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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 462 MDPI-related entries
24719 17534 1.410
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 265 Frontiers Media-related entries
16645 11622 1.432
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 241 Hijacked journal-related entries
6882 5607 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 602 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6448 5557 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 531 Medknow Publications-related entries
6039 4562 1.324
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
3946 3127 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 156 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2502 2054 1.218
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 343 Alternative medicine-related entries
2490 1703 1.462
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 260 Case report-related entries
1925 1584 1.215
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
1371 1032 1.328
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 64 Parapsychology-related entries
1371 922 1.487
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 203 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1312 1125 1.166
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1122 943 1.190
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1072 573 1.871
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 98 Conspiracy theory-related entries
969 829 1.169
16 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		737 662 1.113
17 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 205 ResearchGate-related entries
730 662 1.103
18 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 64 AME Publishing Company-related entries
726 601 1.208
19 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 169 Propaganda-related entries
645 529 1.219
20 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		645 527 1.224
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 11 Forbes-related entries
531 464 1.144
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
520 444 1.171
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		447 388 1.152
24 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
429 210 2.043
25 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 193 Blog hosting services-related entries
428 375 1.141
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. 		413 378 1.093
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		361 339 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Chiropractic-related entries
306 153 2.000
29 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
289 251 1.151
30 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		288 158 1.823
31 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 169 Unpublished-related entries
282 249 1.133
32 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 53 Superseded theories in science-related entries
260 232 1.121
33 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		245 158 1.551
34 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
230 217 1.060
35 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 31 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
229 212 1.080
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 		218 171 1.275
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 21 Science Publishing Group-related entries
189 173 1.092
40 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		181 141 1.284
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		177 147 1.204
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		155 131 1.183
43 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		133 121 1.099
44 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		133 110 1.209
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
116 110 1.055
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		112 80 1.400
49 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		107 94 1.138
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
95 86 1.105
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. 		80 73 1.096
56 Ufology
[Unreliable fields]
All 23 Ufology-related entries
76 63 1.206
57 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 15 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
68 55 1.236
58 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
59 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		63 59 1.068
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 42 IGI Global-related entries
59 57 1.035
61 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
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 19 Alchemy-related entries
54 51 1.059
65 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Homeopathy-related entries
54 31 1.742
66 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		51 49 1.041
67 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		50 48 1.042
68 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
48 37 1.297
69 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		47 44 1.068
70 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 19 Astrology-related entries
44 37 1.189
71 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		42 28 1.500
72 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
73 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org
All 8 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education-related entries
40 30 1.333
74 Cryptozoology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Cryptozoology-related entries
39 26 1.500
75 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Genocide denial-related entries
39 18 2.167
76 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		38 36 1.056
77 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
78 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		36 36 1.000
79 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
80 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		36 33 1.091
81 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Science Publications-related entries
35 35 1.000
83 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Jaypee Journals-related entries
35 34 1.029
84 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
85 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
86 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 30 1.100
87 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
88 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
89 CESNUR
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#CESNUR. 		32 23 1.391
90 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		32 22 1.455
91 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		31 26 1.192
92 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		29 29 1.000
93 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		29 26 1.115
94 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		28 19 1.474
95 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
96 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		27 26 1.038
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. 		27 25 1.080
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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