{"id":2362,"date":"2019-04-05T12:52:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/publishing-group-omics-international-hit-with-50-million-fine-for-dubious-publishing-practices\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:17:22","slug":"publishing-group-omics-international-hit-with-50-million-fine-for-dubious-publishing-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/publishing-group-omics-international-hit-with-50-million-fine-for-dubious-publishing-practices","title":{"rendered":"Publishing group OMICS International hit with $50 million fine for dubious publishing practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">India-based publishing group OMICS International has been ordered to pay over $50 million due to its dubious business practices. On March 29, a U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, upheld the allegations made by the U.S. consumer protection agency, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), against the publisher. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">OMICS, which publishes about 700 science journals, was accused in 2016 by FTC for its deceptive, or what is commonly referred to as \u2018predatory\u2019, practices. FTC provided evidence to the court regarding the following:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Peer review process:<\/b> OMICS claims to have a rigorous peer review process. However, several authors have reported that they failed to receive any peer review feedback and articles were approved for publication quickly after submission. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Publication fees:<\/b> Authors have reported a lack of transparency with regard to the article processing charges levied by the publisher. The fees are not clearly mentioned on the journals\u2019 websites. Moreover, if authors wished to withdraw their submissions, their requests were ignored, thus preventing them from submitting the manuscript to any other journal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Editors and reviewers listed on the site: <\/b>The publisher\u2019s website displays the profiles of over 50,000 editors and peer reviewers. Many of them, however, have stated that they never agreed to work with the publisher and their profiles continue to be listed despite their requests to the publisher to remove them.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Scholarly conferences: <\/b>The publishing group also arranges scholarly conferences. Although these conferences announce the presence of distinguished academics, in most cases, these academics were unaware of the inclusion of their names. Moreover, those who signed up for the conferences have expressed disappointment about the quality of the events.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Impact factor: <\/b>OMICS does not have an impact factor, but the publishing group has assigned itself one based on the data they have collected from Google Scholar searches. The group also asserts that their journals are indexed in PubMed Central and the U.S. National Library of Medicine\u2019s Medline, which is a false claim.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">To come to a decision, the federal judge also relied on the experience of John Bohannon, a researcher and a writer for <i>Science<\/i> magazine. In 2012, Bohannon conducted <a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/354\/6308\/23.summary\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">a sting operation<\/a> wherein he submitted two articles to OMICS. Despite these papers containing obvious flaws, they were accepted for publication with no peer review. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2019\/04\/us-judge-rules-deceptive-publisher-should-pay-501-million-damages\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Defendants did not participate in an isolated, discrete incident of deceptive publishing, but rather sustained and continuous conduct over the course of years<\/a>,\u201d the judge remarked. In addition to charging a $50 million fine, the ruling prohibits OMICS from continuing many of its activities. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">FTC requested the court for a summary judgement without a trial to avoid the time and expense. To avoid this verdict, the defendant would have had to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/04\/ftc-hits-predatory-scientific-publisher-with-a-50-million-fine\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">indicate that either some of the facts presented by the FTC were in dispute or there was something legally unsound about the charges<\/a>.\u201d However, since OMICS failed to raise any issues, the court granted a summary judgement. The case was heard in Nevada because OMICS is illegally listed as a company in the U.S. although it is based in India. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Gregory Ashe, who handled the case as FTC\u2019s representative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2019\/04\/us-judge-rules-deceptive-publisher-should-pay-501-million-damages\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">stated that<\/a> the agency \u201cis closely monitoring this industry, and we\u2019re hoping that the decision sends a warning shot across the bow of would-be predatory or deceptive publishers to tread carefully.\u201d Reacting to the court ruling, Jeffrey Beall, who worked as a librarian at the University of Colorado and maintained a list of questionable journals and publishers, said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/03\/science\/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">It\u2019s great news.<\/a>\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">In response to the ruling, OMICS\u2019 lawyer Kishore Vattikoti stated that, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/hyderabad-based-omics-fined-50-million-for-unfair-deceptive-business-practices\/article26724904.ece\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">The defendant will go for an appeal against impugned order.<\/a>\u201d As yet, it remains unclear whether OMICS intends to pay the fine or appeals against the ruling. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/indias-thriving-pay-to-publish-research-paper-bazaar-uncovered\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">India&#8217;s thriving &#8220;pay to publish&#8221; research paper bazaar uncovered<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/u-s-agency-charges-a-publisher-for-deceiving-academicians\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">U.S. agency charges a publisher for deceiving academicians<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/predatory-publishers-use-lots-of-tricks-to-make-people-think-that-they-are-legitimate\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">&#8220;Predatory publishers use lots of tricks to make people think that they are legitimate&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Don\u2019t want this one also?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/suspected-predatory-publisher-omics-acquires-canadian-publishing-companies\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Suspected predatory publisher OMICS acquires Canadian publishing companies<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>References:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2019\/04\/us-judge-rules-deceptive-publisher-should-pay-501-million-damages\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">U.S. judge rules deceptive publisher should pay $50 million in damages<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/04\/ftc-hits-predatory-scientific-publisher-with-a-50-million-fine\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">FTC hits predatory scientific publisher with a $50 million fine<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/03\/science\/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">\u2018Predatory\u2019 Scientific Publisher Is Hit With a $50 Million Judgment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India-based publishing group OMICS International has been ordered to pay over $50 million due to its dubious business practices. On March 29, a U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, upheld the allegations made by the U.S. consumer protection agency, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), against the publisher. 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