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CiteWatch Setup Table of Contents

Overview	Disclaimer										Syntax										Sources
/General	Unreliable fields					Mirrors and forks					Self-published					Unpublished					Hijacked					WP:RSP
/Publishers	Misc	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
/Journals	Misc	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

Note: Many entries on these lists will be things that should not normally in found in a |journal= parameter. They are included for two main reasons:

1. poor template usage – for example, if a website/publisher is put in a journal parameter by mistake (|journal=UnreliableWebsite.com) these will be picked up
2. redirect detection – oftentimes Wikipedia will not have an article about a specific journal, but it will have a redirect to its publisher (Unreliable Journal → Foo Society of Nonsense) or some other relevant article (Unreliable Journal → Founding editor)

Note: Many entries on this list will be things that should not normally in found in a |journal= parameter. They are included for two main reasons:

1. poor template usage – for example, if a website/publisher is put in a journal parameter by mistake (|journal=UnreliableWebsite.com) these will be picked up
2. redirect detection – oftentimes Wikipedia will not have an article about a specific journal, but it will have a redirect to its publisher (Unreliable Journal → Foo Society of Nonsense) or some other relevant article (Unreliable Journal → Founding editor)

Sources

The CiteWatch is based on a variety of sources:

• Bohannon – John Bohannon's 2015 list of hijacked journals
• BLJ/BLJU – Beall's List of predatory journals (Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine) (BLJ = Original list, BLJU = Updated list)
• BLP/BLPU – Beall's List of predatory publishers (Archived 2019-10-24 at the Wayback Machine) (BLP = Original list, BLPU = Updated list)
• BLH/BLHU – Beall's List of hijacked journals (Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine) (BLH = Original list, BLHU = Updated list)
• BLV – Beall's list of vanity presses (Archived 2019-11-19 at Google Cache). Not by Beall, but by the person that maintains the new list.
• CIRC – Circular references to Wikipedia, including mirrors and forks
• DEPS – Sources deprecated by Wikipedia
• DOAJ – Journals lying about being included in the DOAJ
• RSPGU – Sources rated as "generally unreliable" on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources
• QW – Quackwatch's list of non-recommended periodicals
• SELF – Self-published sources and vanity publications
• SPJJ – Stop Predatory Journals's list of predatory journals (is a mirror of Beall's original list, only differences are mentionned here)
• SPJP – Stop Predatory Journals's list of predatory publishers (is a mirror of Beall's original list, only differences are mentionned here)
• SPJH – Stop Predatory Journals's list of hijacked journals (is a mirror of Beall's original list, only differences are mentionned here)
• URF – Sources from notoriously un-reliable fields
• As well as a variety of expert testimonials detailing the poor standards of certain publications.

Many things listed here won't be journals (e.g. magazines, websites, books), but it helps to list them here in case they get cited as a journal by mistake. If someone has access to Cabell's blacklist, the journals listed there could be added as well.

Syntax

The format is

{{JCW-selected|<TARGET1>|<TARGET2>|...|doi=<DOIPREFIX>|source=<SOURCE>|note=<NOTE>}}

where <DOIPREFIX> is the doi prefix (the 10.xxxx part of 10.xxxx/....) associated with a publisher, <SOURCE> is any of the codes above, or a plain URL in brackets ([https://www.example.com]). Multiple codes should be separated with a comma BLJ, DOAJ, [1]. <NOTE> should be a short explanation if there is something special about that entry, like a legitimate journal sharing a name with a problematic one.

See {{JCW-selected}} for more information and tips on how to add entries to the CiteWatch.