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I am a computer systems scientist and have participated in several peer-review processes. I have never seen a case where an author who does not have researcher
by ananya_muddu 8y ago
I am a computer systems scientist and have participated in several peer-review processes.
I have never seen a case where an author who does not have researcher credentials is marginalized.
However, papers with bad science are rejected and in the worst-case, the authors are blacklisted. It does not matter if the authors have stellar credentials or none to start with. So aim to write papers with good science and forever stop worrying about getting marginalized.
There are several books that explain bad science. I recommend "Craft of Research", "They Say I Say", and "Demon Haunted World" to start with.
The most effective method to get your paper accepted is to make the experimental methods explicit and the data public. This will make your paper much more scientific than those published in conferences with poor-reproducibility checks.
Professors are hungry to write good papers. Conaact a professor who works in the same community to review your paper in return for co-authorship. They will gladly agree if your paper is aligned with their interests.
All the best!