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Malaysian Applied Biology

Malaysian Society of Applied Biology · Malaysia · Est. 1977

ISSN0126-8643eISSN2462-151X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-07-18). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.226

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.28

Total Worksi

517

Total Citationsi

1,027

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 81 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications517

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Malaysian Society of Applied Biology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0126-8643 / 2462-151X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

258

2020

205

2021

106

378

2022

200

2023

138

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish Biology and Ecology StudiesProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides

Frequently asked questions about Malaysian Applied Biology

Is Malaysian Applied Biology a predatory journal?

Malaysian Applied Biology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-07-18). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Malaysian Applied Biology?

Malaysian Applied Biology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.77.

Is Malaysian Applied Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Malaysian Applied Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Malaysian Applied Biology?