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Publishing an article in a journal without a related degree


Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?How is a new academic journal born?Prior thesis examiners as potential future journal article referees?What are author and journal rights after a article submission?Chapter in printed thesis vs. journal articlePublishing as a IEEE letter vs articlePublisher (online, refereed journal) is not publishing the volume containing my paper - what are my options?Paper accepted by a journal without commentsPublishing a book based on long journal articlePublishing similar but much longer article “again” in different journal?What to do when you have accidentally submitted an article to a predatory journal













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  • Journals publish whatever they feel is suitable for their audience and reputation. The problem may be to convince an editor that your manuscript is worth having a serious look at.

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  • Journals publish whatever they feel is suitable for their audience and reputation. The problem may be to convince an editor that your manuscript is worth having a serious look at.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?

    – Anyon
    1 hour ago

















  • Journals publish whatever they feel is suitable for their audience and reputation. The problem may be to convince an editor that your manuscript is worth having a serious look at.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?

    – Anyon
    1 hour ago
















Journals publish whatever they feel is suitable for their audience and reputation. The problem may be to convince an editor that your manuscript is worth having a serious look at.

– Karl
2 hours ago





Journals publish whatever they feel is suitable for their audience and reputation. The problem may be to convince an editor that your manuscript is worth having a serious look at.

– Karl
2 hours ago




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Possible duplicate of Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?

– Anyon
1 hour ago





Possible duplicate of Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?

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No editor will care (or for that matter could know) about your degree. What matters is the contents of the submission. There are plenty of chemists or electrical engineers who publish in physics journal, plenty of physicists who publish in chemistry or engineering or math journals.






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    Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

    – Bryan Krause
    2 hours ago







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    @BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

    – ZeroTheHero
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Yes, you can publish provided that the editor and the reviewers accept your paper, perhaps after revision. There are no "credentialing" requirements to publish in a field.



Some people are just self taught and rise to a high level. It is true, however, that the reviewers may look at your lack of degree and decide to be extra vigilant. But they should be vigilant with new degree candidates as well. Actually they should just be vigilant, of course.



There are some fields, however, that in some places you need to be careful about. But that is more about how you present yourself than what you write. For example, in some places it is illegal to call yourself an "engineer" without a degree and, perhaps, a license.






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  • The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

    – paul garrett
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  • @paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






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    @Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • @Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

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No editor will care (or for that matter could know) about your degree. What matters is the contents of the submission. There are plenty of chemists or electrical engineers who publish in physics journal, plenty of physicists who publish in chemistry or engineering or math journals.






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    Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

    – Bryan Krause
    2 hours ago







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    @BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

    – ZeroTheHero
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No editor will care (or for that matter could know) about your degree. What matters is the contents of the submission. There are plenty of chemists or electrical engineers who publish in physics journal, plenty of physicists who publish in chemistry or engineering or math journals.






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  • 1





    Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

    – Bryan Krause
    2 hours ago







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    @BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

    – ZeroTheHero
    1 hour ago













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No editor will care (or for that matter could know) about your degree. What matters is the contents of the submission. There are plenty of chemists or electrical engineers who publish in physics journal, plenty of physicists who publish in chemistry or engineering or math journals.






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No editor will care (or for that matter could know) about your degree. What matters is the contents of the submission. There are plenty of chemists or electrical engineers who publish in physics journal, plenty of physicists who publish in chemistry or engineering or math journals.







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    Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

    – Bryan Krause
    2 hours ago







  • 1





    @BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

    – ZeroTheHero
    1 hour ago












  • 1





    Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

    – Bryan Krause
    2 hours ago







  • 1





    @BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

    – ZeroTheHero
    1 hour ago







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1





Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

– Bryan Krause
2 hours ago






Of course it is important that people publishing 'across fields' are still trained in academic research and how to publish things more generally... it's many fold more difficult to publish without any prior experience or mentorship without coming off as a quack.

– Bryan Krause
2 hours ago





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@BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

– ZeroTheHero
1 hour ago





@BryanKrause I wish I could say that people with prior experience never come off as quacks... but that’s a different question.

– ZeroTheHero
1 hour ago











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Yes, you can publish provided that the editor and the reviewers accept your paper, perhaps after revision. There are no "credentialing" requirements to publish in a field.



Some people are just self taught and rise to a high level. It is true, however, that the reviewers may look at your lack of degree and decide to be extra vigilant. But they should be vigilant with new degree candidates as well. Actually they should just be vigilant, of course.



There are some fields, however, that in some places you need to be careful about. But that is more about how you present yourself than what you write. For example, in some places it is illegal to call yourself an "engineer" without a degree and, perhaps, a license.






share|improve this answer























  • The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago











  • @paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    @Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • @Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago















2














Yes, you can publish provided that the editor and the reviewers accept your paper, perhaps after revision. There are no "credentialing" requirements to publish in a field.



Some people are just self taught and rise to a high level. It is true, however, that the reviewers may look at your lack of degree and decide to be extra vigilant. But they should be vigilant with new degree candidates as well. Actually they should just be vigilant, of course.



There are some fields, however, that in some places you need to be careful about. But that is more about how you present yourself than what you write. For example, in some places it is illegal to call yourself an "engineer" without a degree and, perhaps, a license.






share|improve this answer























  • The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago











  • @paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    @Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • @Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago













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2







Yes, you can publish provided that the editor and the reviewers accept your paper, perhaps after revision. There are no "credentialing" requirements to publish in a field.



Some people are just self taught and rise to a high level. It is true, however, that the reviewers may look at your lack of degree and decide to be extra vigilant. But they should be vigilant with new degree candidates as well. Actually they should just be vigilant, of course.



There are some fields, however, that in some places you need to be careful about. But that is more about how you present yourself than what you write. For example, in some places it is illegal to call yourself an "engineer" without a degree and, perhaps, a license.






share|improve this answer













Yes, you can publish provided that the editor and the reviewers accept your paper, perhaps after revision. There are no "credentialing" requirements to publish in a field.



Some people are just self taught and rise to a high level. It is true, however, that the reviewers may look at your lack of degree and decide to be extra vigilant. But they should be vigilant with new degree candidates as well. Actually they should just be vigilant, of course.



There are some fields, however, that in some places you need to be careful about. But that is more about how you present yourself than what you write. For example, in some places it is illegal to call yourself an "engineer" without a degree and, perhaps, a license.







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  • The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago











  • @paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






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    @Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • @Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago

















  • The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago











  • @paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

    – Karl
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    @Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

    – Buffy
    2 hours ago











  • @Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

    – paul garrett
    2 hours ago
















The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

– paul garrett
2 hours ago





The reviewers will have scant reason to "look at your degree". If they don't already know your name (which might be the case if they were long-time experienced, and you were, too), they may wonder who you are, but most people would know that they shouldn't necessarily pursue that aspect, but should judge the paper on its own merits. If anything, reasonable referees are more forgiving and helpful to novices, than to people who should already know "how things are done" (=conventions).

– paul garrett
2 hours ago













@paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

– Buffy
2 hours ago





@paulgarrett, I hope that by "forgiving" you mean more likely to offer good advice for improvement, rather than accepting papers of lesser quality. The reviewers aren't there to be "nice". They are there to assure only quality papers get published.

– Buffy
2 hours ago













Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

– Karl
2 hours ago





Anybody can call himself an engineer. What's (rather universally) forbidden is to affect having a degree or title issued by an official body.

– Karl
2 hours ago




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@Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

– Buffy
2 hours ago





@Karl, actually, no. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer#Regulation

– Buffy
2 hours ago













@Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

– paul garrett
2 hours ago





@Buffy, I mean that flaws are not viewed as immediately fatal, for beginners, but admitting improvement, and maybe needing advice. In contrast, if I were sent a senior person's paper to referee, and it was written in the voice of a 25-year-old, I'd wonder what the heck was going on.

– paul garrett
2 hours ago










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