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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 365 MDPI-related entries
19612 14234 1.378
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 228 Frontiers Media-related entries
13763 9751 1.411
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 207 Hijacked journal-related entries
6285 5098 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 564 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6038 5183 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 495 Medknow Publications-related entries
5612 4240 1.324
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 292 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3624 2874 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 152 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2279 1880 1.212
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 181 Alternative medicine-related entries
2207 1485 1.486
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 248 Case report-related entries
1741 1430 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 50 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1305 977 1.336
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 37 Parapsychology-related entries
1293 861 1.502
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 127 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1120 927 1.208
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1065 896 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1051 553 1.901
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 71 Conspiracy theory-related entries
902 791 1.140
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 57 AME Publishing Company-related entries
629 514 1.224
17 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		592 481 1.231
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 158 ResearchGate-related entries
559 511 1.094
19 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		557 492 1.132
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. 		506 467 1.084
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		501 443 1.131
22 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 131 Propaganda-related entries
491 403 1.218
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
470 399 1.178
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		411 358 1.148
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		397 187 2.123
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 180 Blog hosting services-related entries
359 314 1.143
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		355 334 1.063
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 163 Unpublished-related entries
265 236 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 11 Medwell Journals-related entries
243 208 1.168
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
215 200 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 		207 164 1.262
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
200 187 1.070
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		164 125 1.312
39 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		158 128 1.234
40 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
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		150 130 1.154
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		137 114 1.202
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Superseded theories in science-related entries
128 113 1.133
44 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
45 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
122 113 1.080
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 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 43 Diva Enterprises-related entries
97 91 1.066
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		97 84 1.155
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
52 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		95 70 1.357
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 17 Creationism-related entries
86 52 1.654
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		73 65 1.123
56 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		62 57 1.088
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] 		51 50 1.020
60 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
61 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
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 36 IGI Global-related entries
48 48 1.000
63 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
47 37 1.270
64 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
65 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 16 Genocide denial-related entries
44 23 1.913
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
67 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
68 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		39 38 1.026
69 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		39 27 1.444
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
71 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Alchemy-related entries
35 33 1.061
72 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
73 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
74 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		34 26 1.308
75 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		34 25 1.360
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 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 12 Astrology-related entries
32 27 1.185
81 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 27 1.185
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
31 31 1.000
83 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
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]
All 7 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
28 20 1.400
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 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
89 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
90 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
91 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
92 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
93 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
94 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		24 23 1.043
95 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		24 23 1.043
96 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		24 22 1.091
97 International Journal of Pediatrics
[Beall's journal list] 		23 19 1.211
98 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		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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