In the world of academic research, it matters who you are, not what you write
--- is
my thesis. It is very easy to test this.
If someone is good at getting papers published, he can write a paper and send
it in his
own name. On the other hand, he can write the same paper and send it in a
non-entity's
name.
And see which paper gets accepted and which not.
One can do this for say 10 times.
i can bet that 9 out of 10 times, the newbie's papers will get rejected, while
the
known person's papers will get accepted even if there are errors in it.
Everyone in the research world knows this well.
Yes, in the long run, this will even out, as the wrong papers will no more be
referenced.
But, the damage has been done already, and to me this system sucks.
In the field I am in, Computer science, the latest trend is not to publish.
File a patent,
market your product; the market will decide if what you are talking is
worthwhile or not.
regards,
Samir
