OMICS Publishing Group

OMICS Publishing Group is a predatory publisher of open access academic journals. It started publishing its first journal in 2008. By 2015, it claimed over 700 journals, although about half of them were defunct. Its subsidiaries and brands include Allied Academies, Andrew John Publishing Inc., Ashdin Publishing, Conference Series LLC LTD, EuroSciCon LTD, Hilaris Publishing, Insight Medical Publishing (iMedPub) LTD, International Online Medical Council (IOMC), International Research Journals, IT Medical Team, Longdom Publishing SL, Open Access Journals, Meetings International, Prime Scholars, Pulsus Group, Research & Reviews, Scholars Central, SciTechnol, Trade Science Inc, Life Science Events and Walsh Medical Media.

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Pulsus Group, Allied Academies, EUROSCI Network, SciTechnol, Meetings international.

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