Dear Sir/Madam, Wishing you all a very Happy World Teachers' Day! On this special occasion, we are happy to launch 'Open Commentaries'*, *yet another initiative by the team of 'Open Interview https://openinterview.org'. 'Open Commentaries' is an exclusive blog of short-commentaries to discuss trends and developments in academic communication and research. We could come up with this new blog all because of your splendid support and encouragement for our 'Open Interview' which is well received in academia. For 'Open Commentaries' too, your critical appreciation and best wishes will double our efforts. Launching https://opencommentaries.in with the postings of the following four thought provoking articles. Hope you will enjoy reading them. - Why using Impact Factor for measuring research is snake oil? https://opencommentaries.in/why-using-impact-factor-for-measuring-research-i.../ by Sanjaya Mishra - Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda/ by Rosalind Edwards https://opencommentaries.in/unfunded-research-why-academics-do-it-and-its-un... - Adaptability to e-learning: How a survey gives the right insights https://opencommentaries.in/adaptability-to-e-learning-how-a-survey-gave-the.../ by Gopakumar V. - How funders can change the academia seamlessly by sharing conference literature openly https://opencommentaries.in/how-funders-can-change-the-academia-seamlessly-b.../ by Santosh C. Hulagabali Your comments are valuable for us. Please do share. Best regards, Editor, 'Open Commentaries' -- Santosh C. Hulagabali, PhD https://santoshch.weebly.com/ University Librarian Central University of Haryana http://cuh.ac.in/ Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh-123 031 Haryana, India Cell: +91-99874 28147 .. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.