Purpose: To investigate the characteristics of misleading METRICS and identify the extent to which Iranian journals use such indicators. Methodology: Charctrisitcs were harvested form th eliterature. Then, 410 Iranian journals using such METRICS were identified from the misleading METRICS websites. Data analysis was conducted using Microsoft Excel. Findings: Sudden disappearance from the web, large number of indexed journals, ambiguous and non-scientific methodologies, lack of accurate contact information, failure to notify about the scientific and administarive staff, charging journals for the calculation of METRICS and conducting the evaluation in a short period of time were common. The name and information of 410 Iranian journals were listed in the website of 23 misleading METRICS, 49 accredited by The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) and 101 titles accredited by The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MHME) mentioned at-least one misleading metric in their websites. Out of medical science journals 56% are affiliated with the medical science universities and institutions. Conclusion: Utilizing misleading METRICS negatively affect the reputation of scientific journals. That put them at the rist to be listed as as predatory journals. Editorial boards are advised to avoid being indexed in misleading METRICS and focus on reputable information and citation databases.

In this paper, we study a class of Finsler METRICS which contains the class of P-reducible and general relatively isotropic Landsberg METRICS, as special cases. We prove that on a compact Finsler manifold, this class of METRICS is nothing other than Randers METRICS. Finally, we study this class of Finsler METRICS with scalar flag curvature and find a condition under which these METRICS reduce to Randers metric.

In this paper, we study a special class of generalized Douglas-Weyl METRICS whose Douglas curvature is constant along any Finslerian geodesic. We prove that for every Landsberg metric in this class of Finsler METRICS, E=0 if and only if H=0. Then we show that every Finsler metric of non-zero isotropic flag curvature in this class of METRICS is a Riemannian if and only if E=0.

Equality of hh -curvatures of the Berwald and Cartan connections leads to a new class of Finsler METRICS, so-called BC-generalized Landsberg METRICS. Here, we prove that every BC-generalized Landsberg metric of scalar flag curvature with dimension greater than two is of constant flag curvature.

Dear Editor, Training creative talents in the digital age is no longer restricted by geographical boundaries and this has been made possible through electronic and virtual learning (1, 2). Academic systems are now mandated with incorporating this new style of learning in their curriculums (3, 4). In this respect, higher education systems around the world have already started utilizing cyberMETRICS, weboMETRICS, and scientoMETRICS to pave the way for e-learning programs. The underlying question here is whether, in the light of recent developments in online education, it is possible to use research METRICS as a modern means of evaluating electronic learning.