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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 404 MDPI-related entries
18473 13512 1.367
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 223 Frontiers Media-related entries
12947 9171 1.412
3 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'. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 574 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
5917 5085 1.164
4 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 508 Medknow Publications-related entries
5401 4092 1.320
5 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 180 Hijacked journal-related entries
4823 3926 1.228
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 292 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3561 2832 1.257
7 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 273 Alternative medicine-related entries
2250 1527 1.473
8 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
2204 1823 1.209
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 243 Case report-related entries
1626 1347 1.207
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
1376 645 2.133
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 47 Parapsychology-related entries
1308 872 1.500
12 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
1277 954 1.339
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 146 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1100 915 1.202
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1050 883 1.189
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1008 510 1.976
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 80 Conspiracy theory-related entries
901 789 1.142
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
594 489 1.215
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		587 477 1.231
19 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. 		582 539 1.080
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 167 Propaganda-related entries
540 448 1.205
21 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 140 ResearchGate-related entries
512 466 1.099
22 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		503 444 1.133
23 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		489 438 1.116
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
454 386 1.176
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		406 355 1.144
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
351 330 1.064
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 181 Blog hosting services-related entries
346 300 1.153
28 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		285 159 1.792
29 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 26 Chiropractic-related entries
281 138 2.036
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
263 233 1.129
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
231 196 1.179
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		222 147 1.510
33 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 15 HuffPost-related entries
218 205 1.063
34 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 34 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
210 190 1.105
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
209 195 1.072
36 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
207 193 1.073
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		198 155 1.277
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		158 121 1.306
39 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		149 122 1.221
41 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 17 Science Publishing Group-related entries
145 130 1.115
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		139 116 1.198
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 39 Superseded theories in science-related entries
133 118 1.127
44 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 203 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
131 120 1.092
45 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
46 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		116 105 1.105
47 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		115 106 1.085
48 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
102 90 1.133
49 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		99 85 1.165
50 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		94 70 1.343
51 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		92 79 1.165
52 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 25 Creationism-related entries
91 57 1.596
53 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 42 Diva Enterprises-related entries
90 85 1.059
54 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. 		89 83 1.072
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		69 61 1.131
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
60 58 1.034
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		58 53 1.094
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		50 48 1.042
60 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
61 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
49 44 1.114
62 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		47 41 1.146
63 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 33 IGI Global-related entries
45 45 1.000
64 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields]
All 59 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
42 34 1.235
65 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
66 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
67 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 19 Alchemy-related entries
39 37 1.054
68 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 8 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
39 31 1.258
69 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		38 37 1.027
70 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		38 28 1.357
71 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		38 26 1.462
72 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
73 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Genocide denial-related entries
36 15 2.400
74 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
75 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
77 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
78 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		32 25 1.280
79 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		32 23 1.391
80 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
81 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
82 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		30 29 1.034
83 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		30 25 1.200
84 Fake news
[Unreliable fields]
All 16 Fake news-related entries
29 25 1.160
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Astrology-related entries
29 24 1.208
86 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		29 24 1.208
87 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		27 27 1.000
88 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		27 24 1.125
89 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		26 17 1.529
90 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 24 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
91 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
92 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
93 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
94 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		24 23 1.043
95 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		24 23 1.043
96 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		24 22 1.091
97 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia. 		23 19 1.211
98 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
99 Oncoscience (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		22 19 1.158
100 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		22 16 1.375
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