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![]() OMICS Publising Group is an India-based multinational publisher of open-access journals, which are often called "predatory publishers". OMICS solicits contributions to its journals by spamming lists obtained from public sources, such as scraping websites of universities, hospitals, medical offices, research institutions, and academic and scientific confierences. OMICS might extract these email addresses directly, but more likely purchases lists from third parties, either spam list vendors or email appending services. OMICS operates under a number of business names and has been active for many years. A list of those business names is located below. Be aware that new business names appear regularly. OMICS is highly criticized in the academic world, and has faced multiple legal actions in the past few years. These actions have been aimed not at its spamming, however, but at other aspects of its business. Main Business Information: Main Business Name: OMICS Publishing Group Founder/Director: Srinubabu Gedela (Personal Website: http://www.srinubabu.com/) Business Names/Aliases: Austin Publishing Group Open Access Publishing Group Medtext Publications LLC OPAST Publishing Group PeertechZ Remedy Publishing Group Somato Publications Postal Addresses: OMICS International Pvt Ltd WIPRO IT/ITES SEZ Campus, Resapuvanipalem, Ramatalkies Road Seethammadhara Rd, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 530016 INDIA OMICS International Traian Str., No.61 Constanta 900720, Romania OMICS International 2360 Corporate Cir., #400 Henderson, NV 89074 United States OMICS International Heathrow Stockley Park Lakeside House 1 Furzeground Way Heathrow UB11 1BD, UK Telephone Numbers: 0891-3356321 (India) 8712290488 (India) 888-843-1169 (USA Toll-Free) +1-213-204-5002 (Los Angeles Metro Area, California, USA) +1-650-618-1414 (San Francisco Bay area, California, USA) +1-650-618-9889 (San Francisco Bay area, California, USA) +44 2039664288 (United Kingdom) Email addresses: contact.europe@omicsonline.org contact.omics@omicsonline.org editoroffice@omicsonline.org hr.vizag@pulsus.com Website: https://www.omicsonline.org/ Wikipedia: OMICS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMICS_Publishing_Group Predatory Publishing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_publishing FTC Legal Action (2019): https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/152-3113/federal-trade-commission-v-omics-group-inc ===== Beall's List (independent report of potentially predatry publishers): https://beallslist.net/ Predatory Reports (independent website reporting on all predatory publishers): https://predatoryreports.org/the-predatory-publishers Scholarly Open Access (via Archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20151022141644/http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/12/18/the-omics-publishing-groups-empire-is-expanding/ Science.org (2013): https://www.science.org/content/article/us-government-accuses-open-access-publisher-trademark-infringement Other URLs of Interest: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/inside-indias-fake-research-paper-shops-pay-publish-profit-5265402/ |
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