Well, well, well, this is an extremely interesting and pertinent revelation. An Indian who is willing to stand up against Indians. And it confirms – by an Indian scientist – what I have claimed just last week: that corruption in science publishing, at least in India, is stemming from both the bottom, and the top. I had also suggested that the only way to fix this problem, at least in India, was by Indians, because the opinions of foreigners are aggressively set aside. I had even made a less-than-subtle suggestion to Mr. Modi to get his act together and reign in fraud emanating from Indian scientists, Indian institutes and Indian pseudo-publishers [1]. A massive amount of damage has already been done by Indian individuals from within India and even by Indians residing abroad, and until this global-scale fraud is urgently addressed at the Government level, the corruption of the literature, of science, and of publishing, is going to get exponentially worse. For a simple reason: those who have already committed any form of fraud, misconduct, or financial abuse, have suffered zero, or mild consequences for their actions. So, they see this as a sign to commit the same level of atrocities against science, without any consequences, moving forward. Unless individuals like Samir Sharma – who must be valiantly applauded for his genuine interest in trying to clean up the mess – are able to instigate change. Change, ethics, and the rule of law in science and publishing, and justice that favors the honest as opposed to the crooks and cheats, can only emerge when there is a grass-roots level of aner, and subsequent change. I have great respect for many Indian scientists, some of whom are close and respected friends, so those who will be quick to call these criticisms vitriolic racist rants, think again. This is about culture, in fact, because India, as one of the core BRICS members, is a key economy forging aggressively forward. And it appears as if pseudo-science and fraudulent publishers form part of that new economic model. Both Indians and non-Indian scientists alike have the responsibility of standing up to this corruption, to this fraud, to this wide-spread dishonesty. It must be mercilessly stamped out, and those who cheat, commit fraud, or otherwise defraud the system, or abuse or predate financially upon the weaknesses of others, must be shamed, and ultimately sent to prison. There can be no middle-path. It’s either beef, or chicken, not both. Samir Sharma, and others who are like-minded, have my fullest support.
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