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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 368 MDPI-related entries
19477 14160 1.375
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 223 Frontiers Media-related entries
13628 9638 1.414
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 217 Hijacked journal-related entries
6265 5083 1.233
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 568 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6037 5184 1.165
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 502 Medknow Publications-related entries
5582 4224 1.321
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 299 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3607 2868 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 150 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2262 1868 1.211
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 169 Alternative medicine-related entries
2186 1472 1.485
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 247 Case report-related entries
1727 1423 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
1302 974 1.337
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 35 Parapsychology-related entries
1290 858 1.503
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 98 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1084 900 1.204
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1064 895 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1049 551 1.904
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 49 Conspiracy theory-related entries
877 771 1.137
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 56 AME Publishing Company-related entries
627 512 1.225
17 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		597 484 1.233
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 159 ResearchGate-related entries
562 514 1.093
19 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		541 483 1.120
20 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. 		508 469 1.083
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		500 442 1.131
22 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 118 Propaganda-related entries
479 397 1.207
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
468 398 1.176
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		412 359 1.148
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		395 185 2.135
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
355 334 1.063
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 178 Blog hosting services-related entries
355 310 1.145
28 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		281 155 1.813
29 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 23 Chiropractic-related entries
280 137 2.044
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 162 Unpublished-related entries
264 235 1.123
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 8 Medwell Journals-related entries
241 206 1.170
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		223 148 1.507
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 32 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
216 201 1.075
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
208 195 1.067
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		205 162 1.265
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 21 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
200 187 1.070
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		164 125 1.312
39 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		157 127 1.236
40 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
41 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 11 Science Publishing Group-related entries
150 136 1.103
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		137 114 1.202
43 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
44 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
125 116 1.078
45 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 26 Superseded theories in science-related entries
124 110 1.127
46 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		117 108 1.083
47 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		115 104 1.106
48 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
102 90 1.133
49 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		97 84 1.155
50 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
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 42 Diva Enterprises-related entries
94 89 1.056
52 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		94 69 1.362
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. 		90 84 1.071
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Creationism-related entries
86 52 1.654
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		72 64 1.125
56 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		60 55 1.091
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] 		52 51 1.020
60 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
61 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		48 42 1.143
62 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 35 IGI Global-related entries
47 47 1.000
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. 		44 38 1.158
64 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
65 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
66 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 7 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
40 31 1.290
67 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		39 38 1.026
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		38 26 1.462
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
70 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
71 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		35 27 1.296
72 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		35 14 2.500
73 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
74 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		34 25 1.360
75 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
33 31 1.065
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
77 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		33 26 1.269
78 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		32 31 1.032
79 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
80 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 27 1.185
81 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
83 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		29 24 1.208
84 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Astrology-related entries
27 22 1.227
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		27 19 1.421
87 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 24 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
26 25 1.040
88 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		25 23 1.087
89 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
90 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
91 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
92 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
93 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
94 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
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 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		23 19 1.211
98 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		23 16 1.438
99 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
100 Pharmacognosy Research
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
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