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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 377 MDPI-related entries
21179 15256 1.388
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
14409 10168 1.417
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 218 Hijacked journal-related entries
6465 5264 1.228
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 574 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6130 5272 1.163
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 503 Medknow Publications-related entries
5699 4310 1.322
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 300 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3732 2966 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 154 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2336 1926 1.213
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 185 Alternative medicine-related entries
2261 1517 1.490
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
1773 1458 1.216
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 51 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1317 994 1.325
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 32 Parapsychology-related entries
1297 863 1.503
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 117 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1156 976 1.184
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1072 902 1.188
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1056 558 1.892
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 61 Conspiracy theory-related entries
907 798 1.137
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
654 538 1.216
17 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 178 ResearchGate-related entries
629 568 1.107
18 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		603 541 1.115
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		602 490 1.229
20 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		506 449 1.127
21 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 123 Propaganda-related entries
503 415 1.212
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. 		483 445 1.085
23 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 22 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
483 412 1.172
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		417 364 1.146
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
414 200 2.070
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 179 Blog hosting services-related entries
379 331 1.145
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		355 334 1.063
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 26 Chiropractic-related entries
290 146 1.986
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		281 155 1.813
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
272 243 1.119
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
255 219 1.164
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		229 151 1.517
33 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
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
214 202 1.059
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
213 200 1.065
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		211 165 1.279
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 22 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
195 182 1.071
38 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 13 Science Publishing Group-related entries
168 154 1.091
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		168 128 1.312
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		161 132 1.220
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Superseded theories in science-related entries
149 131 1.137
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		135 112 1.205
44 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
127 111 1.144
45 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		121 111 1.090
46 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		118 107 1.103
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
103 97 1.062
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		102 73 1.397
49 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
101 89 1.135
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		100 87 1.149
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 20 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
95 88 1.080
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 22 Creationism-related entries
83 54 1.537
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		77 69 1.116
56 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 20 Pulsus Group-related entries
62 61 1.016
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		62 57 1.088
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 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 40 IGI Global-related entries
55 53 1.038
60 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 51 1.020
61 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		50 44 1.136
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.
All 9 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
46 39 1.179
64 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		44 43 1.023
65 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		44 29 1.517
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		43 40 1.075
67 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 7 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
41 32 1.281
68 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		37 35 1.057
69 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
37 34 1.088
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		37 32 1.156
71 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
72 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		35 33 1.061
73 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 28 1.250
74 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		35 14 2.500
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 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		33 32 1.031
80 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 27 1.222
81 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		31 26 1.192
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
83 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		30 28 1.071
84 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Astrology-related entries
30 24 1.250
85 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		27 19 1.421
87 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
88 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. 		25 24 1.042
89 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 23 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
90 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
91 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
92 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		25 21 1.190
93 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
94 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
95 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		24 23 1.043
96 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		24 23 1.043
97 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		24 22 1.091
98 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		24 20 1.200
99 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		23 23 1.000
100 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		23 22 1.045
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