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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 403 MDPI-related entries
21657 15558 1.392
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 243 Frontiers Media-related entries
14745 10384 1.420
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 220 Hijacked journal-related entries
6529 5319 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 582 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6169 5309 1.162
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 509 Medknow Publications-related entries
5756 4357 1.321
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 298 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3762 2985 1.260
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 158 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2362 1945 1.214
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 184 Alternative medicine-related entries
2265 1528 1.482
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 252 Case report-related entries
1804 1481 1.218
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
1321 997 1.325
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
1306 870 1.501
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 138 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1113 936 1.189
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1075 905 1.188
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1064 560 1.900
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 60 Conspiracy theory-related entries
908 797 1.139
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 60 AME Publishing Company-related entries
664 549 1.209
17 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 181 ResearchGate-related entries
638 574 1.111
18 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		631 565 1.117
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		611 496 1.232
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 137 Propaganda-related entries
531 440 1.207
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		507 449 1.129
22 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
489 416 1.175
23 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. 		477 440 1.084
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		422 366 1.153
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		407 192 2.120
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 183 Blog hosting services-related entries
401 355 1.130
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		359 338 1.062
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Chiropractic-related entries
298 149 2.000
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		282 156 1.808
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 168 Unpublished-related entries
272 243 1.119
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
259 223 1.161
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		232 151 1.536
33 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 13 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
218 205 1.063
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
214 201 1.065
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		212 165 1.285
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 27 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
205 192 1.068
38 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
176 160 1.100
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		172 132 1.303
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		161 132 1.220
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 34 Superseded theories in science-related entries
147 128 1.148
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		136 113 1.204
44 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
45 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		122 112 1.089
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 45 Diva Enterprises-related entries
104 98 1.061
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		103 73 1.411
49 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
101 89 1.135
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		100 87 1.149
51 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}} · {{doi|10.54931}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Vegetos is published by Springer Nature since 2019.
All 23 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
98 89 1.101
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		98 84 1.167
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
82 53 1.547
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		78 70 1.114
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 21 Pulsus Group-related entries
63 62 1.016
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		62 57 1.088
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.
All 17 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
56 47 1.191
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 40 IGI Global-related entries
55 54 1.019
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 51 1.020
62 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		51 45 1.133
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 12 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
45 36 1.250
65 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		44 43 1.023
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		44 41 1.073
67 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		44 29 1.517
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 15 Alchemy-related entries
42 39 1.077
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		40 34 1.176
70 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		37 35 1.057
71 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
72 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		36 29 1.241
73 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		35 33 1.061
74 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
75 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 28 1.250
76 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		35 14 2.500
77 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
78 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		34 28 1.214
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
33 33 1.000
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		33 32 1.031
81 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		33 32 1.031
82 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		32 27 1.185
83 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 29 1.069
84 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Astrology-related entries
30 25 1.200
85 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		27 19 1.421
87 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
88 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		26 22 1.182
89 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
90 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 23 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
91 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		25 24 1.042
92 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
93 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
94 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
95 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
96 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		24 24 1.000
97 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		24 22 1.091
98 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		23 22 1.045
99 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		23 22 1.045
100 International Journal of Pediatrics
[Beall's journal list] 		23 19 1.211
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