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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 396 MDPI-related entries
21420 15388 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 245 Frontiers Media-related entries
14573 10278 1.418
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 217 Hijacked journal-related entries
6484 5279 1.228
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 577 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6148 5285 1.163
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
5727 4332 1.322
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
3750 2975 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 153 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2352 1937 1.214
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 179 Alternative medicine-related entries
2251 1516 1.485
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 250 Case report-related entries
1786 1467 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
1319 995 1.326
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 34 Parapsychology-related entries
1302 867 1.502
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 126 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1101 926 1.189
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1074 904 1.188
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1063 560 1.898
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 55 Conspiracy theory-related entries
898 789 1.138
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
660 545 1.211
17 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 181 ResearchGate-related entries
634 573 1.106
18 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		620 554 1.119
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		605 492 1.230
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 132 Propaganda-related entries
512 423 1.210
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
485 414 1.171
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. 		479 442 1.084
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		419 365 1.148
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		403 191 2.110
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 178 Blog hosting services-related entries
375 329 1.140
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		355 334 1.063
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Chiropractic-related entries
295 147 2.007
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		281 155 1.813
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 166 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 9 Medwell Journals-related entries
255 219 1.164
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		233 152 1.533
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
215 203 1.059
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
213 200 1.065
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		211 165 1.279
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 23 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
198 185 1.070
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 18 Science Publishing Group-related entries
170 156 1.090
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		169 129 1.310
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 31 Superseded theories in science-related entries
141 124 1.137
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] 		121 111 1.090
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 44 Diva Enterprises-related entries
103 97 1.062
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 20 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
99 90 1.100
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
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 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 19 Pulsus Group-related entries
61 60 1.017
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
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 40 IGI Global-related entries
55 54 1.019
60 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 16 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
55 45 1.222
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. 		50 44 1.136
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] 		44 43 1.023
65 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		44 29 1.517
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		43 40 1.075
67 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 7 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
41 32 1.281
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Alchemy-related entries
38 35 1.086
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		38 33 1.152
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 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		33 32 1.031
79 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		33 32 1.031
80 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 27 1.222
81 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		32 27 1.185
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
31 31 1.000
83 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		30 28 1.071
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 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]
All 11 Kowsar Publishing-related entries
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 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		24 20 1.200
99 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		23 22 1.045
100 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		23 22 1.045
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