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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 358 MDPI-related entries
19810 14359 1.380
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 229 Frontiers Media-related entries
13835 9812 1.410
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 203 Hijacked journal-related entries
6314 5125 1.232
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 567 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6055 5194 1.166
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 501 Medknow Publications-related entries
5626 4251 1.323
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 301 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3630 2887 1.257
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 147 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2283 1883 1.212
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 192 Alternative medicine-related entries
2219 1502 1.477
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
1743 1433 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 50 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1311 980 1.338
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 38 Parapsychology-related entries
1296 862 1.503
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 120 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1134 946 1.199
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1065 896 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1052 554 1.899
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 52 Conspiracy theory-related entries
884 777 1.138
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 57 AME Publishing Company-related entries
635 518 1.226
17 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		598 486 1.230
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 164 ResearchGate-related entries
566 517 1.095
19 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		561 498 1.127
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 138 Propaganda-related entries
556 468 1.188
21 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
22 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		503 445 1.130
23 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 20 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
471 400 1.177
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		418 364 1.148
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		397 187 2.123
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 182 Blog hosting services-related entries
364 318 1.145
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		354 333 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 165 Unpublished-related entries
268 239 1.121
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
244 209 1.167
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 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
213 199 1.070
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] 		163 124 1.315
39 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		160 130 1.231
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 15 Science Publishing Group-related entries
153 140 1.093
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		150 130 1.154
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		138 115 1.200
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Superseded theories in science-related entries
132 117 1.128
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 18 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
123 113 1.088
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 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 96 1.073
49 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
102 90 1.133
50 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 19 Creationism-related entries
100 64 1.562
51 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		97 84 1.155
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
53 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		97 71 1.366
54 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
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		74 66 1.121
56 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		61 56 1.089
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 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 38 IGI Global-related entries
50 50 1.000
61 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
50 41 1.220
62 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
63 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
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. 		46 39 1.179
65 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
66 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		39 38 1.026
67 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		39 37 1.054
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		39 27 1.444
69 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Genocide denial-related entries
37 16 2.312
70 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Alchemy-related entries
36 34 1.059
71 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
72 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		35 32 1.094
73 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
74 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		34 27 1.259
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 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 27 1.185
81 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
31 31 1.000
82 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		30 27 1.111
83 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		30 25 1.200
84 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Astrology-related entries
29 24 1.208
85 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
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 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		26 21 1.238
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 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		23 21 1.095
98 International Journal of Pediatrics
[Beall's journal list] 		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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