https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/funding-councils-sign-responsible-... *Funding councils sign up to ‘responsible’ research assessment* New injection of cash for San Francisco Declaration on responsible metrics hopes to move initiative from words to action *February 7, 2018* *By Holly Else <https://www.timeshighereducation.com/content/holly-else>* All seven of the UK’s research councils have signed up to a declaration that calls for the academic community to stop using journal impact factors as a proxy for the quality of scholarship. Should we not adopt such a policy in India? Regards. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009