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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 408 MDPI-related entries
23323 16625 1.403
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 258 Frontiers Media-related entries
15945 11161 1.429
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 224 Hijacked journal-related entries
6643 5397 1.231
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 593 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6325 5451 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 518 Medknow Publications-related entries
5939 4480 1.326
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 295 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3866 3066 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
2459 2018 1.219
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 246 Alternative medicine-related entries
2369 1619 1.463
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 254 Case report-related entries
1867 1533 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 51 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1357 1019 1.332
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 42 Parapsychology-related entries
1327 889 1.493
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 152 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1226 1046 1.172
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1103 925 1.192
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1070 565 1.894
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 56 Conspiracy theory-related entries
878 769 1.142
16 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		695 618 1.125
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 64 AME Publishing Company-related entries
694 574 1.209
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 191 ResearchGate-related entries
668 609 1.097
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		630 512 1.230
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 148 Propaganda-related entries
580 484 1.198
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		518 457 1.133
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
502 433 1.159
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		433 375 1.155
24 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. 		430 394 1.091
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
417 196 2.128
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 189 Blog hosting services-related entries
408 361 1.130
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		363 341 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Chiropractic-related entries
296 146 2.027
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		282 155 1.819
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 11 Medwell Journals-related entries
277 237 1.169
31 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 168 Unpublished-related entries
271 242 1.120
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		237 155 1.529
33 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
224 211 1.062
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
220 207 1.063
35 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 13 HuffPost-related entries
218 205 1.063
36 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 36 Superseded theories in science-related entries
216 195 1.108
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		212 166 1.277
38 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
206 192 1.073
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		180 139 1.295
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
179 161 1.112
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		172 143 1.203
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		133 110 1.209
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		129 119 1.084
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 49 Diva Enterprises-related entries
111 105 1.057
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		107 76 1.408
49 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		104 91 1.143
50 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 17 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
101 93 1.086
51 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
99 87 1.138
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		99 85 1.165
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. 		94 88 1.068
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Creationism-related entries
85 56 1.518
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		80 72 1.111
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 17 Pulsus Group-related entries
62 61 1.016
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		61 57 1.070
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 10 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
57 45 1.267
60 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
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		54 53 1.019
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 39 IGI Global-related entries
54 53 1.019
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 10 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
48 37 1.297
65 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		47 45 1.044
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		44 41 1.073
67 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Alchemy-related entries
43 40 1.075
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		43 29 1.483
69 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		42 40 1.050
70 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
71 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
72 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
73 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
74 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
75 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		36 15 2.400
76 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
77 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Jaypee Journals-related entries
34 33 1.030
78 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
33 33 1.000
80 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		33 30 1.100
81 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 30 1.100
82 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
83 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
84 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		32 25 1.280
85 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		31 26 1.192
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		31 21 1.476
87 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		29 29 1.000
88 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Astrology-related entries
29 24 1.208
89 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
90 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		27 18 1.500
91 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		26 26 1.000
92 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
93 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		26 25 1.040
94 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		26 25 1.040
95 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
96 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
97 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
98 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		25 24 1.042
99 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
100 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
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