Friends: Here is a recent initiative that is likely to revolutionize scholarly communication and free researchers from the stranglehold of the current journal system. https://blog.f1000.com/2017/07/12/orc-open-research-central-repulsive-and-ma... Indian funding agencies such as DST, SERB and DBT would do well to join ORC. Best wishes. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.