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OMICS Group Incorporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducation, Publications, International Conferences, Creative movies and
FoundedStanford, United States in 2007
Headquarters
Hyderabad
,
India
ProductsJournals, Conferences, Schools and Science fiction films
OwnerDr.Srinubabu G
Websitewww.omicsgroup.com

OMICS Group is an academic publisher[1] and eventorganizer[2] that owns film production, Health TV Channel and Educational Society. OMICS Group carries its activities from its registered office at Hyderabad, India[3] and Henderson[4][5] and Thousand Oaks,[6] California, USA.

History

OMICS Group Inc was established by Dr. Srinubabu Gedela[7][8]. Today, with hundreds of employees within India and Abroad, OMICS strives mainly to make information related to science, engineering and technology available freely for research, academic and development activities. It also aims at dissemination of scientific information through its international science events such as Science Congresses, International Science conferences, Workshops and symposia.

OMICS Journals

OMICS Publishing Group hosts 350 add peer-reviewedOpen Access Online Journals in the field of Medical, Engineering, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Environmental, Life Sciences and Management.[9][10] With the support of a strong editorial board consisting 25000 scholars and academicians, OMICS journals are able to able to complete its review process within 21 days. OMICS Group Journals are enjoying a strong reader’s base with 3 million readers following them.[11]

OMICS International Conferences

OMICS Group Inc Conference wing organizes approximately 100 conferences annually across the globe on areas like Clinical, Medical, Engineering and Technology, Pharmaceutical, Management, Environmental and Life Sciences.[12] OMICS Group is creating a meaningful platform for researchers, scholars, academicians, and industry to share and exchange knowledge and promote meaningful discussion on the discoveries and research out comes in the above specified fields.[2][13][14][15] Group also organizes scientific events in collaboration with different noted Institutes, Universities like Stanford University,[16] Andhra University.[17]

Controversies and 1$ Billion Lawsuit

                                                 ***Publishing practice and conferences controversies***

"OMICS Publishing Group", one of the OMICS Groups brand has been included in Jeffery Beall’s list, which is a list of possible predatory journals.[18] Its publishing practices and spam activity has been criticized and name has been brought up for many controversies.[19] In much controversial news, OMICS Group has been criticized for poor peer-review process. Some of the editorial board memebrs of the journals published by OMICS Publishing Group have complained that they are not aware if their names are listed on OMICS’s journals website.[20] National Institute of Health sent the trademark Infringement letter to OMICS and warned against use PubMed Central logo, NLM trade mark should be used appropriately. [21]

However, most of the times, these assertions have been declined and responded to criticisms by avowing a commitment to open access publishing and threatening a prominent critic with a US$1 billion lawsuit.[22]

Numerous complaints have been made about the publishing and other practices of the OMICS Publishing Group and its affiliates. Jeffrey Beall says that OMICS journals do not show their author fees prominently enough on their journal websites or in e-mails that they send to authors to solicit manuscript submissions. The company director has asserted that its activities are legitimate, ethical and adds that OMICS Group is “not predatory” and that its staff and editors are acting in “good faith and confidence” to promote open access publishing .[23]

An investigative report (conducted in October 2012) published in The Chronicle of Higher Education stated that journal articles published by OMICS may undergo little or no peer review. It was also suggested that OMICS provides lists of scientists as journal editors to create the impression of familiarity or scientific legitimacy, even though these are editors in name only and are not involved in the review or editing process [24][25][26]. An editor-in-chief who was contacted by Science stated that he had never handled any papers[27]; in an interview with The Hindu[28], another said he had not been informed of his purported editorship. The company has been slow to remove the names of editorial board members who requested to terminate their relationship with OMICS activities.

The director and founder of OMICS, Srinubabu Gedela, responded to these criticisms by stating that his organization wishes to expand access to scientific knowledge and has 20,000 editorial board members and 500 employees.[24][25]

OMICS Group Scientific Alliances

OMICS Group Inc has signed mutual agreements with 150 societies of academic excellence, scientific research and encouragement for free dissemination of knowledge to support the cause ‘Open Access’ Publishing and knowledge dissemination. The societies mutually extend publication, event organizing, editorial and review support and collectively work toward knowledge dissemination.[29][30] Dr.Srinubabu the OMICS founder also has been appointed as Vice-President for Federation of Asian Biotech Association and announced to conduct Golbal cancer summit in association.[31][32]

OMICS Group Creations

Established in the year 2003, OMICS Group Creations is an off shoot of OMICS Group International engaged in film production and distribution.[33] ‘Chandee’, move about Women empowerment and self protection is a multilingual movie starring Priyamani (the National award winning actress) in a lead role was the first production under this banner. Veteran actors like R. Sarathkumar, Krishnam Raju, popular character artist Ashish Vidyarthi and Comedians Ali and M.S. Narayana are also part of this film.[34] Aata Arambam’ is the second movie that OMICS Creations about Classic tale of corruption took up during the same year with popular action hero Ajith Kumar, Rana Daggubati, Arya,Nayantaraand Taapsee Pannu in a lead role directed by Vishnuvardhan[35]. OMICS Group Creation is planning to release its next movie Veerudokkade soon with Ajith Kumar and Tamannaah in lead roles and producing a film called ‘Made for Each other’ directed by J. Prabhakar Reddy.

OMICS Educational Society

OMICS Educational Society works with the aim of providing training, infrastructure building, curriculum development, faculty development cession and extends audio and visual support to promote quality education among the schools that are already functioning in India. In this process, OMICS Educational Society has acquired Sri Satya Sai School & Jr College for Boys and Girls in Palakonda, located in the Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh. More than 6000 students have enrolled from kindergarten up to secondary level that follow CBSE curriculum and 1200 students are pursuing various streams at the higher secondary (+2level) that follows the syllabus of Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education.[36] “OMICS Educational Society prepares educational tools such as text and reference books, apart from providing the study material in the audio-visual form to facilitate interactive way of teaching-learning. Constant faculty development training, refreshing sessions and exposure to latest interactive learning techniques like participation in workshops and seminars are must for the faculty to equip themselves for the latest demands of the market.

References

  1. ^ "Open Access Scholarly Journals". OMICS Online. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "International Scientific Conferences". OMICS Group. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Contact us". OMICS Online. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "OMICS Group Incorporated". Yellow Pages, NY1. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "OMICS Group Incorporated". Link Town AZ family. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  6. ^ "OMICS Publishing Group". Yellow Pages. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  7. ^ "Srinubabu Gedela is FABA vice president G". www.biospectrumasia.com. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "Dr Srinubabu G". Academia.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "Call for technology breakthrough to step up farm productivity". Feb 03, 2014. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  10. ^ "OMICS observes annual open access week". Oct 23, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "OMICS TO GRANT FREE, INSTANT ACCESS TO JOURNALS". Oct 22, 2013. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ "AU to host International conference in December". The Hindu. 10 June 2013. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. ^ "India needs 460 million tonnes foodgrains by 2050 : Expert". Webindia123. 3 February 2014. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "3rd world congress on biotechnology". Arrow Times Media. 13 September 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  15. ^ "Ayurvedic medicinal plants face extinction". The Hans India. October 22, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  16. ^ "NCI Sponsors Symposium on Glycomics in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis". The Hans India. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  17. ^ "AU to host International conference in December". The Hindu. June 10, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  18. ^ "Beall's List". Scholarly OA. Retrieved 08-02-2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. ^ GINA KOLATA (April 7, 2013). "Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)". New York Times. Retrieved 08-02-2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  20. ^ R. PRASAD (September 27, 2012). "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind". The Hindu. Retrieved 08-02-2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ "U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement". Science Magazine. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 08-02-2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  22. ^ Jake New (May 15, 2013). "Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  23. ^ Declan Butler. "Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion". nature.com. Retrieved February 09, 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  24. ^ a b Gina Kolata, "Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)", New York Times, 8 April 2013
  25. ^ a b Stratford, Michael (2012-03-04). "'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  26. ^ "The Charleston Advisor Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers". Charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  27. ^ Jocelyn Kaiser, "ScienceInsider: U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement", Science, 09 May 2013
  28. ^ "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind" The Hindu, 26 September 2012.
  29. ^ "A 3 Day International Conference on Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences begins". Newswala. February 03, 2043. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  30. ^ "OMICS Publishing Group Ties up with 100 Eminent Societies to Make Healthcare Information Open Access". IB Wire News. August 9, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  31. ^ "Asian biotech body Vice-President". The Hindu Businessline. October 14, 2013. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  32. ^ "Hyderabad to host global cancer meet in Sept next year". The Hindu Businessline. August 15, 2013. Retrieved February 04 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  33. ^ "Stanford to Tollywood". Deccan Chronicle. 2013-09-02.
  34. ^ "Making Telugu movies with a message". The Times of India. 2013-09-26.
  35. ^ "RANAS ROLE IS PIVOTAL". The Times of India. 2013-10-26.
  36. ^ "Sphere heading knowledge dissemination through Innovation!" (PDF). The Times of India. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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