These journals contribute precisely nothing to the world. They don't pay the authors, and they pay the reviewers a trivial amount (if at all). They provide exac

These journals contribute precisely nothing to the world. They don't pay the authors, and they pay the reviewers a trivial amount (if at all). They provide exactly nothing, and they extract tremendous amounts of capital from what would have been some of its most productive uses. There are only a few things that I can truly say I will watch wither and die with unconditional, unreserved glee, and the academic publishing industry is one of them.