Pulsus Group is a health informatics and digital marketing company and publisher of scientific, technical, and medical literature.[1][2] It was formed in 1984, primarily to publish peer-reviewedmedical journals. As of 2016,[update] Pulsus published 98 hybrid and full open-access journals, 15 of which had been adopted as the official publications of related medical societies.[3] Pulsus Group also conducts conferences in association with scientific societies.[4][5]
OMICS Publishing Group, an open access publisher widely regarded as predatory, purchased Pulsus in 2016, causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question.[6] The company has been placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[7]
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.[8] In 2016, Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group, an open access publisher widely regarded as predatory,[9][10][11][12][13][14] causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question.[15][16] 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.[17] Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned[16] and a number of societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher.[15] 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.[18] Nonetheless, Jeffrey Beall added Pulsus Group to his list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[19]
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,[20] and some journals from the London based Future Science Publishing Group operating as Openaccessjournals.com.[21]
Predatory behavior
In 2019 it was reported that Pulsus journals were listing on their mastheads three professors from the University of Toronto, two of whom had disassociated themselves from the journals in 2014 and 2016, and the third of whom had never agreed to be associated with the journal. After this discovery, the professors' names were removed from the journals.[22]
Indian operations
Pulsus is operating from Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam providing services in HealthTech, health informatics, medical publishing, and pharmacovigilance services.[23][24][25] Pulsus has 5,000 employees.[26]
Pulsus Visakhapatnam has created more women employment since inception,[28] through the campus placements in and around Andhra Pradesh.[29][30] Taking the inspiration from Narendra Modi, PULSUS employees conducted "Say no to plastic campaign" in association with Software Technology Parks of India[31] and conducted rallies to support Andhra Pradesh Disha act and to secure women employees.[32]
^Basu, Arpit M. (1 January 2021). "Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam". The Times of India.
^"Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai". The Times of India. 9 March 2018.
^"Pulsus Profile". Pulsus Group. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^"Pulsus 2017 16th International Conference on Nephrology". Biospace.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^"Annual World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research". Military-Technologies.net. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^Deprez, Esmé E.; Chen, Caroline (29 August 2017). "Medical Journals Have a Fake News Problem". Bloomberg News. from the original on 25 January 2019.
^Beall, Jeffrey. . Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^Brown, C. (3 October 2016). "Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 188 (16): E398. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5338. PMC5088087. PMID 27698198.
^Beall, Jeffrey. . Scholarly OA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
^Stratford, Michael (4 March 2012). "'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
^Beall, Jeffrey (1 July 2010). "Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers" (PDF). The Charleston Advisor. 12: 50. doi:10.5260/chara.12.1.50.
^Butler, Declan (2013). "Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing". Nature. 495 (7442): 433–435. Bibcode:2013Natur.495..433B. doi:10.1038/495433a. PMID 23538810.
^Kaiser, Jocelyn (9 May 2013). "U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement". Science.
^"On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind" The Hindu, 26 September 2012.
^ abChown, Marco; Favaro, Avis; St. Philip, Elizabeth (29 September 2016). "Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ abPuzic, Sonja (29 September 2016). "Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals". CTV News. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^"Full statement by Srinubabu Gedela, CEO and Managing Director of OMICS Group". CTV Television Network. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^Beall, Jeffrey (29 September 2016). . Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^Babu, Abhishek (16 September 2016). "Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^Babu, Abhishek (20 September 2016). "Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^Heimlich, Peter M. (22 April 2019). "Medical journals published by "predatory" publisher claim three University of Toronto faculty members are editors". The Sidebar. See also "Weekend reads". Retraction Watch. 27 April 2019.
^Basu, Arpit M. (1 January 2021). "Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam". The Times of India.
^"Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai". The Times of India. 9 March 2018.
^"Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". The Hans India. 4 October 2019.
^"Pulsus CEO, Dr. Srinubabu Gedela received Pride of the Nation Award". The Hans India. 22 July 2019.
^"Now, healthcare information in Telugu just a click away". The New Indian Express. 15 March 2018.
^"'Upcoming IT hub will employ more women': Pulsus CEO". The New Indian Express. 15 February 2022.
^"Andhra Pradesh: job mela evokes good response from pharmacy, engineering students". The Hindu. 26 February 2022.
^"PULSUS unit coming up at IT-Special Economic Zone". The Hans India. 15 March 2018.
^"Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". The Hans India. 4 October 2019.
^"Disha Act-2019 gaining popularity in North Andhra districts". The Hindu. 6 February 2020.
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Pulsus Group is a health informatics and digital marketing company and publisher of scientific technical and medical literature 1 2 It was formed in 1984 primarily to publish peer reviewed medical journals As of 2016 update Pulsus published 98 hybrid and full open access journals 15 of which had been adopted as the official publications of related medical societies 3 Pulsus Group also conducts conferences in association with scientific societies 4 5 Pulsus Group LtdIndustryAcademic publishing academic conferencesFounded1984FounderRobert KalinaHeadquartersLondon United KingdomHyderabad Telangana IndiaOakville Ontario CanadaArea servedWorldwideKey peopleSrinubabu Gedela Chief executive officer ProductsMedical journalsServicesScience technology and medicineNumber of employees5 000 2019 Websitepulsus wbr comOMICS Publishing Group an open access publisher widely regarded as predatory purchased Pulsus in 2016 causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question 6 The company has been placed on Jeffrey Beall s list of Potential possible or probable predatory open access publishers 7 Contents 1 History 2 Acquisitions 3 Predatory behavior 4 Indian operations 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistoryThe 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 8 In 2016 Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group an open access publisher widely regarded as predatory 9 10 11 12 13 14 causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question 15 16 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 17 Since the takeover by OMICS several editors in chief have resigned 16 and a number of societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher 15 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 18 Nonetheless Jeffrey Beall added Pulsus Group to his list of Potential possible or probable predatory open access publishers 19 AcquisitionsIn 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 20 and some journals from the London based Future Science Publishing Group operating as Openaccessjournals com 21 Predatory behaviorIn 2019 it was reported that Pulsus journals were listing on their mastheads three professors from the University of Toronto two of whom had disassociated themselves from the journals in 2014 and 2016 and the third of whom had never agreed to be associated with the journal After this discovery the professors names were removed from the journals 22 Indian operationsPulsus is operating from Chennai Delhi Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam providing services in HealthTech health informatics medical publishing and pharmacovigilance services 23 24 25 Pulsus has 5 000 employees 26 Pulsus Visakhapatnam and Chennai offices translate their annual conferences and medical journals information in local languages such as Telugu Hindi Tamil Bengali 27 Pulsus Visakhapatnam has created more women employment since inception 28 through the campus placements in and around Andhra Pradesh 29 30 Taking the inspiration from Narendra Modi PULSUS employees conducted Say no to plastic campaign in association with Software Technology Parks of India 31 and conducted rallies to support Andhra Pradesh Disha act and to secure women employees 32 See alsoPulsus Group academic journalsReferences Basu Arpit M 1 January 2021 Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam The Times of India Pulsus opens healthcare informatics pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai The Times of India 9 March 2018 Pulsus Profile Pulsus Group Retrieved 7 October 2016 Pulsus 2017 16th International Conference on Nephrology Biospace com Retrieved 31 March 2017 Annual World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research Military Technologies net Retrieved 31 March 2017 Deprez Esme E Chen Caroline 29 August 2017 Medical Journals Have a Fake News Problem Bloomberg News Archived from the original on 25 January 2019 Beall Jeffrey LIST OF PUBLISHERS Scholarly Open Access Archived from the original on 17 September 2016 Retrieved 21 September 2016 Brown C 3 October 2016 Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals Canadian Medical Association Journal 188 16 E398 doi 10 1503 cmaj 109 5338 PMC 5088087 PMID 27698198 Beall Jeffrey The OMICS Publishing Group s Empire is Expanding Scholarly OA Archived from the original on 22 October 2015 Stratford Michael 4 March 2012 Predatory Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish The Chronicle of Higher Education Retrieved 2 October 2012 Beall Jeffrey 1 July 2010 Update Predatory Open Access Scholarly Publishers PDF The Charleston Advisor 12 50 doi 10 5260 chara 12 1 50 Butler Declan 2013 Investigating journals The dark side of publishing Nature 495 7442 433 435 Bibcode 2013Natur 495 433B doi 10 1038 495433a PMID 23538810 Kaiser Jocelyn 9 May 2013 U S Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement Science On the Net a scam of a most scholarly kind The Hindu 26 September 2012 a b Chown Marco Favaro Avis St Philip Elizabeth 29 September 2016 Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science Toronto Star Retrieved 29 September 2016 a b Puzic Sonja 29 September 2016 Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals CTV News Retrieved 30 September 2016 Canadian Medical Association Journal Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals 3 October 2016 Archived from the original on 9 October 2016 Retrieved 11 October 2016 Full statement by Srinubabu Gedela CEO and Managing Director of OMICS Group CTV Television Network 29 September 2016 Retrieved 6 October 2016 Beall Jeffrey 29 September 2016 Scam Publisher OMICS International Buying Legitimate Journals Scholarly Open Access Archived from the original on 12 October 2016 Retrieved 7 October 2016 Babu Abhishek 16 September 2016 Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing Press release Pulsus Group PRWeb Retrieved 17 September 2016 Babu Abhishek 20 September 2016 Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals com The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher Press release Pulsus Group PRWeb Retrieved 17 September 2016 Heimlich Peter M 22 April 2019 Medical journals published by predatory publisher claim three University of Toronto faculty members are editors The Sidebar See also Weekend reads Retraction Watch 27 April 2019 Basu Arpit M 1 January 2021 Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam The Times of India Pulsus opens healthcare informatics pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai The Times of India 9 March 2018 Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use The Hans India 4 October 2019 Pulsus CEO Dr Srinubabu Gedela received Pride of the Nation Award The Hans India 22 July 2019 Now healthcare information in Telugu just a click away The New Indian Express 15 March 2018 Upcoming IT hub will employ more women Pulsus CEO The New Indian Express 15 February 2022 Andhra Pradesh job mela evokes good response from pharmacy engineering students The Hindu 26 February 2022 PULSUS unit coming up at IT Special Economic Zone The Hans India 15 March 2018 Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use The Hans India 4 October 2019 Disha Act 2019 gaining popularity in North Andhra districts The Hindu 6 February 2020 External linksOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pulsus Group amp oldid 1162939476, 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