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Hi discuss here before reverting Monicagellar 08 (talk) 19:00, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies and 1$ Billion Lawsuit

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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.[1] Its publishing practices and spam activity has been criticized and name has been brought up for many controversies.[2] 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.[3] 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. [4]

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.[5]

Merger proposal

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Separate coverage/article not reqired for OMICS Group Creations and OMICS Publishing Group. They can be merged to OMICS Group. Lizia7 (talk) 12:41, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 9 February 2014

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Request un-protection as few users doing syndicate editing for OMICS Group page. Probably they are paid editors to other competitive open access publishers.Lizia7 Lizia7 (talk) 17:19, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Separate article requirement

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Separate article required as this group into multiple business like

OMICS Journals, International Conferences, OMICS Group Creations, Educational Society with 7,500 more students at school level and college level up to Degree. Publishing is one of the business no need to redirect to Publishing.Lizia7 (talk) 09:11, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • The obvious solution is to rename this article "OMICS Group" and devote 1 or 2 lines to these other activities. This minor company, mainly notable because of its antics (like suing Beall for a ridiculous amount of money), certainly is not notable enough for multiple articles. --Randykitty (talk) 03:08, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, if by "this article" you mean OMICS Publishing Group. --JBL (talk) 17:09, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I"m sorry, that wasn't clear, but you my intention correct. --Randykitty (talk) 21:23, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Separate article required as this group into multiple business like films, movies, conferences, educational institutes, publishing and health channel. Promotional content removed and wrote according to the WP Neutrality, come for discussion before reverting.Lizia7 (talk) 14:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see for notability: as I wrote above that the group is into various businesses:
  • Educational Society- Holding around 6000 students from primary school level to degree level
  • Films and movies- turnover of INR 300 Crores / 65 Million USD Business as per the box office records
  • Conferences- only publishing group organizing scientific conferences; world-wide conferences and the largest conference organizer; organizing around 100 conferences per year
  • Health TV Channel- 1st Health Channel; monitored exclusively by OMICS Group; operating in English, Hindi and Telugu languages
  • Scientific Alliance- Collaboration with more than 150 non-profit scientific associations
  • Journals- operating 350 open access journals for the sake of disseminating knowledge for free
Since Journals is just a part of the business, a general page is of course required. To prove the matter, please refer to reliable sources published on OMICS Group page Lizia7 (talk) 05:32, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ "Beall's List". Scholarly OA. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  2. ^ GINA KOLATA (April 7, 2013). "Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  3. ^ R. PRASAD (September 27, 2012). "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  4. ^ "U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement". Science Magazine. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  5. ^ Jake New (May 15, 2013). "Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved May 15, 2013.