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1 MDPI | {{doi|10.1989}} · {{doi|10.20944}} · {{doi|10.32545}} · {{doi|10.3390}} · {{doi|10.35995}}
[Beall's publisher list / update]
MDPI is very much hit-and-miss. MDPI on Beall's original list in 2014, but was removed in 2015. The updated list says "Some of their journals have a very poor peer-review; some are fine." Social Sciences could be multiple other journals. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 375 MDPI-related entries
14512 10967 1.323
2 Frontiers Media | {{doi|10.3389}} · {{doi|10.4175}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Very much hit-and-miss. See note on Beall's list. Will accept almost anything (80-90% of submissions), and has sacked editors for being too selective. Many journals have impact factors and are listed on DOAJ, and Frontiers Media remains part of COPE and OASPA. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 209 Frontiers Media-related entries
10224 7481 1.367
3 Hindawi (publisher) | {{doi|10.1100}} · {{doi|10.1155}} · {{doi|10.3814}} · {{doi|10.4061}} · {{doi|10.5402}} · {{doi|10.6064}} · {{doi|10.7167}} · {{doi|10.7217}}
[Beall's publisher list*]
Listed on Beall's list in 2010, but later removed as a 'borderline case'. In 2023, Hindawi retracted several thousands of articles from paper mills. Wiley estimates that 10-13% of all Hindawi papers are affected, though this may vary from journal to journal. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 535 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
4937 4286 1.152
4 Medknow Publications | {{doi|10.4103}} · {{doi|10.6219}}
[Beall's publisher list* · Beall's journal list / update]
Listed on Beall's list in 2011, but removed in 2012. Several of its journal are listed on the updated list, however.
All 487 Medknow Publications-related entries
4458 3401 1.311
5 Hijacked journal
[Beall's hijacked list · Beall's hijacked list / update · Beall's journal list · Bohannon's list of hijacked journals]
Hijacked journals are legitimate academic journals with imposters pretending to be the legitimate publication. These citations are likely not problematic, but it is good to check that the real journal is being cited.
All 169 Hijacked journal-related entries
4126 3370 1.224
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 268 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
2947 2381 1.238
7 Dove Medical Press | {{doi|10.2147}}
[Beall's journal list / update]
Formerly on Beall's original list as 'Dove Press', but several journals are listed on the updated list.
All 150 Dove Medical Press-related entries
1742 1461 1.192
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 234 Alternative medicine-related entries
1704 1229 1.386
9 Case report
[Unreliable fields]
Case reports may be perfectly fine citations, however they will usually fail WP:MEDRS as individual cases are considered anecdotal evidence.
All 224 Case report-related entries
1410 1149 1.227
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		1024 473 2.165
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 45 Parapsychology-related entries
1022 680 1.503
12 Baishideng Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11569}} · {{doi|10.12998}} · {{doi|10.13105}} · {{doi|10.35711}} · {{doi|10.35712}} · {{doi|10.35713}} · {{doi|10.37126}} · {{doi|10.3748}} · {{doi|10.4239}} · {{doi|10.4240}} · {{doi|10.4251}} · {{doi|10.4252}} · {{doi|10.4253}} · {{doi|10.4254}} · {{doi|10.4291}} · {{doi|10.4292}} · {{doi|10.4329}} · {{doi|10.4330}} · {{doi|10.4331}} · {{doi|10.5306}} · {{doi|10.5312}} · {{doi|10.5313}} · {{doi|10.5314}} · {{doi|10.5315}} · {{doi|10.5316}} · {{doi|10.5317}} · {{doi|10.5318}} · {{doi|10.5319}} · {{doi|10.5320}} · {{doi|10.5321}} · {{doi|10.5409}} · {{doi|10.5410}} · {{doi|10.5411}} · {{doi|10.5412}} · {{doi|10.5492}} · {{doi|10.5493}} · {{doi|10.5494}} · {{doi|10.5495}} · {{doi|10.5496}} · {{doi|10.5497}} · {{doi|10.5498}} · {{doi|10.5499}} · {{doi|10.5500}} · {{doi|10.5501}} · {{doi|10.5527}} · {{doi|10.5528}} · {{doi|10.5662}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 47 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
991 787 1.259
13 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 25 Tabloid journalism-related entries
929 450 2.064
14 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 128 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
895 748 1.197
15 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		804 682 1.179
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 78 Conspiracy theory-related entries
654 583 1.122
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
489 400 1.222
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		485 406 1.195
19 Rolling Stone
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Rolling Stone; good for culture news reporting; unreliable for politically/societally sensitive reporting; Culture Council articles unreliable. 		465 431 1.079
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 143 Propaganda-related entries
445 368 1.209
21 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 118 ResearchGate-related entries
407 371 1.097
22 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		386 339 1.139
23 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		384 350 1.097
24 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 19 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
368 313 1.176
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		354 308 1.149
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		295 279 1.057
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 170 Blog hosting services-related entries
277 240 1.154
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 24 Chiropractic-related entries
234 112 2.089
29 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 141 Unpublished-related entries
232 204 1.137
30 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		193 126 1.532
31 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
192 178 1.079
32 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		190 114 1.667
33 Medwell Journals | {{doi|10.3923}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Veterinary Research is most likely the one published by BioMed Central, rather than Medwell. Social Sciences could be multiple other journals.
All 8 Medwell Journals-related entries
184 155 1.187
34 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 26 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
156 144 1.083
35 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 11 HuffPost-related entries
155 146 1.062
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		153 122 1.254
37 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 29 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
151 141 1.071
38 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
126 111 1.135
39 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		121 97 1.247
40 Science Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11648}}
[Beall's publisher list · Beall's publisher list / update]
Social Sciences could be multiple other journals. Several of SPG journals are named either identically or are very similar to other publications, e.g. International Journal of Data Science and Analysis vs International Journal of Data Science and Analytics and may thus have similar ISO 4 abbreviations. It was founded in 2012, so references prior to 2012 are unlikely to be of this publisher.
All 14 Science Publishing Group-related entries
113 101 1.119
41 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Superseded theories in science-related entries
112 98 1.143
42 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		111 94 1.181
43 OMICS Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11131}} · {{doi|10.12715}} · {{doi|10.14303}} · {{doi|10.15412}} · {{doi|10.21767}} · {{doi|10.24105}} · {{doi|10.36648}} · {{doi|10.37532}} · {{doi|10.4066}} · {{doi|10.4172}} · {{doi|10.47128}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Vegetos is published by Springer Nature since 2019.
All 21 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
108 99 1.091
44 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		101 92 1.098
45 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		101 90 1.122
46 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		101 88 1.148
47 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		91 86 1.058
48 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		85 73 1.164
49 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
80 70 1.143
50 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		78 67 1.164
51 Diva Enterprises | {{doi|10.5958}}
[UGC]
Several of their journal fail UGC criteria. Those that pass are listed here. Those from listed as UGC Group 1 are probably fine. UGC Group II could be fine, depending on the database. Those without UGC recognition are very likely not fine. Those unmentioned are definitely not fine.
All 38 Diva Enterprises-related entries
75 71 1.056
52 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		75 55 1.364
53 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Creationism-related entries
70 46 1.522
54 Project Innovation
[Beall's publisher list]
These journals were acquired by Project Innovations at some point, but were well-established before that. Project Innovations also switched owners at several points, the most recent being 2004. Unclear when problems with publisher started. 		66 61 1.082
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		60 54 1.111
56 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		55 50 1.100
57 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		50 48 1.042
58 Pulsus Group | {{doi|10.19144}} · {{doi|10.21282}} · {{doi|10.4066}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Purchased by OMICS Publishing Group in 2016. The Journal of Agriculture is likely an older, non-Pulsus journal.
All 17 Pulsus Group-related entries
50 48 1.042
59 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Homeopathy-related entries
44 22 2.000
60 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields]
All 56 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
41 33 1.242
61 IGI Global | {{doi|10.4018}}
[[3] · [4]]
IGI Global is mostly criticized for it's book-publishing practices. Criticism is mostly silent on its journals, several of which have impact factors.
All 29 IGI Global-related entries
38 38 1.000
62 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		38 36 1.056
63 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		38 33 1.152
64 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
65 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 7 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
36 28 1.286
66 Scientific Research Publishing | {{doi|10.4236}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Chinese Medicine likely refers to the BioMed Central journal. Comput. Chem. likely refers to Computer & Chemistry.
All 15 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
35 32 1.094
67 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		34 33 1.030
68 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		34 24 1.417
69 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Alchemy-related entries
33 31 1.065
70 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 30 1.067
71 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		31 29 1.069
72 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		30 29 1.034
73 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		29 26 1.115
74 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
28 28 1.000
75 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 27 1.037
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		28 26 1.077
77 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		27 27 1.000
78 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 23 1.174
79 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		26 21 1.238
80 Fake news
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Fake news-related entries
24 21 1.143
81 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		24 21 1.143
82 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		23 22 1.045
83 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		23 20 1.150
84 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		23 19 1.211
85 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
22 21 1.048
86 Oncoscience (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		22 19 1.158
87 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Astrology-related entries
22 18 1.222
88 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		22 16 1.375
89 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		22 16 1.375
90 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		22 13 1.692
91 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		21 21 1.000
92 Pharmacognosy Research
[Beall's journal list / update] 		21 21 1.000
93 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		21 18 1.167
94 Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		20 20 1.000
95 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		19 19 1.000
96 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		19 17 1.118
97 International Journal of Pediatrics
[Beall's journal list] 		19 15 1.267
98 Cellular and Molecular Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		18 18 1.000
99 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		18 18 1.000
100 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		18 18 1.000
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