This article, published in the Times Higher Education Supplement, has drawn widespread condemnation from the open access community. Stevan Harnad writes, in an email, "Professor Altbach's essay in the Times Higher Education Supplement is based on a breath-takingly fundamental misunderstanding of both Open Access (OA) and OA mandates like Harvard's." According to the article, "There are several problems with it [Open Access]. Chief among them is that peer review is eliminated - all knowledge becomes equal. There is no quality control on the internet, and a Wikipedia article has the same value as an essay by a distinguished researcher." This, of course, is sheer fabrication, as is easily demonstrated by simple reference o any of the numerous open access journals online.
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