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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 413 MDPI-related entries
22189 15886 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 255 Frontiers Media-related entries
15254 10731 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 222 Hijacked journal-related entries
6639 5414 1.226
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 595 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6226 5363 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
5798 4385 1.322
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 304 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3800 3010 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 155 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2388 1969 1.213
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 208 Alternative medicine-related entries
2309 1569 1.472
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 253 Case report-related entries
1833 1504 1.219
10 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 46 Parapsychology-related entries
1358 918 1.479
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 49 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1323 1000 1.323
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 159 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1174 990 1.186
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1080 908 1.189
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1068 563 1.897
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 70 Conspiracy theory-related entries
924 813 1.137
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 60 AME Publishing Company-related entries
672 556 1.209
17 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		644 577 1.116
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 182 ResearchGate-related entries
634 579 1.095
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		615 499 1.232
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 168 Propaganda-related entries
562 466 1.206
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		509 450 1.131
22 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 22 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
494 420 1.176
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] 		423 366 1.156
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
409 194 2.108
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 186 Blog hosting services-related entries
405 359 1.128
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		361 340 1.062
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Chiropractic-related entries
308 158 1.949
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 168 Unpublished-related entries
271 242 1.120
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 14 Medwell Journals-related entries
264 228 1.158
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
219 206 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
217 204 1.064
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
214 201 1.065
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 31 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
211 198 1.066
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 20 Science Publishing Group-related entries
184 168 1.095
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		175 135 1.296
40 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 42 Superseded theories in science-related entries
165 141 1.170
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		165 135 1.222
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		136 113 1.204
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] 		124 114 1.088
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 25 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
104 98 1.061
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] 		100 86 1.163
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. 		93 87 1.069
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. 		79 71 1.113
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 21 Pulsus Group-related entries
65 64 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 16 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
58 50 1.160
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 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Alchemy-related entries
49 45 1.089
64 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
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] 		44 41 1.073
67 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 13 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
44 35 1.257
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		44 29 1.517
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 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		37 30 1.233
72 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
73 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
74 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Genocide denial-related entries
36 15 2.400
75 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		35 33 1.061
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 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
33 33 1.000
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		33 32 1.031
81 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		32 27 1.185
82 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 29 1.069
83 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		31 27 1.148
84 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Astrology-related entries
31 26 1.192
85 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		28 20 1.400
87 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Kowsar Publishing-related entries
27 23 1.174
88 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
89 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
90 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		25 24 1.042
91 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		25 24 1.042
92 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
93 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
94 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
95 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
96 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		24 24 1.000
97 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		24 24 1.000
98 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
24 23 1.043
99 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		24 23 1.043
100 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		24 22 1.091
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