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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 433 MDPI-related entries
24844 17592 1.412
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 266 Frontiers Media-related entries
16701 11658 1.433
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 244 Hijacked journal-related entries
6897 5619 1.227
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 608 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6459 5565 1.161
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 530 Medknow Publications-related entries
6044 4568 1.323
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 312 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3956 3135 1.262
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 157 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2516 2059 1.222
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 348 Alternative medicine-related entries
2496 1709 1.461
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 262 Case report-related entries
1927 1586 1.215
10 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 65 Parapsychology-related entries
1377 927 1.485
11 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 52 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1370 1032 1.328
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 198 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1304 1115 1.170
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1122 944 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1072 573 1.871
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 101 Conspiracy theory-related entries
971 832 1.167
16 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		747 670 1.115
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 64 AME Publishing Company-related entries
730 604 1.209
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 208 ResearchGate-related entries
725 659 1.100
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		646 528 1.223
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 136 Propaganda-related entries
595 488 1.219
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 11 Forbes-related entries
536 468 1.145
22 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 24 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
522 446 1.170
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		447 388 1.152
24 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 194 Blog hosting services-related entries
431 378 1.140
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		418 199 2.101
26 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. 		409 374 1.094
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		361 339 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Chiropractic-related entries
305 152 2.007
29 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 14 Medwell Journals-related entries
289 251 1.151
30 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		288 158 1.823
31 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 168 Unpublished-related entries
282 249 1.133
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		245 158 1.551
33 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
230 217 1.060
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 31 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
223 210 1.062
35 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		218 171 1.275
36 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 13 HuffPost-related entries
217 205 1.059
37 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 30 Superseded theories in science-related entries
217 195 1.113
38 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 19 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
201 188 1.069
39 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
186 170 1.094
40 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		182 142 1.282
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		178 148 1.203
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		156 132 1.182
43 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		133 121 1.099
44 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		133 110 1.209
45 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
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 51 Diva Enterprises-related entries
116 110 1.055
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		112 80 1.400
49 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		106 93 1.140
50 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
99 87 1.138
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
52 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. 		96 90 1.067
53 OMICS Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11131}} · {{doi|10.12715}} · {{doi|10.14303}} · {{doi|10.15412}} · {{doi|10.21767}} · {{doi|10.24105}} · {{doi|10.3371}} · {{doi|10.36648}} · {{doi|10.37532}} · {{doi|10.4066}} · {{doi|10.4172}} · {{doi|10.47128}} · {{doi|10.54931}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Vegetos is published by Springer Nature since 2019.
All 21 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
94 86 1.093
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Creationism-related entries
87 58 1.500
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		80 73 1.096
56 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 14 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
68 55 1.236
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 18 Pulsus Group-related entries
63 62 1.016
58 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		63 59 1.068
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 42 IGI Global-related entries
58 57 1.018
60 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		56 54 1.037
62 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		56 50 1.120
63 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		51 49 1.041
64 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		50 48 1.042
65 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		47 44 1.068
67 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 8 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
47 36 1.306
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
45 42 1.071
69 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		42 28 1.500
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
71 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		40 40 1.000
72 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		38 29 1.310
73 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		37 35 1.057
74 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		37 29 1.276
75 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Jaypee Journals-related entries
36 34 1.059
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
77 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		36 33 1.091
78 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Astrology-related entries
36 29 1.241
79 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
80 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		36 15 2.400
81 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Science Publications-related entries
35 35 1.000
82 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
83 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
84 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
85 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
86 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
87 CESNUR
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#CESNUR. 		32 23 1.391
88 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		32 22 1.455
89 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		30 27 1.111
90 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		29 29 1.000
91 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		28 19 1.474
92 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
93 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		27 26 1.038
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. 		27 25 1.080
95 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		27 25 1.080
96 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		27 22 1.227
97 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
98 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		26 24 1.083
99 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
100 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 23 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
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