Pulsus Group

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Publisher of scientific, technical, and medical literature

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::summary Publisher of scientific, technical, and medical literature ::

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FieldValue
namePulsus Group Ltd
logoPulsus logo.png
logo_altPulsus group corporate logo
location
founderRobert Kalina
parentOMICS Publishing Group
key_peopleSrinubabu Gedela
(Chief executive officer)
area_servedWorldwide
productsMedical journals
servicesScience, technology, and medicine
industryAcademic publishing, academic conferences
homepage
num_employees5,000
num_employees_year2019
founded1984
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| name = Pulsus Group Ltd | logo = Pulsus logo.png | logo_alt = Pulsus group corporate logo | location = | founder = Robert Kalina | parent = OMICS Publishing Group | key_people = Srinubabu Gedela (Chief executive officer) | area_served = Worldwide | products = Medical journals | services = Science, technology, and medicine | industry = Academic publishing, academic conferences | homepage = | num_employees = 5,000 | num_employees_year = 2019 | founded = 1984 Pulsus Group is a health informatics and digital marketing company and publisher of scientific, technical, and medical literature. It was formed in 1984, primarily to publish peer-reviewed medical journals. Pulsus published 98 hybrid and full open-access journals, 15 of which had been adopted as the official publications of related medical societies. Pulsus Group also conducts conferences in association with scientific societies.

Pulsus organized the G20 Health, G20 Pharma, and G20 Global Tech Summit Series across G20 nations to advocate for the integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare and technological advancements.

OMICS Publishing Group, an open-access publisher widely regarded as predatory, purchased Pulsus in 2016, causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question. Pulsus was placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers, before the list shut down in 2017.

History

The company was founded in 1984 by Robert Kalina to provide Canadian doctors with an alternative to American journals. In December 2015, Pulsus sold four of its journals to the open-access publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation. In 2016, Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group, an open-access publisher widely regarded as predatory, causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question. Kalina, the owner of Pulsus Group was retiring but could not find buyers for Pulsus Group's remaining journals, but claimed that the sale negotiated with OMICS would continue to protect the interests of the societies that own the journals. Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned Nonetheless, Jeffrey Beall added the Pulsus Group to his list of "potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.

Acquisitions

In September 2016, Pulsus Group acquired another Canadian publisher, Andrew John Publishing, including 17 medical journals associated with medical societies of the Middle East and Canada, and some journals from the London-based Future Science Publishing Group operating as openaccessjournals.com.

Predatory behavior

In 2019, it was reported that Pulsus journals were listing on their mastheads three professors from the University of Toronto, two of whom had disassociated themselves from the journals in 2014 and 2016, and the third of whom had never agreed to be associated with the journal. After this discovery, the professors' names were removed from the journals.

Indian operations

Pulsus is operating from Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam providing services in HealthTech, health informatics, medical publishing, and pharmacovigilance services. with 5,000 employees.

Pulsus' Visakhapatnam and Chennai offices translate their annual conferences and medical journals' information into local languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.

Pulsus Visakhapatnam has created more women employment since its inception, through the campus placements in and around Andhra Pradesh. Taking inspiration from Narendra Modi, Pulsus employees conducted a "Say no to plastic campaign" in association with Software Technology Parks of India and conducted rallies to support the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act and to secure women employees.

On 9 February 2024, the Yuva Sakthi Sadassu was conducted to address the challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship and employment in Andhra Pradesh.

AI-Based Pharma Healthcare IT Hub

Pulsus Group is developing AI-Based Pharma Healthcare IT Hub within a 25-acre IT SEZ campus in Hyderabad. The initiative was formally inaugurated during the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress.

References

References

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  5. "Annual World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research". Military-Technologies.net.
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  25. Babu, Abhishek. (2016-09-20). "Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher". Pulsus Group.
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  29. (October 4, 2019). "Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". [[The Hans India]].
  30. (July 22, 2019). "Pulsus CEO, Dr. Srinubabu Gedela received Pride of the Nation Award". [[The Hans India]].
  31. (March 15, 2018). "Now, healthcare information in Telugu just a click away". [[The New Indian Express]].
  32. (February 15, 2022). "'Upcoming IT hub will employ more women': Pulsus CEO". [[The New Indian Express]].
  33. (February 26, 2022). "Andhra Pradesh: job mela evokes good response from pharmacy, engineering students". [[The Hindu]].
  34. (March 15, 2018). "PULSUS unit coming up at IT-Special Economic Zone". [[The Hans India]].
  35. (October 4, 2019). "Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". [[The Hans India]].
  36. (February 6, 2020). "Disha Act-2019 gaining popularity in North Andhra districts". [[The Hindu]].
  37. (2024-02-08). "Pulses organization to conduct Yuva Sakthi Sadassu on Friday". The Times of India.
  38. (7 July 2024). "PULSUS Group to invest ₹300 crore in AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub in Telangana". [[The Times of India]].
  39. (7 July 2024). "City-based Pulsus group announces AI-based pharma IT Hub at Ameenpur". [[Telangana Today]].
  40. (7 July 2024). "Make Hyderabad pharma capital of the world, Kishan Reddy urges industry". The Hindu, Hyderabad.

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