If you're actually an independent researcher, sometimes you can find professors at universities or national labs that are willing to help out in exchange for cr

If you're actually an independent researcher, sometimes you can find professors at universities or national labs that are willing to help out in exchange for credits on the paper. I've had success at [redacted] labs in the New Mexico region as well as folks from my previous university. The trick is asking people who do research that's sort of adjacent to your field.