Comment on Publishing Pseudo-Science by R V Krishnakumar

Dr.Beall, Let me thank you first for moderating comments here. By this you have ensured decent talk. The article above is a perfect example of ‘exploitation’ of the concept of OA by an author and I am sure it is going to serve some ‘purpose’ only for the author himself. This author would show this article to some and even become the Minister for Higher Education. This is certainly not the concern of Physicists. I believe most OA authors belong to this category. They know they bunk and need a junk to accommodate them. For now, I think creating an awareness among scholars is the best bet rather than expecting these publishers vanish in the near future. What do you think is the ‘impact factor’ of your blogs? I mean how far does it reach? It needs to be certainly very high. Even if I were not aware of this wonderful page of yours, I dont think I would have fallen prey. There are millions of scholars who are smarter than me. So, there is no real danger.