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Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society · Malaysia · Est. 1969

ISSN2180-4338

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.11

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

528

Total Citationsi

1,217

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Cultural Studies; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications528

Publisher OrgMalaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2180-4338

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

English

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

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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.

HistoryQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Asian Studies and HistorySocioeconomic Development in AsiaGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesEducation and Islamic StudiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesMaritime Security and HistoryVietnamese History and Culture StudiesPhilippine History and CultureIslamic Finance and Banking Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Is Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society?

Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.11.

Is Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society?