ORBIT20 Arts and Humanities journals published in Malaysia with at least 10 papers in 2025. Country is where the journal is published, as OpenAlex records it, not where its authors are.
Publishing from Malaysia: the rules
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab World English Journal | 2229-9327 | 163 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| 3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies | 0128-5157 | 100 | 1 | ≈ ₹23,679 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Built Environment Journal | 1675-5022 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Idealogy Journal | 2550-214X | 89 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Design and Built Environment | 1823-4208 | 62 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART AND DESIGN | 2710-5776 | 53 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Asiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature | 1985-3106 | 51 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies | 2550-1542 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Tamil Peraivu | 2289-8379 | 47 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment | 0128-2417 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Academia | 2289-6368 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics | 2289-7208 | 26 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| The Asia Pacific Journal of Curriculum & Teaching | 2289-3008 | 25 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| AJELP The Asian Journal of English Language and Pedagogy | 2289-8689 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of ELT Research | 2716-6414 | 17 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Issues in Language Studies | 2180-2726 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| LSP International Journal | 2601-002X | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| The English Teacher | 2716-6406 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Music | 2600-9331 | 14 | 2 | ≈ ₹23,679 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| International Journal of Language Literacy and Translation | 2637-0484 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |