Pulsus Group

What Pulsus Group does

Pulsus Group is a peer-reviewed medical and scientific publishing company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Singapore. The company operates more than 100 open-access journals across multiple medical specialties in association with over 20 international medical societies. Its customer base spans physicians, academic researchers, medical societies, and pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, which it serves through journals, international conferences, and tiered membership programs.

Name

Pulsus Group

Legal name

Pulsus Group

Website

https://pulsus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pulsus Group is a medical and scientific journal publisher operating 100+ peer-reviewed open access journals. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Singapore, the company serves physicians, researchers, medical societies, and pharmaceutical firms through journals, international conferences, and tiered membership programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific and Medical Journal Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK), Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD), Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM)

Keywords

• Medical journal publishing
• Peer-reviewed journals
• Scientific conferences
• Open access publishing
• Scholarly publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Article Processing Charges (APC): Authors pay article processing charges for publishing in open access journals. The company offers membership programs where members receive reduced submission fees and waiver on conference registrations.
2. Journal subscriptions and reprints: Revenue generated from journal subscriptions, reprint requests, and institutional access to published content.
3. Conference and event registrations: Revenue from organizing international scientific conferences and events across multiple medical and scientific specialties, with registrations and sponsorship opportunities.
4. Institutional and corporate memberships: Membership programs for individuals, universities/institutes, and corporations providing article submission allowances, conference waivers, and website recognition.
5. Advertising: Advertising opportunities in journals and on the Pulsus website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pulsus Group publishes 100+ peer-reviewed open-access and hybrid medical, scientific, and clinical journals in association with more than 20 international medical and scientific societies. The company also organizes international scientific conferences across medical specialties and runs a tiered membership program with Individual, University/Institute, and Corporate tiers that includes article submission allowances and conference registration waivers. Revenue is generated from Article Processing Charges, journal subscriptions, conference registrations, membership fees, and advertising.

Product overview

Pulsus Group operates a multi-product publishing platform centered on 100+ peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals, complemented by international conference organization services. The portfolio includes flagship journals such as Current Research: Cardiology (Impact Factor 5.40), International Journal of Anatomical Variations (h-index 21), and Journal of Phlebology and Lymphology (Impact Factor 5.25). Additional offerings include an online manuscript submission and tracking portal, a tiered membership program (Individual, Institutional, Corporate), and COVID-19 special issues. The company publishes across Clinical Sciences, General Science, Genetics & Molecular Biology, Immunology & Microbiology, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience & Psychology, Nursing & Healthcare, and Pharmaceutical Sciences categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pulsus Healthtech: Medical and healthcare publishing division operating under the Pulsus Group umbrella

Products and services

• Pulsus Journals A portfolio of 100+ peer-reviewed open-access and hybrid medical, scientific, and clinical journals spanning cardiology, neurology, oncology, pharmacology, nursing, life sciences, and other specialties, published in association with international medical and scientific societies and indexed by DOAJ, CNKI, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, and CAS.
• Pulsus Scientific Conferences and Events International scientific conference organization services with virtual, hybrid, and in-person formats spanning medical specialties including cardiology, oncology, neuroscience, pharmacy, and healthcare management, offering registration and sponsorship opportunities to healthcare professionals and researchers.
• Online Manuscript Submission and Tracking Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Average acceptance to publication time: 5-7 days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Polish Society of Orthopaedics and TraumatologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical society that endorses Pulsus Group journals and contributes to research publishing in orthopaedics and traumatology
• Brazilian Society Phlebology and LymphologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical society partner publishing in phlebology and lymphology domains through Pulsus journals
• International Society of Addiction MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational society partnered with Pulsus for addiction medicine research publication
• European Biotechnology Thematic Network AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network association supporting biotechnology research publishing through Pulsus
• World Federation of Pediatrics Intensive and Critical Care SocietiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational federation partnered for pediatrics intensive and critical care research dissemination
• World Association of Medical SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational association supporting medical sciences research through Pulsus publishing platform
• International Society for Ceramics in MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational society partnered for ceramics in medicine research publication
• Thalassaemia International FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational federation supporting thalassaemia research through Pulsus journals
• World Association of Integrated MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational association for integrated medicine research partnered with Pulsus
• Neurootological and Equilibriometric SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific society partnered for neurootological and equilibriometric research publishing
• Autism Community NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity network supporting autism research publication through Pulsus
• National Biosafety AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting biosafety research through Pulsus journals
• IVF World WidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational IVF research network partnered with Pulsus
• American Research & Policy InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS-based research institute supporting Pulsus journal publishing
• Nigerian Medical AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational medical association from Nigeria supporting medical research publishing
• International Drug Abuse Research SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational society for drug abuse research partnered with Pulsus
• International Narcotics Research ConferencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational conference organization supporting narcotics research publication
• Brazil Federal District Otorhinolaryngologist SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian society for otorhinolaryngology research publishing
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)coreTechnology or IntegrationPulsus journals are indexed by DOAJ for open access discoverability
• China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)coreTechnology or IntegrationChinese academic database indexing Pulsus journals for Asian market visibility
• EBSCOhostcoreTechnology or IntegrationLibrary information service indexing Pulsus journals for institutional subscriptions
• Google ScholarcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle's scholarly literature indexing service for Pulsus journal discoverability
• Index CopernicuscoreTechnology or IntegrationPolish scientific indexing platform indexing Pulsus journals
• Ulrich's Periodicals DirectorycoreTechnology or IntegrationSerials Solutions database of periodical information indexing Pulsus journals
• CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service)coreTechnology or IntegrationAmerican Chemical Society division providing CAS registry numbers and indexing for relevant Pulsus journals

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Karger Publishers: Karger is a medical specialty publisher with established society partnerships and indexed peer-reviewed journals. Comparable in society-driven journal publishing and clinical/specialty focus, although more traditional/hybrid than Pulsus.
• OMICS International: OMICS International is a sister/related entity sharing infrastructure and operating-model lineage with Pulsus, publishing open-access conferences and journals across medical and scientific fields under a comparable APC and membership model.
• Hindawi: Hindawi operates an open-access journal portfolio across medical and scientific specialties with similar APC monetisation and indexing partnerships. Overlap with Pulsus in serving mid-tier medical researchers seeking indexed venues.
• MDPI: MDPI is a large-scale open-access scholarly publisher with a similar APC-funded business model, multi-discipline journal portfolio, and conferences. Both compete for the same medical/scientific author base and rely on rapid peer review and broad indexing.
• Dove Medical Press: Dove Medical Press (now part of Taylor & Francis) publishes peer-reviewed open-access journals with a strong medical/specialty focus, comparable APC and indexing strategy, and global medical author base.
• Frontiers Media: Frontiers publishes peer-reviewed open-access journals across medical and life sciences with an APC model and society-style partnerships. It is the closest direct competitor in scale, model, and medical journal coverage to Pulsus.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier: Elsevier is the dominant academic publisher with extensive medical journal portfolios, society partnerships, and indexing infrastructure. Overlaps with Pulsus in medical society publishing but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• BioMed Central (Springer Nature): BioMed Central is the original open-access medical publisher, now part of Springer Nature, offering a far larger portfolio and indexing reach. Comparable open-access medical publishing model but operates at materially larger scale and institutional integration.
• Wolters Kluwer: Wolters Kluwer operates a large medical and health journal publishing business with society partnerships and indexed content. Comparable medical society journal publishing model but at incumbent scale with broader H&LS portfolio.

Emerging players

• Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP): SCIRP is an open-access publisher with a comparable APC-funded model across scientific and medical disciplines. Overlaps in serving authors seeking fast, indexed OA publication, though SCIRP has a less medical-specialty focus than Pulsus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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