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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 408 MDPI-related entries
18654 13627 1.369
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 224 Frontiers Media-related entries
13023 9221 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 577 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
5929 5094 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 511 Medknow Publications-related entries
5433 4115 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 185 Hijacked journal-related entries
4838 3940 1.228
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 293 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3569 2838 1.258
7 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 267 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 152 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2210 1828 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
1642 1357 1.210
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Race and intelligence controversy-related entries
1386 646 2.146
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 52 Parapsychology-related entries
1311 874 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
1279 955 1.339
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 156 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1114 928 1.200
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1053 886 1.188
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 29 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1009 511 1.975
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 84 Conspiracy theory-related entries
904 793 1.140
17 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 58 AME Publishing Company-related entries
598 492 1.215
18 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		588 478 1.230
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. 		561 519 1.081
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 171 Propaganda-related entries
546 454 1.203
21 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 147 ResearchGate-related entries
516 470 1.098
22 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		501 447 1.121
23 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
All 13 Forbes-related entries
500 442 1.131
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
456 388 1.175
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		407 356 1.143
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
352 331 1.063
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 181 Blog hosting services-related entries
347 301 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 162 Unpublished-related entries
264 234 1.128
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 11 Medwell Journals-related entries
236 200 1.180
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 31 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
211 191 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
206 192 1.073
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		200 157 1.274
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. 		150 123 1.220
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 15 Science Publishing Group-related entries
145 130 1.115
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		140 117 1.197
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 41 Superseded theories in science-related entries
134 119 1.126
44 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
45 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 23 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
125 116 1.078
46 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		116 107 1.084
47 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		116 105 1.105
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 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 20 Creationism-related entries
90 56 1.607
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] 		60 55 1.091
58 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
59 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		52 50 1.040
60 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 17 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
51 46 1.109
61 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
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 66 HIV/AIDS denialism-related entries
43 35 1.229
65 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		41 38 1.079
66 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 20 Alchemy-related entries
40 38 1.053
67 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		40 38 1.053
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 Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		39 29 1.345
70 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		38 37 1.027
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] 		34 32 1.062
76 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		33 31 1.065
77 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		33 26 1.269
78 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		33 24 1.375
79 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		32 31 1.032
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		31 30 1.033
81 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		31 28 1.107
82 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		31 26 1.192
83 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
84 Fake news
[Unreliable fields]
All 16 Fake news-related entries
29 25 1.160
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 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] 		28 28 1.000
88 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		26 23 1.130
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. 		24 20 1.200
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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