once in ‘Liver Transplantation’? Regarding the assessment for professional titles.”

Zhang Youfu nodded, “Certainly, for such major journals with high impact factors, considering the large number of participants for each article, during the assessment process, there can be several individuals listed as the same author. Even the second author can include it in their resume, which is very useful. If Bingsheng has an article in ‘Liver Transplantation,’ even as the second author, he should have no problem advancing in his title.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang immediately felt relieved. He had made Qin Yue the first author and Chen Bingsheng a co-author; after all… Chen, the elder, was the control group!

During the minimally invasive procedures under endoscopy, Chen Cang, to ensure the double-blindness, kept Old Chen in the dark about participating in the experiment and used Old Chen’s case as a control, which naturally made him a co-author.

Thinking of this, Chen Cang couldn’t help but say, “Then there’s no issue, right? In that last article I published, ‘Minimally Invasive Procedures under Endoscopy with Small Incisions,’ you were a co-author. Shouldn’t you be treating me to a meal, Big Bro?”

Chen Bingsheng couldn’t help but chuckle and asked, “Which journal did you send that article to?”

An article that was published in a matter of two months—how prestigious could the journal be?

Therefore, Chen Bingsheng assumed that Chen Cang had casually published an article, but even so, he was touched.

Chen Cang nodded, taking it for granted, “The journal I published in is ‘Liver Transplantation’!”

This statement was strikingly inappropriate!

Indeed!

Upon hearing these words, everyone’s eyes bulged in shock as they stared at Chen Cang, their faces full of question marks.

Then they were utterly baffled!

Even Chen Bingsheng was stunned, “What did you say? You published in ‘Liver Transplantation’?”

Chen Cang nodded, “Yeah, it hasn’t been published yet, but it should be soon. The acceptance letter has already been sent, though I’m not sure if we’ll receive the journal before the annual conference.”

Excited, Chen Bingsheng asked, “Can I see it?”

Zhang Zhixin shook his head, “It can’t be that quick, can it? From start to finish, two months, how can it be published that fast? ‘Liver Transplantation’ has such high standards.”

Chen Cang pulled out his phone and displayed the acceptance notification, “Well, look at this!”

Zhang Zhixin took a look at the ‘Liver Transplantation’ logo and instantly his eyes widened, then he checked the list of authors:

“Corresponding author: Chen Cang, first authors: Qin Yue, Chen Bingsheng, Li Baoshan; second authors:…”

Zhang Zhixin still couldn’t believe it, “You… you’re not just messing with me, are you? This isn’t a Photoshop, right?”

Chen Cang rolled his eyes, “Do I look like I have that much free time? It’s already been published, alright, I’ll send you the photos. It’s just that they haven’t mailed us the physical copy yet.”

Chen Cang opened photos of the journal’s cover, the table of contents, and the article’s detail page.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned!

They all looked at Chen Cang as if they had never seen him before.

Chen Bingsheng burst into laughter.

“Holy crap, I can actually publish an article in ‘Liver Transplantation’, badass badass! Little Chen, let’s go have some good food for lunch!”

Chen Bingsheng was genuinely happy!

Because the significance of such a top-tier journal was truly extraordinary.

This piece in ‘Liver Transplantation’ could basically pave the way for Chen Bingsheng’s promotion to chief physician without hindrance!

Not many articles like this were found in Dongyang Province, which was very helpful in boosting the hospital’s research score.

Zhang Youfu and Zhang Zhixin stared at the photo on the mobile phone, looking astonished, envious, jealous, and complex, and were reluctant to put it down.

Zhang Youfu felt a bit envious of Chen Bingsheng.

This article was all about the prestige!

Once you have become a chief physician, what mattered were things like articles, academic achievements, and so on.

Originally, Qian Liang made a name for himself at the annual conference with just one article in ‘Liver Transplantation’.

Zhang Youfu looked at the acceptance notice photo, feeling downcast with a mix of envy and grievance burgeoning within him.

Zhang Zhixin, compared to Director Zhang Youfu, had much lower aspirations!

“Little Chen… about this, can we discuss something? Look at the new article you’ve published, could you add me as a second author? I’m talking about the one you submitted to ‘British Journal of Surgery’, I don’t want to be the first author, just being the second would be fine! What do you think?” Zhang Zhixin said with a sycophantic expression.

Chen Bingsheng couldn’t help but mock, “Tsk, tsk, trying to be the second author just by acting coquettishly? That’s too easy!”

Zhang Zhixin’s face reddened: “Scram, scram, scram! A full man does not know a hungry man’s plight!”

At this moment, Zhang Youfu excitedly said, “Little Chen! This article is enough, one board member is enough!”

“‘Liver Transplantation’, this article will definitely qualify you for the board election in the hepato-biliary surgery field of Dongyang Province, you’re amazing!”

“To be able to publish in ‘Liver Transplantation’ at such a young age, and here I am, over forty… I am so ashamed…”

Chen Cang felt a bit embarrassed, “About that, I actually… took a bit of a shortcut.”

“Qin Yue’s teacher, Professor Xu Mo is quite familiar with the editor-in-chief of ‘Liver Transplantation’, so… that’s why it got published so quickly.”

Upon hearing Xu Mo, Zhang Youfu suddenly realized, “Professor Xu Mo… that explains it then.”

“But ‘Liver Transplantation’ is not as simple as you think. Even if you know someone, it can only expedite the review process or publication, but the acceptance standards haven’t been lowered at all; in fact, they have been raised, because there is an unwritten rule within the ‘Liver Transplantation’ editorial team, demanding very high quality for articles fast-tracked for review, otherwise they wouldn’t be approved!”

After saying this, Zhang Youfu looked at Chen Cang, truly filled with emotion!

“Now I even think that the ‘British Journal of Surgery’ article you published will most likely get accepted…”

Chen Cang smiled awkwardly; the thing was, he couldn’t guarantee it because that article was written by him and Qin Yue without any revisions from Xu Mo.

What the outcome would be, he really didn’t know yet.

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ps: This is a two-in-one, counting as two chapters…