![]() ![]() ![]() It has created scores of “journals” that mimic the look and feel of traditional scholarly publications, but without the integrity. OMICS International is a leader in the growing business of academic publication fraud. If it seems that I was about to be taken, that’s because I was. The conference was in just a few weeks, I pointed out - would that be enough time for the academic paper I would be submitting to be properly reviewed? (Again, I know nothing about cardiology.) It would be approved on an “expedited basis” within 24 hours, he replied, and he asked which credit card I would like to use. With a 20 percent discount, it would be $599. ![]() “You can have the student rate,” the man replied. I got the call because 20 minutes earlier I had entered my phone number into a website run by a Hyderabad, India, company called OMICS International. “Do I have to be a doctor?” I said, because I’m not one. The operator, “John,” asked if I would be interested in attending the 15th World Cardiology and Angiology Conference in Philadelphia next month. The caller ID on my office telephone said the number was from Las Vegas, but when I picked up the receiver I heard what sounded like a busy overseas call center in the background. ![]()
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