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Pulsus Group Ltd
IndustryAcademic publishing, academic conferences
Founded1984
FounderRobert Kalina
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Srinubabu Gedela
(Chief executive officer)
ProductsMedical journals
ServicesScience, technology, and medicine
Number of employees
5,000 (2019)
ParentOMICS Publishing Group
Websitepulsus.com

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. As of 2023, Pulsus published 1400 hybrid and full open-access journals, and a few of which had been adopted as the official publications of related medical societies.[3][4] Pulsus Group also conducts conferences in association with scientific societies.[5][6]

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,[7][8][9][10] and also set up a multi-specialty hospital in rural Andhra Pradesh to showcase affordable and accessible healthcare at a nominal price.[11][12][13] 

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.[14] Pulsus was placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "Potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers,[15] before the list shut down in 2017.

History

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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.[16] In 2016, Pulsus was bought by OMICS Publishing Group, an open-access publisher widely regarded as predatory,[17][18][19][20][21][22] causing controversy and putting the future of the journals into question.[23][24] 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.[25] Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned[24] and several societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher.[23] 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.[26] Nonetheless, Jeffrey Beall added the Pulsus Group to his list of "potential, possible, or probable" predatory open-access publishers.[27]

Acquisitions

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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,[28] and some journals from the London-based Future Science Publishing Group operating as openaccessjournals.com.[29]

Predatory behavior

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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.[30]

Indian operations

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Pulsus is operating from Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam providing services in HealthTech, health informatics, medical publishing, and pharmacovigilance services.[31][32][33] with 5,000 employees.[34]

Pulsus' Visakhapatnam and Chennai offices translate their annual conferences and medical journals' information into local languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali.[35]

Pulsus Visakhapatnam has created more women employment since its inception,[36] through the campus placements in and around Andhra Pradesh.[37][38] Taking inspiration from Narendra Modi, Pulsus employees conducted a "Say no to plastic campaign" in association with Software Technology Parks of India[39] and conducted rallies to support the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act and to secure women employees.[40]

On 9 February 2024, the Yuva Sakthi Sadassu was conducted to address the challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship and employment in Andhra Pradesh.[41]

AI-Based Pharma Healthcare IT Hub

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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.[42][43][44]

Digital India success story

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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. [45][46]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Basu, Arpit M. (1 January 2021). "Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai". The Times of India. 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Women constitute 75% of workforce in Pulsus Group". The Hans India. 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Pulsus Profile". Pulsus Group. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Pulsus 2017 16th International Conference on Nephrology". Biospace.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Annual World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research". Military-Technologies.net. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  7. ^ "India will become AI –Powered manufacturing hub". The Times of India. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Pulsus Group G20 Summit circular" (PDF). Andhra University. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Global Tech team to promote the G20-Summit from January". The Hindu. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister unveils G20 Global Pharma Summit 2023 Series". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ^ Kolluru, Deepika (15 December 2022). "FM Nirmala promises to promote Vizag Tech summit". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  12. ^ "100-bed hospital launched as a part of G20 Summit Series". The Hans India. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  13. ^ "G20 paves way for affordable and accessible healthcare". The Hans India. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  14. ^ Deprez, Esmé E.; Chen, Caroline (29 August 2017). "Medical Journals Have a Fake News Problem". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019.
  15. ^ Beall, Jeffrey. "LIST OF PUBLISHERS". Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  16. ^ Brown, C. (3 October 2016). "Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 188 (16): E398. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5338. PMC 5088087. PMID 27698198.
  17. ^ Beall, Jeffrey. "The OMICS Publishing Group's Empire is Expanding". Scholarly OA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
  18. ^ Stratford, Michael (4 March 2012). "'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  19. ^ Beall, Jeffrey (1 July 2010). "Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers" (PDF). The Charleston Advisor. 12: 50. doi:10.5260/chara.12.1.50.
  20. ^ Butler, Declan (2013). "Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing". Nature. 495 (7442): 433–435. Bibcode:2013Natur.495..433B. doi:10.1038/495433a. PMID 23538810.
  21. ^ Kaiser, Jocelyn (9 May 2013). "U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement". Science.
  22. ^ "On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind" The Hindu, 26 September 2012.
  23. ^ a b Chown, Marco; Favaro, Avis; St. Philip, Elizabeth (29 September 2016). "Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  24. ^ a b Puzic, Sonja (29 September 2016). "Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals". CTV News. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  25. ^ "Canadian Medical Association Journal: Alleged predatory publisher buys medical journals". 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  26. ^ "Full statement by Srinubabu Gedela, CEO and Managing Director of OMICS Group". CTV Television Network. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  27. ^ Beall, Jeffrey (29 September 2016). "Scam Publisher OMICS International Buying Legitimate Journals". Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  28. ^ Babu, Abhishek (16 September 2016). "Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  29. ^ Babu, Abhishek (20 September 2016). "Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher" (Press release). Pulsus Group. PRWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  30. ^ Heimlich, Peter M. (22 April 2019). "Medical journals published by "predatory" publisher claim three University of Toronto faculty members are editors". The Sidebar. See also "Weekend reads". Retraction Watch. 27 April 2019.
  31. ^ Basu, Arpit M. (1 January 2021). "Smaller tech firms homing in on Visakhapatnam". The Times of India.
  32. ^ "Pulsus opens healthcare informatics, pharmacovigilance facility in Chennai". The Times of India. 9 March 2018.
  33. ^ "Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". The Hans India. 4 October 2019.
  34. ^ "Pulsus CEO, Dr. Srinubabu Gedela received Pride of the Nation Award". The Hans India. 22 July 2019.
  35. ^ "Now, healthcare information in Telugu just a click away". The New Indian Express. 15 March 2018.
  36. ^ "'Upcoming IT hub will employ more women': Pulsus CEO". The New Indian Express. 15 February 2022.
  37. ^ "Andhra Pradesh: job mela evokes good response from pharmacy, engineering students". The Hindu. 26 February 2022.
  38. ^ "PULSUS unit coming up at IT-Special Economic Zone". The Hans India. 15 March 2018.
  39. ^ "Pulsus campaign in association with STPI against plastic use". The Hans India. 4 October 2019.
  40. ^ "Disha Act-2019 gaining popularity in North Andhra districts". The Hindu. 6 February 2020.
  41. ^ "Pulses organization to conduct Yuva Sakthi Sadassu on Friday". The Times of India. 8 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  42. ^ Swati, Bharadwaj (5 July 2024). "PULSUS Group to invest ₹300 crore in AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub in Telangana". The Times of India.
  43. ^ "Make Hyderabad pharma capital of the world, Kishan Reddy urges industry". The Hindu, Hyderabad. Hyderabad, India. 7 July 2024.
  44. ^ K, Srinivasa Rao (7 July 2024). "Make Hyderabad pharma capital of the world, Kishan Reddy urges industry". The Hindu.
  45. ^ "Pulsus CEO calls on PM Modi in Hyderabad". The New Indian Express. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  46. ^ G, Siva (8 November 2023). "India will become AI -Powered manufacturing hub". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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