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| '''OMICS Publishing Group''' is a publisher of approximately 200 ] journals in a number of academic fields. It has offices in ] (United States), ], and ]. | '''OMICS Publishing Group''' is a publisher of approximately 200 ] journals in a number of academic fields. It has offices in ] (United States), ], and ]. | ||
| The company's publishing model requires authors to pay publication fees of several hundred (and in some cases thousands of) US dollars. The list of journals includes titles such as ''Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry'', ''Women's Health'', and ''Organ Biology''.<ref></ref> | |||
| OMICS Publishing Group strongly supports the Open Access initiative. Abstracts and full texts (HTML, XML and PDF format) of all articles published by OMICS Publishing Group are freely accessible to everyone immediately after publication. | |||
| ⚫ | Apart from the Open Access publications, OMICS organizes approximately 50 scientific events per year.<ref></ref> | ||
| Special Features of OMICS Group Journals: | |||
| * Open Access publishing | |||
| * 200 Open Access Journals | |||
| * 20,000 Editorial Members | |||
| * 21 days rapid review process | |||
| * 50 (on average) scientific events successfully organizing per year | |||
| * Quality and quick editorial, review and publication processing | |||
| * Authors, Reviewers and Editors rewarded with online Scientific Credits | |||
| * Better discount for your subsequent articles | |||
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| ⚫ | Apart from the Open Access publications, OMICS organizes approximately 50 scientific events per year. | ||
| Special Features of OMICS Group Conferences: | |||
| * Organizing more than 30 International Conferences per annum | |||
| * Each Conference has a well planned Scientific Program with more than 50 sessions | |||
| * Accelerating Innovations and Discoveries | |||
| * Presentations by renowned speakers from all over the world | |||
| * Poster Presentations and World class exhibits | |||
| * Interactive Sessions | |||
| * Platform for Global Networking | |||
| * Connecting Scientific Community | |||
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| Some observers have described the publisher as "predatory", insofar as authors who have submitted papers have been sent invoices after their manuscripts were accepted for publication despite the lack of a robust ] process -- leading critics to assert that the main purpose of the publisher is commercial rather than academic.<ref>Michael Stratford, , ''Chronicle of Higher Education'', 4 March 2012 </ref><ref>Jeffrey Beall, , ''The Charleston Advisor'', 12:1, 2010</ref> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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OMICS Publishing Group is a publisher of approximately 200 open access journals in a number of academic fields. It has offices in Los Angeles (United States), Hyderabad (India), and Henderson (Nevada, United States).
The company's publishing model requires authors to pay publication fees of several hundred (and in some cases thousands of) US dollars. The list of journals includes titles such as Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry, Women's Health, and Organ Biology.
Apart from the Open Access publications, OMICS organizes approximately 50 scientific events per year.
Some observers have described the publisher as "predatory", insofar as authors who have submitted papers have been sent invoices after their manuscripts were accepted for publication despite the lack of a robust peer-review process -- leading critics to assert that the main purpose of the publisher is commercial rather than academic.
References
- OMICS List of Journals
- OMICS List of Conferences
- Michael Stratford, "'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish", Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 March 2012
- Jeffrey Beall, "Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers", The Charleston Advisor, 12:1, 2010