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Quick guide to finding problematic citations

Foobar Society^[1] | (search/all)^[2] | foobar.org

^[3] | {{DOI|10.1234}}^[4] | {{ISSN|1234-5678}}^[5]

^ Link to Wikipedia article, if one exists.
^ Search mainspace/all spaces for 'Foobar Society'. Good to find citations without URLs or DOIs, but will have several false positives, especially for generic sounding publishers with short names.
^ Search for URLs with foobar.org in them. Can have some false positives if other URLs have a ___domain that ends with foobar.org, like jamesfoobar.org. The lock and chain symbols will make use of Special:Linksearch.
^ Search for DOI matches. Fewest false positives, but assumes there is DOI.
^ Search for ISSN matches. Few false positives, but assumes there is ISSN.

U.S. Science Press (search/all) usspress.com Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka US Science Press (search/all)
UHIVE (search/all) uhedergisi.com Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka Uluslararası Hakemli İletişim ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (search/all)
Ulster Press (search/all) ulster-press.uk Likely or proven predatory open access
Unified Journals (search/all) unifiedjournals.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Unique Journals Communication (search/all) ujconline.net Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka UJC (search/all)
Unique Research Journals (search/all) uniqueresearchjournals.com Likely or proven predatory open access
United Scholars Publications (search/all) unitedscholars.net Likely or proven predatory open access
United Scientific Group (search/all) unitedscientificgroup.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Universal Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers (search/all) uacee.org Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka UACEE (search/all)
Universal Association of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineers (search/all) uamae.org Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka UAMAE (search/all)
Universal Publishing & Research Organization (search/all) upro.org.in Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka UPRO (search/all)
Universal Research Group (search/all) universalrg.org Likely or proven predatory open access
Universal Research Publications (search/all) urpjournals.com Likely or proven predatory open access
Universe Scientific Publishing (search/all) usp-pl.com Likely or proven predatory open access
UniversityPublications.net (search/all) universitypublications.net Likely or proven predatory open access
Universum Scientific Journals (search/all) 7universum.com , sibac.info Likely or proven predatory open access
- aka Научные журналы Universum (search/all)
Uptodate Research Publication (search/all) uptodateresearchpublication.com Likely or proven predatory open access
URO Journals (search/all) urojournals.com Likely or proven predatory open access
USN Scientific Journal (search/all) usnsj.com Likely or proven predatory open access

[1] Link to Wikipedia article, if one exists.

[2] Search mainspace/all spaces for 'Foobar Society'. Good to find citations without URLs or DOIs, but will have several false positives, especially for generic sounding publishers with short names.

[3] Search for URLs with foobar.org in them. Can have some false positives if other URLs have a ___domain that ends with foobar.org, like jamesfoobar.org. The lock and chain symbols will make use of Special:Linksearch.

[4] Search for DOI matches. Fewest false positives, but assumes there is DOI.

[5] Search for ISSN matches. Few false positives, but assumes there is ISSN.

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