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I'm not sure why you're hunting for downsides, but... It will create a moat between "worthy" and "unworthy" scientific journals - those which the Indian govern

I'm not sure why you're hunting for downsides, but... It will create a moat between "worthy" and "unworthy" scientific journals - those which the Indian government is willing to support financially and those which it is not. There may also be some risk that Indian government will give preferential treatment to journals that publish more from their own institutions.

surgecoach 6y ago
Would mostly be a good thing but yes could also lead to pushing of journals to be one of those selected
haltingproblem 6y ago
You should always always ask how it could go wrong. Popper called this critical rationalism - it is always good to invert and check for downstream effects. We can see "good measured" going horribly wrong and warping society for generations. You point out two excellent ones already (thank you) - the journals that the Indian government does not subscribe will wither and die no matter how good they are. This can lead to a curse of winner takes all. It can also lead to a preferential promotion of accepted and unaccepted theories - similar to what happened in the Soviet Union regarding Lysenkoism vs. Darwin's theories.