Talk:OMICS Publishing Group

Crossref

According to this, OMICS has been excluded from Crossref, meaning that it's journals don't have valid DOIs any more. Those that are displayed are apparently fake (p. 4). I have not added this to the article, because I have no access to the complete article on The Geyser and the second source is a PhD thesis, which I'd rather not cite. Perhaps somebody here has access to The Geyser or can find another adequate source. Given the importance of correct DOIs for accessing articles, this is a major thing. --Randykitty (talk) 16:41, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

According to the Crossref board minutes, the following motions have been passed:

• To ratify the account termination, for cause, of OMICS Publishing Group (Member ID 2674); Ashdin Publishing (Member ID 2853); Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd. (Member ID 9225); and Herbert Publications PVT LTD (Member ID 4912).
• That the Executive Committee's May 29, 2020 termination of certain Crossref members linked with former Crossref member OMICS is hereby ratified.

Cordless Larry (talk) 17:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Edit filter "use of predatory open access journal" triggered

I changed all "http:" to "https:" and this popped up, and I'm not sure which website the filter was pointing to, but what is not correct with citing a predatory journal on an article about a predatory publisher? —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ]  [ CONT ]} 05:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. See [1] for recent edits with that tag. Johnuniq (talk) 06:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Change of name from the publisher

According to this Nature article, this publishing company has now changed name. I have added a quick link to this in the intro, but we should probably rename the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lonnibesancon (talk • contribs) 00:44, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

They haven't change their name, they're rebranding stuff. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

References

New Accusations and analyses

More analyses about OMICS publishing: Exploring Authors Engagement in Journals with Questionable Practices, The phantom of the author: predatory publisher OMICS is ghost-writing its own articles, and Profiles, motives and experiences of authors publishing in predatory journals: OMICS as a case study (and associated commentary) ScienceFlyer (talk) 18:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

I have recently added some OMICS brands, including Prime Scholars. I didn't realize that there was already a stub article on Prime Scholars (thanks to @Randykitty:), including sources about fake authors and identity theft. (paywalled article). It might be a good idea to fold the content of the Prime Scholars page and the above references into this article. ScienceFlyer (talk) 17:07, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

New Paper: The OMICS Group and Its Agents: An Evidence Base. EBSCO (on wikipedia library) includes the journal on a 6 month delay ScienceFlyer (talk) 05:21, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Available on Project Muse through the Wikipedia library ScienceFlyer (talk) 06:26, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

What about Gavin publishers?

Look about it and it is also Hyderabad based scam publisher and go head with wiki. Matjohny (talk) 15:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

If you have sources discussing them as particularly egregious, we can add them to the article. Otherwise WP:DUE applies because they're one in thousands of predatory publishers. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)