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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 448 MDPI-related entries
25308 17950 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 272 Frontiers Media-related entries
16891 11764 1.436
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 256 Hijacked journal-related entries
6959 5674 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 592 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6497 5593 1.162
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 530 Medknow Publications-related entries
6078 4594 1.323
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 313 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3970 3140 1.264
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 159 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2537 2077 1.221
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
Some field are more unreliable than others
All 330 Alternative medicine-related entries
2530 1728 1.464
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 267 Case report-related entries
1948 1602 1.216
10 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 68 Parapsychology-related entries
1377 926 1.487
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 52 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1367 1031 1.326
12 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1124 946 1.188
13 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1074 575 1.868
14 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 209 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1054 890 1.184
15 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		766 688 1.113
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 64 AME Publishing Company-related entries
731 604 1.210
17 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 210 ResearchGate-related entries
730 665 1.098
18 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 89 Conspiracy theory-related entries
719 603 1.192
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		655 533 1.229
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 148 Propaganda-related entries
616 507 1.215
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 12 Forbes-related entries
540 471 1.146
22 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 27 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
529 452 1.170
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		453 391 1.159
24 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 196 Blog hosting services-related entries
438 384 1.141
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		423 203 2.084
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. 		404 369 1.095
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		362 340 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 27 Chiropractic-related entries
306 154 1.987
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 16 Medwell Journals-related entries
303 260 1.165
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 158 Unpublished-related entries
266 240 1.108
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		245 158 1.551
33 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
230 217 1.060
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 32 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
224 211 1.062
35 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Superseded theories in science-related entries
222 199 1.116
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		218 172 1.267
37 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 12 HuffPost-related entries
217 205 1.059
38 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 19 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
201 188 1.069
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 12 Science Publishing Group-related entries
186 170 1.094
40 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		186 145 1.283
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		180 150 1.200
42 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		157 132 1.189
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		137 112 1.223
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		134 122 1.098
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
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] 		108 95 1.137
50 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 21 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
99 87 1.138
51 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		98 84 1.167
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 17 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
91 84 1.083
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Creationism-related entries
87 58 1.500
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		81 74 1.095
56 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 14 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
68 55 1.236
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		64 59 1.085
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 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		58 53 1.094
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 41 IGI Global-related entries
56 56 1.000
61 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		56 54 1.037
62 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
63 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		51 49 1.041
64 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		51 49 1.041
65 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 8 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
50 39 1.282
66 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
67 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		47 44 1.068
68 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Alchemy-related entries
45 42 1.071
69 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		42 28 1.500
70 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		41 41 1.000
71 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		41 35 1.171
72 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		38 29 1.310
73 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		37 34 1.088
74 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Astrology-related entries
37 30 1.233
75 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Science Publications-related entries
36 36 1.000
76 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 12 Jaypee Journals-related entries
36 34 1.059
77 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
78 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields] 		36 15 2.400
79 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		35 33 1.061
80 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
81 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		35 28 1.250
82 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
83 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
84 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		34 29 1.172
85 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		34 24 1.417
86 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 32 1.031
87 CESNUR
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#CESNUR. 		33 25 1.320
88 International Journal of Science and Research | {{doi|10.21275}}
[Beall's journal list] 		32 31 1.032
89 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		30 30 1.000
90 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		30 21 1.429
91 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		28 27 1.037
92 North American Journal of Medical Sciences | {{doi|10.4297}}
[Beall's journal list / update] 		28 26 1.077
93 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		28 26 1.077
94 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
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. 		27 25 1.080
96 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		27 24 1.125
97 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		27 22 1.227
98 IJPUB - International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal
[Beall's journal list / update · Lying about DOAJ] 		26 25 1.040
99 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
100 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Kowsar Publishing-related entries
26 22 1.182
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