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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 411 MDPI-related entries
23184 16534 1.402
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 256 Frontiers Media-related entries
15804 11089 1.425
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 221 Hijacked journal-related entries
6615 5373 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 585 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6309 5436 1.161
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 516 Medknow Publications-related entries
5926 4468 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
3865 3065 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 150 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2446 2010 1.217
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 240 Alternative medicine-related entries
2350 1611 1.459
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
1868 1531 1.220
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
1358 1020 1.331
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 40 Parapsychology-related entries
1325 887 1.494
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 139 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1150 973 1.182
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1101 923 1.193
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1069 564 1.895
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 56 Conspiracy theory-related entries
876 767 1.142
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 62 AME Publishing Company-related entries
693 572 1.212
17 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		690 612 1.127
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 189 ResearchGate-related entries
663 604 1.098
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		628 510 1.231
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 134 Propaganda-related entries
549 454 1.209
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		510 453 1.126
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] 		434 376 1.154
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. 		428 393 1.089
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		414 194 2.134
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 191 Blog hosting services-related entries
409 362 1.130
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		361 339 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. 		280 154 1.818
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 12 Medwell Journals-related entries
273 236 1.157
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
272 243 1.119
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		235 153 1.536
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
219 206 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
219 206 1.063
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		213 167 1.275
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 20 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
203 190 1.068
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 12 Science Publishing Group-related entries
177 161 1.099
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		177 136 1.301
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		173 143 1.210
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Superseded theories in science-related entries
146 128 1.141
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		132 109 1.211
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		128 118 1.085
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 50 Diva Enterprises-related entries
112 106 1.057
48 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		106 76 1.395
49 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
103 95 1.084
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		103 90 1.144
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		100 86 1.163
52 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
99 87 1.138
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 17 Creationism-related entries
84 55 1.527
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 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 12 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
61 49 1.245
59 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
60 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		55 49 1.122
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 38 IGI Global-related entries
53 52 1.019
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
64 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		47 45 1.044
65 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 9 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
47 36 1.306
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		44 41 1.073
67 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		43 29 1.483
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
41 38 1.079
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
70 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		40 39 1.026
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 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
78 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
33 33 1.000
79 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Jaypee Journals-related entries
33 32 1.031
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 Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		33 26 1.269
83 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
84 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		31 26 1.192
85 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		31 21 1.476
86 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Astrology-related entries
29 24 1.208
87 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		28 28 1.000
88 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
89 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		27 18 1.500
90 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		26 26 1.000
91 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
92 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		26 25 1.040
93 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
94 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
95 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
96 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		25 24 1.042
97 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
98 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
99 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
100 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		24 22 1.091
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