OMICS Group Inc.

What OMICS Group Inc. does

OMICS Group Inc., operating commercially as Conference Series LLC LTD, is a Burlingame, USA-headquartered open access scholarly publisher and global conference organizer. The company runs more than 3,000 events per year across medical, pharmaceutical, engineering, science, technology, and business disciplines, reaching researchers in over 40 countries. Its core offerings are open access journals organized into discipline-specific brands and a parallel portfolio of in-person and virtual conferences, supported by dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications for event discovery, registration, and content access.

The business model is diversified across four revenue streams: conference registration fees paid by attendees and presenters, article processing charges (APCs) on journal publications, individual and institutional membership fees, and corporate sponsorships. The company maintains partnerships with more than 1,000 scientific societies, which provide co-branding, attendee pipelines, and credibility signals across niche research communities. Community engagement programs such as the Young Scientist Awards (USD 1,000 prize) function as low-cost marketing tools aimed at early-career researchers.

The underlying technology stack appears to be a conventional web-based publishing and event management platform, with mobile apps as the primary non-web interface. The company has invested in global operational scale rather than differentiated technology: the competitive moat is distribution breadth (40+ countries, 3,000+ events) and ecosystem depth (1,000+ society partners) rather than proprietary algorithms or data assets. Operational quality signals are mixed — the company website exhibits technical errors (include warnings) and lists events that appear stale, suggesting either insufficient engineering investment or a content management backlog that could undermine attendee and author confidence if not addressed.

Name

OMICS Group Inc.

Legal name

Conference Series LLC LTD

Website

https://omicsgroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

OMICS Group Inc. (operating as Conference Series LLC LTD) is a Burlingame-based open access scholarly publisher and global conference organizer hosting 3,000+ events annually across 40+ countries, partnered with 1,000+ scientific societies to serve the research community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Conference and Scholarly Publishing Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD), Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA), Academic & Education Conference Organizers (THAHACAE)

Keywords

• Scientific conference organization
• Open access publishing
• Scholarly journal publishing
• Scientific events management
• Academic conference services

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlingame

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration and Participation Fees: Revenue generated from participants attending scientific conferences, workshops, and symposiums across medical, pharma, engineering, science, technology and business disciplines. Includes fees for B2B meetings, oral talks, and poster presentations.
2. Open Access Journal Publishing: Publishing support services for scholarly journals providing open access publication for research manuscripts. Includes free publication for Young Scientist Award winning theses.
3. Membership Fees: One year free membership for publishing research manuscripts in scholarly journals, offered as part of the Young Scientist Awards program.
4. Sponsorship and Exhibition Fees: Revenue from event sponsorships and exhibition booth rentals at scientific meetings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OMICS Group Inc. organizes over 3000+ scientific conference events annually — including 1000+ conferences, 1000+ symposiums, and 1000+ workshops — across Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology, and Business disciplines, held globally in the USA, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. It also operates an open access scholarly journal publishing platform (OMICS Online) covering all aspects of science, engineering, management, and technology, and runs a Young Scientist Awards program for researchers under 30 offering a $1000 prize plus free journal publication.

Product overview

OMICS Group Inc. operates through Conference Series LLC LTD as a comprehensive conference and scientific publishing ecosystem. The core offerings include Conference Series (a global event organization platform hosting 3000+ annual events across 1000+ conferences, 1000+ symposiums, and 1000+ workshops covering Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology and Business), Open Access Journals (scholarly publishing with A-Z browsing and indexing services), Young Scientist Awards (recognition program with $1000 prize and free publication for researchers under 30), and mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms enabling access to conference information and schedules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conference Series Global conference and event organization platform hosting over 3000+ events annually with more than 1000 conferences, 1000 symposiums, and 1000 workshops spanning Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology and Business domains, for researchers, academicians, industry professionals, doctors, engineers, scientists, pharmacists, entrepreneurs, and students.
• Open Access Journals Scholarly open access publishing platform providing A-Z journals, subject-based browsing, and indexing services across scientific disciplines, for researchers seeking to publish their findings.
• Young Scientist Awards Recognition program for researchers under 30 years of age offering a $1000 prize, one year free membership for publishing research manuscripts in scholarly journals, and free publication of the selected thesis in open access journals.
• Conference Series Mobile App (Android) Official Android mobile application providing access to conference information, schedules, and event details for Conference Series attendees and participants.
• Conference Series Mobile App (iOS) Official iOS mobile application providing access to conference information, schedules, and event details for Conference Series attendees and participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Young Scientist Award winners receive $1000 prize plus one year free membership for publishing research manuscripts

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• British Society of HematologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean scientific society partnership established with support from Ministry of Spain as part of Conference Series LLC LTD's Scientific Alliance initiative to share good will with academic institutions, research organizations, and scientific international associations.
• European Society of OphthalmologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean scientific society partnership as part of 50 societies from the European region involved in the Scientific Alliance initiative for mutual partnership and collaboration.
• European Society of Pharmacogenomics and TheranosticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean scientific society partnership providing publication support and helping in organizing conferences and meetings as part of mutual cooperation initiative.
• European Nanoscience and Nanotechnology AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean scientific society partnership focused on advancing science, engineering and technology through research and innovation.
• Ministry of SpaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment support enabled Conference Series LLC LTD to identify and establish partnership with 50 societies from the European region, fostering international scientific collaboration.
• 1000+ Scientific Societies and Associations (Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConference Series LLC LTD maintains mutual partnerships with more than 1000 scientific societies and associations globally. On successful signing of partnership, the group provides publication support and helps in organizing conferences and meetings. Includes 50 societies from Europe, 45 from Asia-Pacific, 30 from North and South America, and 25 from Africa.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hindawi: Open-access journal publisher (now part of Wiley) running a large portfolio of scholarly journals across science and medicine. Comparable as a high-volume, fee-based open-access publisher; conferences are less central than journals but overlap in subject matter.
• MDPI: Open-access academic publisher operating hundreds of peer-reviewed journals and regularly organizing associated scientific conferences. Closest direct comparable in fee-based open-access publishing and conference organization targeting the same multi-discipline researcher base.
• Reed Exhibitions (RX): One of the world's largest event organizers running thousands of conferences and exhibitions annually across industries. Direct comparable in event-driven conference model, though more B2B-trade oriented than scientific.
• Frontiers Media: Open-access publisher of scientific journals with associated conference programs. Comparable open-access fee model and multi-disciplinary scientific focus, though with stricter peer review than OMICS.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier (RELX): One of the largest academic publishers and conference organizers worldwide, with extensive journal portfolio and scientific events across medical and life sciences. Overlaps with OMICS in journal publishing and conference organization but with stronger indexing and editorial standing.
• Springer Nature: Major academic publisher and conference organizer covering scientific, medical, and engineering disciplines. Comparable in journal and conference offerings, with stronger institutional credibility and broader indexed journal portfolio.
• Informa (Informa Markets / Taylor & Francis): Global events and academic publishing group running thousands of B2B conferences per year and publishing hundreds of scholarly journals. Directly comparable in conference organization and journal publishing, but at vastly larger scale with stronger indexing and editorial reputation.
• Wolters Kluwer: Global information services company publishing scientific/medical journals and organizing healthcare conferences. Comparable in medical/scientific journal publishing and conference management, but with stronger regulatory and clinical emphasis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/OMICS-PUBLISHING-GROUP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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