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Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

Penerbit UTM Press · Malaysia · Est. 2005

ISSN2289-5981eISSN2289-599X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.229

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.448

Total Worksi

1,346

Total Citationsi

5,743

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences is a refereed research journal that encompasses research articles, original research reports, reviews, and short communications.

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General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 111 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,346

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2004

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Penerbit UTM Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2289-5981 / 2289-599X

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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?

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

159

1.3k

2019

113

542

2020

450

2021

225

2022

105

447

2023

115

177

2024

113

2025

2026

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

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q3

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q4

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsGraph theory and applicationsMembrane Separation TechnologiesAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsHeat Transfer MechanismsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityFractional Differential Equations Solutions

Frequently asked questions about Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

Is Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences?

Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 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 0.79.

Is Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.