Abstract
A Nevada district court has ordered OMICS International, a scholarly publishing company based in India, to pay the US government $50.1 million for deceptive practices. In 2016, the US Federal Trade Commission filed suit against the companies OMICS Group, iMedPub, and Conference Series—all part of OMICS International—and their founder and owner, Srinubabu Gedela. The FTC alleged that the organization, which boasts publishing more than 700 scholarly journals and hosting over 3,000 conferences annually, falsely advertised that its journals carry out a solid peer review and have prominent researchers on its editorial boards. Out of 69,000 articles the FTC analyzed, only 49% appeared to have gone through any sort of peer review, the agency says. In late 2017, the court had granted a preliminary injunction against the companies to halt the deceptive practices, but the Ottawa Citizen reports that OMICS is still marketing conferences, with 18 meetings slated to take place
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