25 Medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology Asia | 1823-6138 | 149 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS) | 2523-692X | 84 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine | 1675-0306 | 71 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| International Food Research Journal | 2231-7546 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Education in Medicine Journal | 2180-1932 | 64 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Tropical biomedicine | 0127-5720 | 62 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Biochemistry Microbiology and Biotechnology | 2289-5779 | 61 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal | 1985-2533 | 61 | 2 | ≈ ₹5,804 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Applied Biology | 0126-8643 | 57 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | 1511-4511 | 50 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Health and Quality of Life | 3030-5101 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Medical Research | 2550-1607 | 32 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia | 1675-8161 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine | 2600-8173 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Science and Technology | 2229-8460 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2289-6147 | 29 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Semarak International Journal of Public Health and Primary Care | 3083-8401 | 29 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS) | 1985-1758 | 28 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal of Pharmacy | 2773-5664 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal Of Cardiovascular Neurovascular & Stroke | 2600-7800 | 22 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Pharmacy | 1675-3666 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Progress In Microbes & Molecular Biology | 2637-1049 | 20 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,69,279 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Malaysian Journal of Ergonomics (MJEr) | 2773-501X | 17 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of Surgical Academia | 2231-7481 | 10 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Life Sciences Medicine and Biomedicine | 2600-7207 | 10 | 2 | ≈ ₹24,183 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |