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New Panjab University V-C on editorial board of 2 predatory journals

July 29, 2018 7:07 am

When contacted, Kumar said: “It is always an honour to be on the editorial board of journals. If there is an issue with the journal’s credibility, I will step down immediately.

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Prakash Javadekar orders clean-up, tells UGC, V-Cs to weed out all predatory journals

July 26, 2018 6:55 am

In a meeting Wednesday, Prakash Javadekar is learnt to have asked his officers to get all vice-chancellors of central, state and deemed universities to review their recommendations made to the higher education regulator for inclusion of journals on its list.

Govt responds to Express series: ‘Will end menace of predatory journals’

July 24, 2018 6:46 am

“We will end this menace of predatory journals,” Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said during Question Hour in Lok Sabha.

Fake science, part III: Behind locked doors, Mandsaur is home to research paper shops

July 21, 2018 11:22 am

An investigation by The Indian Express has revealed that the Mandsaur business revolves around over 100 journals covering science to management, a few names and many locked houses.

Fake Science, Part III: Energy cure, God university get prime space for money

July 21, 2018 11:43 am

The Indian Express accessed over 90 articles published by Trivedi and found similar claims in all. He also claims to have developed “Trivedi Water”, which is listed on Amazon but is “currently unavailable”.

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The fake academia

December 19, 2018 1:28 pm

Predatory journals in India highlight a milieu that discourages academia from developing a sound publishing ethic

Jeffrey Beall: 'Predatory publishers threaten scientific integrity, are embarrassment to India'

July 20, 2018 7:57 am

Beall said that universities need to re-examine how they evaluate faculty and should not give credit for publications in fake journals.

SC Lakhotia, professor emeritus at BHU: 'Universities, UGC responsible for relaxed attitude to predatory journals'

July 20, 2018 7:57 am

The universities and UGC are responsible for this relaxed attitude. The cycle of publishing and withdrawing lists of journals has obviously questioned the credibility of the exercise, says SC Lakhotia.

OMICS chief Srinubabu Gedela: 'Our revenue from India is almost zero'

July 20, 2018 7:56 am

Srinubabu Gedela, CEO of Hyderabad-based OMICS, is under the scanner in the US where trade authorities have accused his company of making several fraudulent claims.

Inside India’s fake research paper shops: pay, publish, profit

Fake Science: Face behind biggest of all — ‘40 countries, million articles’

July 22, 2018 10:01 am

Fake Science part-II: Srinubabu Gedela is the CEO of OMICS, labelled as one of the largest “predatory publishers” of research articles on topics in medicine, pharmaceuticals, engineering, technology and management for charges ranging from $149 to $1,819.