Pulsus Group Explained

Pulsus Group Ltd
Logo Alt:Pulsus group corporate logo
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
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.[1] [2] 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.[3] Pulsus Group also conducts conferences in association with scientific societies.[4] [5]

Pulsus organized the G20 Health, G20 Pharma, and G20 Global Tech Summit Series in G20 countries to promote the use of AI in healthcare and technological progress,[6] [7] [8] [9] and also set up a multi-specialty hospital in rural Andhra Pradesh to showcase affordable and accessible healthcare at a nominal price.[10] [11] [12]  

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.[13] Pulsus was placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers,[14] 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.[15] In 2016, Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group, an open-access publisher widely regarded as predatory,[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question.[22] [23] 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.[24] Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned[23] and several societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher.[22] The CEO of OMICS has promised that the journals published by Pulsus will be run independently by the respective societies that they belong to, with OMICS only providing hosting, PDF formatting, and design.[25] Nonetheless, Jeffrey Beall added the Pulsus Group to his list of "potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[26]

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,[27] and some journals from the London-based Future Science Publishing Group operating as openaccessjournals.com.[28]

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.[29]

Indian operations

Pulsus is operating from Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam providing services in HealthTech, health informatics, medical publishing, and pharmacovigilance services.[30] [31] [32] with 5,000 employees.[33]

Pulsus' Visakhapatnam and Chennai offices translate their annual conferences and medical journals' information into local languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.[34]

Pulsus Visakhapatnam has created more women employment since its inception,[35] through the campus placements in and around Andhra Pradesh.[36] [37] Taking inspiration from Narendra Modi, Pulsus employees conducted a "Say no to plastic campaign" in association with Software Technology Parks of India[38] and conducted rallies to support the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act and to secure women employees.[39]

On 9 February 2024, the Yuva Sakthi Sadassu was conducted to address the challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship and employment in Andhra Pradesh.[40]

AI-Based Pharma Healthcare IT Hub

At the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, D. Sridhar Babu, Minister for IT along with Deputy Chief Minister, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Pulsus Group CEO Gedela Srinubabu, announced the creation of an AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub. This initiative aims to develop AI-based skills and generate 10,000 direct jobs and 40,000 indirect jobs in Telangana.[41] [42] [43]

Digital India success story

The Pulsus Group has created 25,000 direct and indirect jobs, making it a Digital India success story. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recognized this achievement and met with Gedela Srinubabu, the CEO of Pulsus Group. During their discussion, they talked about the potential for AI in India and the possibility of a $15 trillion business opportunity. [44] [45]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam . . Arpit M. . Basu . January 1, 2021.
  2. Web site: Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai . . March 9, 2018.
  3. Web site: Pulsus Profile . Pulsus Group . 7 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Pulsus 2017 16th International Conference on Nephrology . Biospace.com . 31 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Annual World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research . Military-Technologies.net . 31 March 2017.
  6. Web site: India will become AI –Powered manufacturing hub . . 27 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Pulsus Group G20 Summit circular . . 27 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Global Tech team to promote the G20-Summit from January . . 27 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister unveils G20 Global Pharma Summit 2023 Series. . 27 July 2024.
  10. Web site: FM Nirmala promises to promote Vizag Tech summit. Deepika. Kolluru. . 27 July 2024.
  11. Web site: 100-bed hospital launched as a part of G20 Summit Series . . 27 July 2024.
  12. Web site: G20 paves way for affordable and accessible healthcare. . 27 July 2024.
  13. News: Medical Journals Have a Fake News Problem. Deprez. Esmé E.. 2017-08-29. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190125055921/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-29/medical-journals-have-a-fake-news-problem. 2019-01-25. Bloomberg News. Chen. Caroline.
  14. Web site: LIST OF PUBLISHERS . Scholarly Open Access . Beall . Jeffrey . Jeffrey Beall . 2016-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917143148/https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ . 17 September 2016 . dmy-all .
  15. Brown . C. . Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals . Canadian Medical Association Journal . 3 October 2016 . 10.1503/cmaj.109-5338 . 188 . 16 . E398 . 5088087 . 27698198.
  16. Web site: The OMICS Publishing Group's Empire is Expanding . Beall . Jeffrey . Scholarly OA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151022141644/http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/12/18/the-omics-publishing-groups-empire-is-expanding/ . 22 October 2015 . dmy-all.
  17. Stratford . Michael . 'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish . The Chronicle of Higher Education . 2012-03-04 . 2012-10-02.
  18. The Charleston Advisor . Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers . Beall . Jeffrey . 2010-07-01 . 12 . 50 . 10.5260/chara.12.1.50.
  19. 10.1038/495433a . Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing . 2013. Butler . Declan . Nature . 495 . 7442 . 433–435 . 23538810 . 2013Natur.495..433B . free.
  20. Web site: Kaiser . Jocelyn . U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement . Science . 9 May 2013.
  21. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/on-the-net-a-scam-of-a-most-scholarly-kind/article3939161.ece "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind"
  22. News: Marco . Chown . Avis . Favaro . Elizabeth . St. Philip . Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science . . 29 September 2016 . 29 September 2016.
  23. News: Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals . . Sonja . Puzic . 30 September 2016 . 29 September 2016.
  24. Web site: Canadian Medical Association Journal: Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals . 3 October 2016 . 11 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009124734/http://www.cmaj.ca/site/earlyreleases/3oct16_alleged-predatory-publisher-buys-medical-journals-cmaj.109-5338.xhtml . 9 October 2016 . dead.
  25. Web site: Full statement by Srinubabu Gedela, CEO and Managing Director of OMICS Group . . 29 September 2016 . 2016-10-06.
  26. Web site: Scam Publisher OMICS International Buying Legitimate Journals . Scholarly Open Access . Beall . Jeffrey . Jeffrey Beall . 2016-10-07 . 2016-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012004314/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/09/29/scam-publisher-omics-international-buying-legitimate-journals/ . 12 October 2016 . dmy-all.
  27. Abhishek . Babu . Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing . Pulsus Group . . 2016-09-16 . 2016-09-17.
  28. Abhishek . Babu . Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher . Pulsus Group . . 2016-09-20 . 2016-09-17.
  29. Web site: Medical journals published by "predatory" publisher claim three University of Toronto faculty members are editors . The Sidebar . Peter M. . Heimlich . April 22, 2019. See also Web site: Weekend reads . . April 27, 2019.
  30. Web site: Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam . . Arpit M.. Basu. January 1, 2021.
  31. Web site: Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai . . March 9, 2018.
  32. Web site: Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use . . October 4, 2019.
  33. Web site: Pulsus CEO, Dr. Srinubabu Gedela received Pride of the Nation Award. . July 22, 2019.
  34. Web site: Now, healthcare information in Telugu just a click away . . March 15, 2018.
  35. Web site: ‘Upcoming IT hub will employ more women’: Pulsus CEO . . February 15, 2022.
  36. Web site: Andhra Pradesh: job mela evokes good response from pharmacy, engineering students . . February 26, 2022.
  37. Web site: PULSUS unit coming up at IT-Special Economic Zone . . March 15, 2018.
  38. Web site: Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use. . October 4, 2019.
  39. Web site: Disha Act-2019 gaining popularity in North Andhra districts . . February 6, 2020.
  40. News: 2024-02-08 . Pulses organization to conduct Yuva Sakthi Sadassu on Friday . 2024-05-21 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  41. News: PULSUS Group to invest ₹300 crore in AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub in Telangana . Bharadwaj. Swati. . 5 July 2024.
  42. News: Make Hyderabad pharma capital of the world, Kishan Reddy urges industry . Hyderabad, India . The Hindu, Hyderabad . 7 July 2024.
  43. News: Make Hyderabad pharma capital of the world, Kishan Reddy urges industry . Srinivasa Rao . K . . 7 July 2024.
  44. News: 2024-11-09 . Pulsus CEO calls on PM Modi in Hyderabad. 2024-07-19 . .
  45. News: 2023-11-08 . Siva . G . India will become AI -Powered manufacturing hub. 2024-07-19 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.

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