You seem to be describing a &#x27;fruit of the poisonous tree&#x27; view of funding, and saying that studies funded by certain authors are right to be discounted.[1] For one thing, anonymous publication could serve to discourage partisan funding of studies, as the donor would no longer be able to verify the authorship of any given paper.<p>The use of &#x27;credibility&#x27; as a criteria for publication also creates large biases against novice scientists, or scientists from unusual backgrounds (scientific and otherwise).  In addition, &#x27;credible&#x27; scientists should never be given any benefit of the doubt; if someone depends on this, they are not doing good work.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree</a>