FTC files case against academic publisher, cites multiple violations including hidden fees and misleading researchers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged OMICS Group, Inc., the publisher of hundreds of purported online academic journals, with deceiving academics and researchers about the nature of its publications and hiding publication fees ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
The FTC’s complaint alleges that OMICS Group, Inc., along with two affiliated companies iMedPub LLC and Conference Series LLC and their president and director, Srinubabu Gedela, claim that their journals follow