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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 424 MDPI-related entries
19083 13923 1.371
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 238 Frontiers Media-related entries
13243 9386 1.411
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'. 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 580 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
5975 5138 1.163
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 519 Medknow Publications-related entries
5540 4190 1.322
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 190 Hijacked journal-related entries
4914 3989 1.232
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 297 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3584 2858 1.254
7 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 209 Alternative medicine-related entries
2237 1514 1.478
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 154 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2228 1845 1.208
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 248 Case report-related entries
1693 1395 1.214
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 12 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
1390 648 2.145
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 54 Parapsychology-related entries
1312 877 1.496
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
1288 962 1.339
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 167 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1149 953 1.206
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1060 891 1.190
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1017 519 1.960
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 115 Conspiracy theory-related entries
946 833 1.136
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 60 AME Publishing Company-related entries
612 498 1.229
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		593 480 1.235
19 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 193 Propaganda-related entries
582 482 1.207
20 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 156 ResearchGate-related entries
548 498 1.100
21 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		519 463 1.121
22 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. 		515 477 1.080
23 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		501 443 1.131
24 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 21 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
461 393 1.173
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		412 358 1.151
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 191 Blog hosting services-related entries
365 317 1.151
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 13 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
355 334 1.063
28 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		282 156 1.808
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 163 Unpublished-related entries
266 236 1.127
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 9 Medwell Journals-related entries
237 202 1.173
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 15 HuffPost-related entries
218 205 1.063
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 31 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
211 197 1.071
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
208 195 1.067
36 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
208 193 1.078
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		204 161 1.267
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		160 122 1.311
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 19 Science Publishing Group-related entries
152 137 1.109
40 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		151 131 1.153
41 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		151 124 1.218
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 47 Superseded theories in science-related entries
141 126 1.119
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		139 116 1.198
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 28 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
132 123 1.073
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] 		118 107 1.103
47 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		116 107 1.084
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 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		94 81 1.160
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 42 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 19 Creationism-related entries
88 54 1.630
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 18 Pulsus Group-related entries
61 59 1.034
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		60 55 1.091
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 20 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
59 51 1.157
59 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
60 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 50 1.040
61 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia.
All 8 Wikipedia-related entries
51 40 1.275
62 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
63 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
64 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 34 IGI Global-related entries
46 46 1.000
65 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 26 Alchemy-related entries
46 44 1.045
66 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 12 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
46 37 1.243
67 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields]
All 66 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
43 35 1.229
68 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		42 32 1.312
69 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
70 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
71 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		39 38 1.026
72 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 12 Genocide denial-related entries
39 17 2.294
73 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		38 26 1.462
74 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		36 32 1.125
75 Fake news
[Unreliable fields]
All 23 Fake news-related entries
35 32 1.094
76 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
77 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		34 31 1.097
78 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		34 25 1.360
79 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
80 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		33 26 1.269
81 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
82 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 27 1.185
83 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		31 30 1.033
84 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Astrology-related entries
31 25 1.240
86 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
87 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		29 24 1.208
88 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
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 Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
92 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		25 22 1.136
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 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
98 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		22 22 1.000
99 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		22 21 1.048
100 Oncoscience (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		22 19 1.158
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