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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 397 MDPI-related entries
22353 16005 1.397
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
15340 10798 1.421
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 227 Hijacked journal-related entries
6476 5278 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 585 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6236 5371 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 511 Medknow Publications-related entries
5811 4393 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
3809 3018 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 153 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2396 1975 1.213
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 203 Alternative medicine-related entries
2300 1556 1.478
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 255 Case report-related entries
1838 1510 1.217
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
1336 1004 1.331
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 33 Parapsychology-related entries
1309 874 1.498
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 117 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1107 931 1.189
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1084 912 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1070 565 1.894
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 61 Conspiracy theory-related entries
916 802 1.142
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 60 AME Publishing Company-related entries
674 558 1.208
17 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		648 582 1.113
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 183 ResearchGate-related entries
641 586 1.094
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		614 498 1.233
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 142 Propaganda-related entries
535 443 1.208
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		510 451 1.131
22 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 23 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
491 421 1.166
23 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. 		427 392 1.089
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		422 365 1.156
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		413 194 2.129
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 180 Blog hosting services-related entries
384 339 1.133
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		358 337 1.062
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 28 Chiropractic-related entries
300 151 1.987
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		280 154 1.818
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 169 Unpublished-related entries
273 244 1.119
31 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 10 Medwell Journals-related entries
264 227 1.163
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		233 152 1.533
33 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
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
215 202 1.064
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
215 202 1.064
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		214 167 1.281
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 23 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
207 194 1.067
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 25 Science Publishing Group-related entries
189 172 1.099
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		175 135 1.296
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		168 138 1.217
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Superseded theories in science-related entries
143 125 1.144
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		135 112 1.205
44 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
45 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		126 116 1.086
46 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		118 107 1.103
47 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 22 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
108 100 1.080
48 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 45 Diva Enterprises-related entries
106 100 1.060
49 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		103 73 1.411
50 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
101 89 1.135
51 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		101 88 1.148
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		101 87 1.161
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. 		92 86 1.070
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Creationism-related entries
82 53 1.547
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 15 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
60 51 1.176
59 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
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 38 IGI Global-related entries
53 52 1.019
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 51 1.020
62 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		52 46 1.130
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 10 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
47 36 1.306
65 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		46 45 1.022
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		43 40 1.075
67 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		43 29 1.483
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
40 37 1.081
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		40 34 1.176
70 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		37 35 1.057
71 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
72 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
73 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		36 15 2.400
74 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		35 33 1.061
75 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
76 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		35 28 1.250
77 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
34 34 1.000
78 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
79 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		33 32 1.031
81 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		33 30 1.100
82 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		32 27 1.185
83 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
84 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		31 27 1.148
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 14 Astrology-related entries
31 26 1.192
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		31 21 1.476
87 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Kowsar Publishing-related entries
29 25 1.160
88 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
89 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		27 18 1.500
90 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		26 26 1.000
91 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
92 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
93 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
94 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
95 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
96 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
97 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
98 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		24 24 1.000
99 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
24 23 1.043
100 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		24 23 1.043
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