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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 337 MDPI-related entries
15572 11539 1.350
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 199 Frontiers Media-related entries
11494 8227 1.397
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 554 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
5591 4800 1.165
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 489 Medknow Publications-related entries
5070 3809 1.331
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 159 Hijacked journal-related entries
4531 3697 1.226
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 288 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3489 2776 1.257
7 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 181 Alternative medicine-related entries
2139 1421 1.505
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 147 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2031 1680 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 229 Case report-related entries
1424 1185 1.202
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
1325 625 2.120
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 32 Parapsychology-related entries
1256 829 1.515
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 49 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1178 894 1.318
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 95 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1064 896 1.188
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		987 839 1.176
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Tabloid journalism-related entries
942 472 1.996
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 54 Conspiracy theory-related entries
859 756 1.136
17 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. 		794 739 1.074
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		553 450 1.229
19 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 52 AME Publishing Company-related entries
544 444 1.225
20 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		513 444 1.155
21 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 116 ResearchGate-related entries
471 430 1.095
22 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 109 Propaganda-related entries
434 353 1.229
23 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 19 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
428 364 1.176
24 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		387 338 1.145
25 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		341 321 1.062
26 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		331 307 1.078
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 174 Blog hosting services-related entries
295 257 1.148
28 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		288 161 1.789
29 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 22 Chiropractic-related entries
272 131 2.076
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 145 Unpublished-related entries