Baishideng Publishing Group

Baishideng Publishing Group
Parent companyBaishideng Publishing Group Inc
StatusActive
PredecessorBaishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited
Founded1993
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationPleasanton, California
DistributionWorldwide
Key peopleLian-Sheng Ma (President)[1]
Official websitewww.wjgnet.com

Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG; Chinese: 百世登出版集团) is a publisher of medical journals based in Pleasanton, California. It was established on January 15, 1993,[2] and originally published only one journal: the Chinese-language Journal of New Digestology (renamed to the World Chinese Journal of Digestology in 1999; 世界华人消化杂志). Its second journal was the World Journal of Gastroenterology, originally launched in 1995 as the China National Journal of New Gastroenterology. As of 2017, the company published 43 journals,[2] 42 in English and one in Chinese.[1]

The company joined the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) in 2017.[2] They are also a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).[3] All 43 of BPG's journals are members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).[4]

Baishideng Publishing Group was listed on the 'original' Beall's List of potential predatory open access publishers.[5] The publisher has persisted in being listed at a successor to Beall's List, Stop Predatory Journals.[6] BPG was named in a 2019 cover story of The Walrus as a "junk publisher" alongside Scientific Research Publishing, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, and OMICS International.[7]

  1. ^ a b "About the Baishideng Publishing Group". Baishideng Publishing Group. January 13, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.[self-published source]
  2. ^ a b c "Baishideng Publishing Group joins ALPSP". Hertfordshire, England: The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers. September 6, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Member Record: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc". Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Baishideng Publishing Group Inc". Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Beall's List". December 31, 2016. Original list. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "List of Predatory Publishers". Stop Predatory Journals. January 10, 2018. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Gillis, Alex (March 27, 2019). "The Rise of Junk Science". The Walrus (Cover story). June 2019. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.