Pulsus Group

Pulsus Group Ltd
Industry Academic publishing
Founded 1984
Headquarters London, United Kingdom; Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Medical journals
Parent OMICS Publishing Group
Website www.pulsus.com

Pulsus Group is a publisher of scientific, technical, and medical literature. It was formed in 1984, primarily to publish peer-reviewed medical journals. As of 2016, Pulsus publishes 49 hybrid and full open-access journals, 15 of which have been adopted as the official publications of the related medical societies.[1]

The company has been placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1984 by Robert Kalina to provide Canadian doctors with an alternative to American journals. In December 2015, Pulsus sold four of its journals to the open access publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation.[3] Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group, an open access publisher widely regarded as predatory,[4][5][6][7][8][9] In 2016, causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question.[10][11] Kalina, the owner of Pulsus Group was retiring but could not find buyers for Pulsus Group's remaining journals, but claimed that the sale negotiated with OMICS would continue to protect the interests of the societies that own the journals.[12] Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned[11] and a number of societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher.[10] The CEO of OMICS has promised that the journals published by Pulsus will be run independently by the respective societies that they belong to, with OMICS only providing hosting, PDF formatting, and design.[13] Nonetheless, Jeffrey Beall added Pulsus Group to his list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[14]

Journals

Pulsus Group publishes 49 journals that are either completely open access or subscription-based with an open access option, 15 of which are owned by the respective societies they serve. To publish open access requires authors to pay an article processing charge.

Acquisitions

In September 2016, Pulsus Group acquired another Canadian publisher, Andrew John Publishing, including 17 medical journals associated with medical societies of the Middle East and Canada,[15] and some journals from the London based Future Science Publishing Group operating as Openaccessjournals.com.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pulsus Profile". Pulsus Group. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  2. ↑ Beall, Jeffrey. "LIST OF PUBLISHERS". Scholarly Open Access. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  3. ↑ Brown, C. (3 October 2016). "Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals". Canadian Medical Association Journal. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5338.
  4. ↑ Beall, Jeffrey. "The OMICS Publishing Group's Empire is Expanding". Scholarly OA.
  5. ↑ Stratford, Michael (2012-03-04). "'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  6. ↑ Beall, Jeffrey (2010-07-01). "Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers". The Charleston Advisor. Charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  7. ↑ Declan Butler, "Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing", Nature, 27 March 2013
  8. ↑ Jocelyn Kaiser, "ScienceInsider: U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement", Science, 09 May 2013
  9. ↑ "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind" The Hindu, 26 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 Chown, Marco; Favaro, Avis; St. Philip, Elizabeth (29 September 2016). "Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. 1 2 Puzic, Sonja (29 September 2016). "Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals". CTV News. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Medical Association Journal: Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals". 3 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Full statement by Srinubabu Gedela, CEO and Managing Director of OMICS Group". CTV Television Network. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  14. ↑ Beall, Jeffrey (2016-09-29). "Scam Publisher OMICS International Buying Legitimate Journals". Scholarly Open Access. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  15. ↑ Babu, Abhishek (2016-09-16). "Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  16. ↑ Babu, Abhishek (2016-09-20). "Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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