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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 377 MDPI-related entries
19281 14047 1.373
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 213 Frontiers Media-related entries
13397 9478 1.413
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 264 Hijacked journal-related entries
6250 5066 1.234
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 572 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6015 5166 1.164
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 500 Medknow Publications-related entries
5564 4206 1.323
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
3589 2861 1.254
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 151 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2242 1856 1.208
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 174 Alternative medicine-related entries
2194 1473 1.489
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 251 Case report-related entries
1713 1413 1.212
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		1388 647 2.145
11 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
1297 969 1.338
12 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 34 Parapsychology-related entries
1284 854 1.504
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 105 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1086 904 1.201
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1062 893 1.189
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1015 518 1.959
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 54 Conspiracy theory-related entries
882 776 1.137
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 55 AME Publishing Company-related entries
626 510 1.227
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		597 484 1.233
19 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 152 ResearchGate-related entries
555 508 1.093
20 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		532 475 1.120
21 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. 		510 472 1.081
22 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		501 443 1.131
23 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 117 Propaganda-related entries
477 395 1.208
24 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 20 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
463 394 1.175
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		412 359 1.148
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
355 334 1.063
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 176 Blog hosting services-related entries
351 306 1.147
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 25 Chiropractic-related entries
282 139 2.029
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		281 155 1.813
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 161 Unpublished-related entries
264 234 1.128
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 8 Medwell Journals-related entries
241 206 1.170
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		223 148 1.507
33 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 14 HuffPost-related entries
218 205 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
212 198 1.071
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
208 195 1.067
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		205 162 1.265
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 24 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
202 189 1.069
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		164 125 1.312
39 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		153 125 1.224
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 12 Science Publishing Group-related entries
151 137 1.102
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		138 115 1.200
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Superseded theories in science-related entries
128 114 1.123
44 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
126 111 1.135
45 OMICS Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11131}} · {{doi|10.12715}} · {{doi|10.14303}} · {{doi|10.15412}} · {{doi|10.21767}} · {{doi|10.24105}} · {{doi|10.36648}} · {{doi|10.37532}} · {{doi|10.4066}} · {{doi|10.4172}} · {{doi|10.47128}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Vegetos is published by Springer Nature since 2019.
All 19 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
122 113 1.080
46 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		116 107 1.084
47 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		116 105 1.105
48 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
103 91 1.132
49 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		98 84 1.167
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		96 83 1.157
51 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		94 70 1.343
52 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 41 Diva Enterprises-related entries
90 85 1.059
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. 		90 84 1.071
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 17 Creationism-related entries
86 52 1.654
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		72 64 1.125
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 19 Pulsus Group-related entries
61 60 1.017
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		60 55 1.091
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 50 1.040
60 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
61 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		48 42 1.143
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 35 IGI Global-related entries
47 47 1.000
63 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. 		44 38 1.158
64 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
65 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
66 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		39 38 1.026
67 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 7 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
39 31 1.258
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		38 26 1.462
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
70 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Genocide denial-related entries
36 15 2.400
71 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
72 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Alchemy-related entries
34 32 1.062
73 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
74 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		34 26 1.308
75 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		34 25 1.360
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
77 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		33 26 1.269
78 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
79 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 27 1.185
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		31 30 1.033
81 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
82 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
83 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		29 24 1.208
84 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Astrology-related entries
28 23 1.217
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
27 20 1.350
87 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 24 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
88 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		25 23 1.087
89 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
90 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
91 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		25 21 1.190
92 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
93 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
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. 		24 23 1.043
95 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		24 23 1.043
96 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		24 23 1.043
97 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
98 Pharmacognosy Research
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
99 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		22 21 1.048
100 Oncoscience (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		22 19 1.158
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