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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 432 MDPI-related entries
23786 16920 1.406
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 268 Frontiers Media-related entries
16220 11345 1.430
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 235 Hijacked journal-related entries
6748 5487 1.230
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 592 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6355 5478 1.160
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 522 Medknow Publications-related entries
5976 4507 1.326
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
3888 3083 1.261
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 156 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2475 2027 1.221
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 267 Alternative medicine-related entries
2416 1649 1.465
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 259 Case report-related entries
1896 1558 1.217
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
1361 1021 1.333
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 43 Parapsychology-related entries
1328 889 1.494
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 156 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1243 1061 1.172
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1110 932 1.191
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1075 571 1.883
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 65 Conspiracy theory-related entries
900 781 1.152
16 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		708 631 1.122
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 62 AME Publishing Company-related entries
701 579 1.211
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 195 ResearchGate-related entries
682 620 1.100
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		636 518 1.228
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 169 Propaganda-related entries
619 514 1.204
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 11 Forbes-related entries
519 458 1.133
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
507 439 1.155
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		437 379 1.153
24 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. 		427 392 1.089
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		416 195 2.133
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 190 Blog hosting services-related entries
411 364 1.129
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
362 340 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Chiropractic-related entries
301 150 2.007
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		282 155 1.819
30 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 13 Medwell Journals-related entries
279 241 1.158
31 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 162 Unpublished-related entries
271 239 1.134
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		236 153 1.542
33 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 46 Superseded theories in science-related entries
233 212 1.099
34 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
224 211 1.062
35 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
221 208 1.062
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
220 207 1.063
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		213 166 1.283
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
209 195 1.072
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 17 Science Publishing Group-related entries
184 168 1.095
40 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		182 141 1.291
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		173 144 1.201
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		134 111 1.207
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		131 120 1.092
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] 		119 108 1.102
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 49 Diva Enterprises-related entries
111 105 1.057
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		111 79 1.405
49 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		106 93 1.140
50 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 19 Creationism-related entries
102 72 1.417
51 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
99 87 1.138
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		99 85 1.165
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. 		95 89 1.067
54 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 16 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
89 82 1.085
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		79 72 1.097
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 17 Pulsus Group-related entries
62 61 1.016
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		62 58 1.069
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 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. 		57 45 1.267
60 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
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		55 53 1.038
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 39 IGI Global-related entries
54 53 1.019
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
64 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		48 46 1.043
65 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
47 36 1.306
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		46 43 1.070
67 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Alchemy-related entries
45 42 1.071
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		43 29 1.483
69 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		42 40 1.050
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
71 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		37 30 1.233
72 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
73 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
74 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
75 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		36 26 1.385
76 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		36 15 2.400
77 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Science Publications-related entries
35 35 1.000
78 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
79 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
80 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		34 32 1.062
81 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		34 31 1.097
82 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Jaypee Journals-related entries
33 32 1.031
83 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 30 1.100
84 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
85 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
86 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		32 27 1.185
87 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Astrology-related entries
31 26 1.192
88 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		31 21 1.476
89 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		28 28 1.000
90 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 24 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
28 27 1.037
91 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
92 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		27 18 1.500
93 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
94 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		26 25 1.040
95 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		26 24 1.083
96 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
97 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
98 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		25 24 1.042
99 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		25 24 1.042
100 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
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