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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 472 MDPI-related entries
24480 17393 1.407
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 270 Frontiers Media-related entries
16541 11558 1.431
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 244 Hijacked journal-related entries
6861 5592 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 597 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6423 5536 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 527 Medknow Publications-related entries
6012 4545 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
3942 3124 1.262
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
2492 2045 1.219
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 313 Alternative medicine-related entries
2483 1694 1.466
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 257 Case report-related entries
1917 1577 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 52 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1367 1028 1.330
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 60 Parapsychology-related entries
1366 915 1.493
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 201 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1304 1115 1.170
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1118 939 1.191
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1071 572 1.872
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 92 Conspiracy theory-related entries
962 831 1.158
16 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		734 656 1.119
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 64 AME Publishing Company-related entries
722 597 1.209
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 202 ResearchGate-related entries
712 645 1.104
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		643 525 1.225
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 172 Propaganda-related entries
635 528 1.203
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 11 Forbes-related entries
529 462 1.145
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
513 444 1.155
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		446 387 1.152
24 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
428 209 2.048
25 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 194 Blog hosting services-related entries
423 372 1.137
26 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. 		415 380 1.092
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		362 340 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Chiropractic-related entries
305 153 1.993
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		288 158 1.823
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 14 Medwell Journals-related entries
287 249 1.153
31 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 165 Unpublished-related entries
277 245 1.131
32 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 51 Superseded theories in science-related entries
251 226 1.111
33 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		244 158 1.544
34 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 32 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
231 214 1.079
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
228 215 1.060
36 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 31 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
221 208 1.062
37 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
38 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		216 169 1.278
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 19 Science Publishing Group-related entries
189 173 1.092
40 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		180 140 1.286
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		175 147 1.190
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		155 131 1.183
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		134 111 1.207
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		133 121 1.099
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] 		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 51 Diva Enterprises-related entries
115 109 1.055
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 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
98 86 1.140
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		97 83 1.169
52 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. 		96 90 1.067
53 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 21 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
96 87 1.103
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 23 Creationism-related entries
90 61 1.475
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		79 72 1.097
56 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 13 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
64 52 1.231
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 18 Pulsus Group-related entries
63 62 1.016
58 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		63 59 1.068
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 41 IGI Global-related entries
58 56 1.036
60 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		58 53 1.094
61 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 10 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
57 38 1.500
62 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		56 54 1.037
63 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
64 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Alchemy-related entries
52 49 1.061
65 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Homeopathy-related entries
52 29 1.793
66 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		50 48 1.042
67 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		50 48 1.042
68 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		47 44 1.068
69 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		42 28 1.500
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
71 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 16 Astrology-related entries
41 34 1.206
72 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		39 29 1.345
73 Cryptozoology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Cryptozoology-related entries
39 26 1.500
74 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Genocide denial-related entries
39 18 2.167
75 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		38 36 1.056
76 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
77 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
78 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Science Publications-related entries
35 35 1.000
80 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		35 32 1.094
81 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
82 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		34 34 1.000
83 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Jaypee Journals-related entries
34 33 1.030
84 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
85 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 30 1.100
86 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
87 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
88 CESNUR
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#CESNUR. 		32 23 1.391
89 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		32 22 1.455
90 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		31 26 1.192
91 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		28 28 1.000
92 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		28 25 1.120
93 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		28 19 1.474
94 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
95 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		27 26 1.038
96 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. 		27 25 1.080
97 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 23 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
26 25 1.040
98 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
99 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
100 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
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