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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 372 MDPI-related entries
20229 14631 1.383
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 241 Frontiers Media-related entries
14035 9933 1.413
3 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 204 Hijacked journal-related entries
6359 5167 1.231
4 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 572 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6079 5221 1.164
5 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 505 Medknow Publications-related entries
5648 4266 1.324
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 294 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3671 2918 1.258
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 151 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2305 1898 1.214
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 184 Alternative medicine-related entries
2223 1505 1.477
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 250 Case report-related entries
1751 1442 1.214
10 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 50 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1317 985 1.337
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 34 Parapsychology-related entries
1298 862 1.506
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 102 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1110 923 1.203
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1067 898 1.188
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1054 556 1.896
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 56 Conspiracy theory-related entries
889 784 1.134
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
642 527 1.218
17 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		600 487 1.232
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 168 ResearchGate-related entries
590 529 1.115
19 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		565 509 1.110
20 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		508 450 1.129
21 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 132 Propaganda-related entries
500 416 1.202
22 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. 		495 457 1.083
23 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 21 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
476 406 1.172
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		417 363 1.149
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		401 187 2.144
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 183 Blog hosting services-related entries
368 323 1.139
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		356 335 1.063
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Chiropractic-related entries
288 145 1.986
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		280 154 1.818
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 166 Unpublished-related entries
269 240 1.121
31 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 9 Medwell Journals-related entries
254 218 1.165
32 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 15 Science Publishing Group-related entries
246 223 1.103
33 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		224 149 1.503
34 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 14 HuffPost-related entries
219 206 1.063
35 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
212 200 1.060
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		211 165 1.279
37 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 20 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
210 197 1.066
38 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 24 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
200 187 1.070
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		166 126 1.317
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		160 130 1.231
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		138 115 1.200
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Superseded theories in science-related entries
130 115 1.130
44 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
125 110 1.136
45 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		117 108 1.083
46 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		116 105 1.105
47 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 44 Diva Enterprises-related entries
102 95 1.074
48 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
102 90 1.133
49 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		100 71 1.408
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		97 84 1.155
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
52 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 19 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
92 85 1.082
53 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. 		91 85 1.071
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Creationism-related entries
81 52 1.558
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		74 66 1.121
56 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		61 56 1.089
57 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
59 58 1.017
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		53 52 1.019
60 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 39 IGI Global-related entries
51 51 1.000
61 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		49 43 1.140
62 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
63 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. 		45 38 1.184
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
43 34 1.265
65 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		42 39 1.077
66 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		42 28 1.500
67 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		41 40 1.025
68 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		39 37 1.054
69 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 12 Alchemy-related entries
38 35 1.086
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		37 32 1.156
71 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 28 1.250
72 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		35 26 1.346
73 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		35 14 2.500
74 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		34 32 1.062
75 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
76 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		34 31 1.097
77 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		34 27 1.259
78 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		33 32 1.031
79 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 27 1.222
80 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
81 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
31 31 1.000
82 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		30 27 1.111
83 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 13 Astrology-related entries
30 25 1.200
84 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		29 24 1.208
85 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		27 19 1.421
87 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		26 21 1.238
88 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 23 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
89 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		25 24 1.042
90 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		25 24 1.042
91 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		25 23 1.087
92 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
93 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
94 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
95 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
96 European Journal of Social Sciences
[Beall's journal list]
Possibly hijacked. The journal published by Librairie Droz, hosted on Open Edition is legitimate. The one published by Social Sciences Research Platform is listed by Beall. 		24 23 1.043
97 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		23 21 1.095
98 International Journal of Pediatrics
[Beall's journal list] 		23 19 1.211
99 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		23 16 1.438
100 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
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