<sod>In 2016, the company was acquired by [[OMICS Publishing Group]], causing unrest in the Canadian research community.<ref name="Toronto Star">{{cite news |first1=Marco |last1=Chown |first2=Avis |last2=Favaro |first3=Elizabeth |last3=St. Philip |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/29/canadian-medical-journals-hijacked-for-junk-science.html |title=Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=29 September 2016 |accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=CTV>{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/offshore-firm-accused-of-publishing-junk-science-takes-over-canadian-journals-1.3093472 |title=Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals |publisher=[[CTV News]] |first1=Sonja |last1=Puzic |accessdate=30 September 2016 |date=29 September 2016}}</ref> OMICS is widely regarded as predatory.<ref name=Beall2014>{{cite web |url=http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/12/18/the-omics-publishing-groups-empire-is-expanding/ |title=The OMICS Publishing Group’s Empire is Expanding |last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |website=Scholarly OA}}</ref><ref name=CHE20120304>{{cite web|last=Stratford |first=Michael |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Predatory-Online-Journals/131047/ |title='Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish |publisher=Chronicle.com |date=2012-03-04 |accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=CHE20100701>{{cite journal|url=http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2010/00000012/00000001/art00020 |journal=The Charleston Advisor |title=Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers |last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |publisher=Charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=nature>Declan Butler, [http://www.nature.com/news/investigating-journals-the-dark-side-of-publishing-1.12666 "Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing"], ''Nature'', 27 March 2013</ref><ref name=science>Jocelyn Kaiser, [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/05/government-accuses-open-access-p.html "ScienceInsider: U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement"], ''Science'', 09 May 2013</ref><ref name=TheHindu>[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"] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 26 September 2012.</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite press release |first=Abhishek |last=Babu |title=Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/pulsus-group-medical/journals-publishing/prweb13687427.htm |publisher=Pulsus Group |agency=[[PRWeb]] |date=2016-09-16 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref> and Openaccessjournals.com.<ref>{{cite press release |first=Abhishek |last=Babu |title=Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/pulsus-group-open-access/scientific-journals/prweb13694395.htm |publisher=Pulsus Group |agency=[[PRWeb]] |date=2016-09-20 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref> Since the takeover by OMICS, several editors-in-chief have resigned and a number of societies have decided to take their journals to a different publisher.<ref name="Toronto Star"/><ref name=CTV/><eod>
<sod>In 2016, the company was acquired by [[OMICS Publishing Group]], causing unrest in the Canadian research community.<ref name="Toronto Star">{{cite news |first1=Marco |last1=Chown |first2=Avis |last2=Favaro |first3=Elizabeth |last3=St. Philip |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/09/29/canadian-medical-journals-hijacked-for-junk-science.html |title=Canadian medical journals hijacked for junk science |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=29 September 2016 |accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=CTV>{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/offshore-firm-accused-of-publishing-junk-science-takes-over-canadian-journals-1.3093472 |title=Offshore firm accused of publishing junk science takes over Canadian journals |publisher=[[CTV News]] |first1=Sonja |last1=Puzic |accessdate=30 September 2016 |date=29 September 2016}}</ref> OMICS is widely regarded as predatory.<ref name=Beall2014>{{cite web |url=http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/12/18/the-omics-publishing-groups-empire-is-expanding/ |title=The OMICS Publishing Group’s Empire is Expanding |last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |website=Scholarly OA}}</ref><ref name=CHE20120304>{{cite web|last=Stratford |first=Michael |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Predatory-Online-Journals/131047/ |title='Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish |publisher=Chronicle.com |date=2012-03-04 |accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=CHE20100701>{{cite journal|url=http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2010/00000012/00000001/art00020 |journal=The Charleston Advisor |title=Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers |last1=Beall |first1=Jeffrey |publisher=Charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2012-10-02}}</ref><ref name=nature>Declan Butler, [http://www.nature.com/news/investigating-journals-the-dark-side-of-publishing-1.12666 "Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing"], ''Nature'', 27 March 2013</ref><ref name=science>Jocelyn Kaiser, [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/05/government-accuses-open-access-p.html "ScienceInsider: U.S. Government Accuses Open Access Publisher of Trademark Infringement"], ''Science'', 09 May 2013</ref><ref name=TheHindu>[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"] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 26 September 2012.</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite press release |first=Abhishek |last=Babu |title=Pulsus Group Takes over Andrew John Publications: A Major Break Through in Medical Publishing |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/pulsus-group-medical/journals-publishing/prweb13687427.htm |publisher=Pulsus Group |agency=[[PRWeb]] |date=2016-09-16 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref> and Openaccessjournals.com.<ref>{{cite press release |first=Abhishek |last=Babu |title=Pulsus Acquires openaccessjournals.com: The Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals Publisher |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/pulsus-group-open-access/scientific-journals/prweb13694395.htm |publisher=Pulsus Group |agency=[[PRWeb]] |date=2016-09-20 |access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref><eod>