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Quick guide to finding problematic citations

Foobar Society^[1] | (search/all)^[2] | foobar.org

^[3] | {{DOI|10.1234}}^[4] | {{ISSN|1234-5678}}^[5]

^ Link to Wikipedia article, if one exists.
^ Search mainspace/all spaces for 'Foobar Society'. Good to find citations without URLs or DOIs, but will have several false positives, especially for generic sounding publishers with short names.
^ Search for URLs with foobar.org in them. Can have some false positives if other URLs have a domain that ends with foobar.org, like jamesfoobar.org. The lock and chain symbols will make use of Special:Linksearch.
^ Search for DOI matches. Fewest false positives, but assumes there is DOI.
^ Search for ISSN matches. Few false positives, but assumes there is ISSN.

LAR (search/all) thelar.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Ladder Publishing House (search/all) ladderpublishers.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Landmark Research Journals (search/all) landmarkresearchjournals.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Lawarence Press (search/all) lawarencepress.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Lecolink Research Journals (search/all) lecolinkresearchjournals.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Lectito Journals (search/all) lectitojournals.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Leena & Luna International (search/all) ajssh.leena-luna.co.jp Likely or proven predatory open access
Lexis Publisher (search/all) lexispublisher.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Library of Academic Resources (search/all) thelar.ca Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka LAR (search/all)
LifeSciFeed Ventures (search/all) lifescifeed.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Lifescience Global (search/all) lifescienceglobal.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Lighthouse Journal Publication (search/all) lighthousejournals.org Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka Lighthouse Journals (search/all)
Literati Scientific and Publishers (search/all) literatipublishers.com Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka Literati Publishers (search/all)
London Journals Press (search/all) journalspress.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Longbridge Publishing Company (search/all) lbrpublishing.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Look Academic Publishers (search/all) lookacademy.nl Likely or proven predatory open access
Lorem Journals (search/all) loremjournals.com Likely or proven predatory open access

[1] Link to Wikipedia article, if one exists.

[2] Search mainspace/all spaces for 'Foobar Society'. Good to find citations without URLs or DOIs, but will have several false positives, especially for generic sounding publishers with short names.

[3] Search for URLs with foobar.org in them. Can have some false positives if other URLs have a domain that ends with foobar.org, like jamesfoobar.org. The lock and chain symbols will make use of Special:Linksearch.

[4] Search for DOI matches. Fewest false positives, but assumes there is DOI.

[5] Search for ISSN matches. Few false positives, but assumes there is ISSN.

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