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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 387 MDPI-related entries
17988 13206 1.362
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 215 Frontiers Media-related entries
12681 9022 1.406
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 573 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
5869 5039 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 506 Medknow Publications-related entries
5321 4044 1.316
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 179 Hijacked journal-related entries
4787 3896 1.229
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 291 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3546 2823 1.256
7 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 208 Alternative medicine-related entries
2198 1479 1.486
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
2182 1805 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 240 Case report-related entries
1593 1324 1.203
10 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields]
1346 641 2.100
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 41 Parapsychology-related entries
1293 862 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 52 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1267 948 1.336
13 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 116 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1069 893 1.197
14 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update]
1045 878 1.190
15 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 31 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1016 518 1.961
16 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 60 Conspiracy theory-related entries
872 762 1.144
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.
613 567 1.081
18 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 55 AME Publishing Company-related entries
589 484 1.217
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list]
578 472 1.225
20 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not.
504 445 1.133
21 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 136 ResearchGate-related entries
495 450 1.100
22 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 128 Propaganda-related entries
472 389 1.213
23 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review".
456 416 1.096
24 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
452 384 1.177
25 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list]
403 352 1.145
26 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Frontiers in Bioscience-related entries
350 329 1.064
27 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 177 Blog hosting services-related entries
345 299 1.154
28 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star.
285 159 1.792
29 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 24 Chiropractic-related entries
279 136 2.051
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 158 Unpublished-related entries
257 229 1.122
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 10 Medwell Journals-related entries
230 198 1.162
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 16 HuffPost-related entries
218 205 1.063
34 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
208 194 1.072
35 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 18 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
206 192 1.073
36 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 24 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
197 185 1.065
37 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal
196 155 1.265
38 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list]
152 119 1.277
39 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list]
149 132 1.129
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed.
147 120 1.225
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 12 Science Publishing Group-related entries
140 128 1.094
42 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list]
139 116 1.198
43 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 38 Superseded theories in science-related entries
129 115 1.122
44 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
127 112 1.134
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]
115 104 1.106
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]
98 84 1.167
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 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 19 Creationism-related entries
89 55 1.618
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.
88 82 1.073
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]
49 47 1.043
60 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Homeopathy-related entries
49 27 1.815
61 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
62 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 12 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
46 41 1.122
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 31 IGI Global-related entries
43 43 1.000
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 10 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
41 33 1.242
65 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list]
40 38 1.053
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list]
39 37 1.054
67 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list]
38 37 1.027
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list]
38 26 1.462
69 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 18 Alchemy-related entries
37 35 1.057
70 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list]
35 32 1.094
71 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list]
35 31 1.129
72 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org
35 27 1.296
73 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
34 13 2.615
74 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list]
33 31 1.065
75 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK).
32 31 1.032
76 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list]
32 30 1.067
77 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list]
32 25 1.280
78 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list]
32 23 1.391
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 10 Science Publications-related entries
30 30 1.000
80 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update]
30 29 1.034
81 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list]
30 25 1.200
82 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list]
29 26 1.115
83 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list]
27 27 1.000
84 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times.
27 24 1.125
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 9 Astrology-related entries
27 22 1.227
86 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints
27 22 1.227
87 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields]
26 19 1.368
88 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list]
26 17 1.529
89 InTech Open Access Publisher | {{doi|10.5772}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 24 InTech Open Access Publisher-related entries
25 24 1.042
90 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one
25 22 1.136
91 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch.
25 14 1.786
92 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
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.
23 22 1.045
94 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list]
23 22 1.045
95 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium.
23 22 1.045
96 Wikipedia
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
See WP:RSP#Wikipedia.
23 19 1.211
97 Pharmacognosy Magazine
[Beall's journal list / update]
22 22 1.000
98 Oncoscience (journal)
[Beall's journal list]
22 19 1.158
99 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list]
22 16 1.375
100 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list]
21 21 1.000

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