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Xu Qiu began to carefully review the materials, and the attachment details the conditions required for an associate professor to be promoted to a professor.

The basic conditions include law-abiding, rich teaching experience and theoretical knowledge of scientific research, passing the annual assessment in the past three years, having completely supervised a class of master students, teaching undergraduates once a year, etc...

There is also the most important threshold - having the title of associate professor for more than five years, or having the experience of serving as an associate professor for more than two years.

The titles of professional titles in domestic colleges and universities are complicated, and the division is very detailed. In addition to various hats such as "Yangtze River", "Jieqing", and "Qingqian", there are also grades.

The positions of university teachers are usually divided into 13 grades, with professors and associate professors occupying the first 7 grades.

Among them, Level 1 to Level 4 are professors.

The first-level professor is the highest level in the title of professor, and the professors who are rated as the first-level professor are generally academic figures, that is, the academician level.

According to the regulations, first-level professors can basically only meet the relevant assessment standards with academicians, so there are many disciplines related to natural sciences, and there are fewer first-level professors in social sciences and humanities.

Because there are no liberal arts academicians in China, only the academicians of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering. The academicians of the Academy of Sciences focus on theory, and the academicians of the Academy of Engineering focus on practice.

The second-level professor is a level slightly lower than the first-level professor in the title of professor. The professors who are rated as the second-level professor are generally figures close to the top level in the academic world, that is, the main persons in charge of universities, research institutes, etc.

According to regulations, second-level professors can basically meet the relevant assessment standards only if they have made major contributions in related fields, so there are more natural science-related disciplines, and there are fewer second-level professors in social sciences and humanities.

There is no way, literati look down on each other, and they both think that they are the most NB, so there are not many recognized bigwigs.

A top "Yangtze River" like Xu Zhenghong is usually a second-level professor.

The third-level professor is a relatively common professor level in the title of professor. The professors who are rated as the third-level professor are generally full professors who have worked for a long time in the academic world and have made some breakthroughs, that is, the deans of various universities and department heads. , city backbones, young elites, researchers who have been engaged in research institutes for many years, etc.

Because there are not so many evaluation requirements for third-level professors, there are relatively more third-level professors in social sciences and humanities.

Wei Xingsi is a third-level professor.

A fourth-level professor is the most common full professor.

Although it is ordinary, it is still a professor. It is not enough to compare with the top, but it is still more than enough to compare with the bottom. This is also the ultimate goal of most scientific researchers.

The reality is very cruel. Most scientific research workers cannot cross the threshold between Level 4 and Level 5 throughout their lives.

Associate professors are from level 5 to level 7. Xu Qiu speculates that the "first-level position of associate professor" in the review materials should refer to level 5 associate professor, which is the highest level among associate professors.

Xu Qiu looked at the applicant's information, the name is Jin Dengping, male, 38 years old, master tutor.

Jin Dengping stayed in the position of associate professor for five years, which just met the application requirements. It is estimated that he was stuck in applying.

After the basic conditions are met, the level of scientific research will also be assessed.

The evaluation of scientific research level is divided into two parts, one part is "research project evaluation", and the other part is "academic achievement evaluation".

In the "Assessment of Scientific Research Project Evaluation", applicants are required to have presided over one national-level scientific research project including major national special projects, national science and technology support plan projects, 973 projects, 863 projects, or natural science foundation projects in the past five years above.

If there is no national-level project, other projects are also acceptable, but the funds that actually reach the school need to exceed 1 million.

What Jin Dengping got was the Natural Science Foundation of China, also known as the general project, which he applied for the year before last.

This requirement is neither high nor low.

The regulation of general project application is that if you fail to apply for two consecutive years, you will have to stop for one year, which means that there are almost four application opportunities in five years.

But even if this stuff is written by an ordinary fourth-level professor, if it can have a 50% success rate, it will burn incense and worship Buddha, and the success rate of an associate professor's application will be even lower.

In addition, ordinary surface projects do not require a defense, so the applicant's ability to write a notebook and network are more tested.

"Academic Achievement Evaluation" requires that the applicant's academic achievements within five years of employment meet one of the six conditions:

The first one is to publish 4 SCI or EI articles (SCI/EI for short) or 2 SCI/EI articles as a first author or corresponding author, and obtain a national invention patent (referred to as SCI/EI) that has been authorized for more than three years and is still under authorized protection. 2 domestic invention patents; or 3 SCI/EI articles, 1 domestic invention patent.

If the patent situation is not considered, Xu Qiu thinks that this is simply giving away sub-questions, four SCI/EI papers, not limited to divisions, that is to say, you can apply to the four SCI districts.

This condition is placed in Shanghai University, which is not as good as the requirement for doctoral students to graduate.

The requirement for doctoral students to graduate here is two SCI II papers. In theory, publishing two SCI II papers is still more difficult than publishing four SCI papers.

The key point here is that associate professors only look at the results of five years, while doctoral students only look at the results of three years.

The second type, the first author or corresponding author, publishes 2 articles in first-class academic journals of the discipline (SCI District 1 or District 2 journals); or 1 first-class article plus 2 domestic invention patents.

This is almost exactly the same as the graduation requirements for doctoral students, and it is also a sub-question.

The third type, the first author or corresponding author, has published two SCI/EI papers, and edited and published more than one high-level academic monograph as the first author.

The work of editing academic monographs is quite hard.

Previously, the Materials Department invited Wei Xingsi to compile a textbook on semiconductors, but he finally refused.

Later, Wu Feifei said: "It's good to refuse. If you don't refuse, the job will be assigned to us in the end. It is conservatively estimated that we will be busy for more than a month."

The fourth type, won the first prize (top five) and second prize (top four) of the National Natural Science Award...

The fifth type is to win the special prize (top five) and first prize (top four) of the National Teaching Achievement Award...

Sixth, as the first completer, obtain 1 international invention patent with significant economic benefits, or 3 domestic invention patents; or as the first completer, obtain a significant economic benefit and a single transfer fee of 300,000 yuan to the school national invention patents.

The following four, five, and six situations have little to do with most associate professors, and should be specially set for those fields with practical application value.

Taking these conditions together, five years as an associate professor is the entry threshold, and presiding over a national-level fund project is a preliminary screening, but the requirements for academic achievements are much looser.

However, Xu Qiu reckoned that if an associate professor really came to evaluate professors with four SCI four districts in five years and had no other special features, basically he would not need to evaluate them, and no one would be able to PK.

In order to verify his idea, Xu Qiu looked at Jin Dengping's academic achievements and masterpieces.

There are three representative works of Jin Dengping, all of which were printed on the first page of the thesis and put together with the application materials.

Among the three articles, Jin Dengping is the corresponding author, two of which are for ACSAMI and one is for JMCA.

In the column of academic achievements, Jin Dengping specifically noted that ACSAMI and JMCA are both articles in the first district, and marked the impact factor, one is more than 8 points, and the other is more than 9 points.

In addition, there are 11 other articles, with impact factors ranging from 1 to 5, all of which are in the second, third and fourth districts of SCI, and Jin Dengping is also the corresponding author.

In total, Jin Dengping's research group has published a total of 14 articles in five years. Although the quality of the journals is a bit poor, the workload is still there.

After checking the academic achievements, Xu Qiu had a rough idea in mind, and continued to check other aspects.

In terms of teaching, Jin Dengping teaches one class for undergraduates and one class for graduate students every year.

He also specifically listed the results of the students' evaluation of his teaching, which is 98 points (percentage system).

Speaking of teaching evaluation, Modu Comprehensive University also has teaching evaluation.

And it is mandatory before the test is scored, and students cannot view the score without taking an assessment.

Probably because they are afraid that the examinee will give the teacher a bunch of points (five-point system) backhandedly when they see their F.

The teaching evaluation of Modu Comprehensive University is relatively detailed. There are more than a dozen metrics, including whether the teacher arrives at every class on time, whether the course is easy to understand, whether he only reads PPT in class, etc.

However, most students will not give low marks, resulting in almost all teachers being close to 5 points.

After all, although the Academic Affairs Office said that the teacher couldn't find out how many points the students gave him, who knows.

This is also a domestic tradition, and people tend to give high marks.

For example, takeaway ratings, Dianping ratings, if a merchant’s score is lower than 4 points, there is a high probability that the store has a real problem, and a small probability is that a large number of negative reviews have been maliciously posted by peers.

As for the training of students, Jin Dengping has guided six undergraduates to do graduation projects and trained four postgraduates, two of whom have graduated on time, and the other two are studying for a master's degree.

Xu Qiu estimated that this group was relatively PUSH.

An associate professor with two or three master's students can publish three articles a year on average, and they are all corresponding authors, and there is no one. This is already a good example of the problem.

Most master students, like Sun Wo, can't hold back their articles for a long time.

In fact, it is already very good for normal master students to publish one or two SCI articles in three years.

And each of Jin Dengping's master's students published an average of three or four articles, so there is only one truth, and his students should have been drained.

In addition, Jin Dengping also served as a counselor for undergraduates in the Department of Chemistry for four years, which is also a bonus item.

After reading all of them, Xu Qiu felt that there was something about Jin Dengping, and that he had done a good job in all aspects, so he decided to give a positive opinion.

After all, Xu Qiu has nothing to do with the other party, so there is no need to add obstacles to his promotion path.

Moreover, Xu Qiu judged that there was a high probability that Jin Dengping was a grassroots person. Otherwise, based on his achievements, if he had connections, he would probably be promoted in advance.

It doesn't have to be a special promotion. He can be promoted to the fifth-level associate professor early, so that he doesn't need to work for five years, but only needs to work for two years.

However, having said that, this path is indeed for ordinary people.

A real boss would not wait five years from an associate professor before slowly rising up.

The conventional way is to do a postdoctoral or visiting scholar abroad for several years, and then directly introduce talents back to China, and land as a professor with a hat.

For example, Wei Xingsi, regardless of his current appearance, may feel that he is a little watery, but before Xu Qiu came, Wei Xingsi's group published top journals such as EES, and the lowest grade of articles in the group was ACSAMI.

In fact, Wei Xingsi was already a very strong group of people, and he looked weak only because Xu Qiu was there to set him off.

The gap between people in the academic circle is still very large.

Just like those ordinary green peppers who have been staying in China, especially the older associate professors and lecturers at this stage, most of them have limited potential in scientific research, and very few of them can accumulate and develop.

Because if the time is pushed back to around 2000, the competition in domestic academic circles was very small at that time. If they failed to be rated as professors at that time, basically their scientific research capabilities were relatively limited.

In other words, the scientific research level of many young associate professors is higher than that of some old professors, and the scientific research level of many young lecturers is also higher than that of some old associate professors.

Only the level of scientific research is emphasized here, and other aspects are not necessarily.

Xu Qiu has observed the situation of the Materials Department of Shanghai Comprehensive University, and there are several old associate professors in it, including his counselor, Associate Professor Yu Qiang, an associate professor who hugs the department chair's thigh as a small boss, and an associate professor who mainly teaches , and an associate professor who teaches experimental courses.

Their annual scientific research output is very small, almost zero.

Moreover, when Xu Qiu entered the Department of Materials, they were associate professors. Now that four years have passed, they are still associate professors. None of them can be promoted. It is estimated that the associate professor attached to the head of the department has a chance.

In addition, Xu Qiu also observed the four academicians of the Department of Chemistry next door, and three of them publicized their academic resumes. Two of these three went abroad to do postdoctorate or Visiting exchange for more than four years.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the current academicians have just started teaching in 1990-2000.

At that time, the domestic scientific research strength was relatively weak, which was not enough for them to break through themselves. It was similar to the thinness of aura, and it was difficult to practice fast enough, and it was difficult to break through the bottleneck, so they went out one after another to find opportunities to break through.

Some scientific researchers who made breakthroughs chose to return to China, and then developed along the way, becoming a generation of leaders.

The situation in China now is very different from that of 20 years ago.

Because there are batches of people who have gone abroad to study and return to domestic construction, the domestic scientific research circle has absorbed a lot of foreign experience and gradually become stronger.

Although we still have a certain gap with top scientific research powers, the gap is narrowing.

However, all gifts come with a price.

We have become stronger, but we have also changed.