A judge in Nevada has fined the world’s biggest publisher of fake science journals more than $50 million, quoting evidence from this newspaper that helped demonstrate the publisher’s deceptive practices.
Omics International, based in India, operates more than 700 science journals. In recent years, it has bought up two reputable science Canadian publishers — Pulsus Group and Andrew John Publishing — and converted them to companies that will publishing anything for cash.
Omics claims to publish only research papers that pass peer review, or a quality check by experts in their field.
But this newspaper has shown otherwise, by submitting papers that are scientifically nonsensical which Omics published anyway. Twice. It also invited a reporter to a science conference to give a lecture on flying pigs.
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