Journal profile · Medicine-Family Practice
Malaysian Family Physician
ISSN 1985-207X · eISSN 1985-2274 · Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · Malaysia
Malaysian Family Physician: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 82 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Malaysian Family Physician is published by Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Clinical practice guidelines implementation and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Malaysian Family Physician welcomes articles on all aspects of family medicine in the form of original research papers, review articles, CPG review, case reports, test your knowledge and letters to the editor. The journal also publishes invited debate, commentary, discussion, letters, comment, A Moment in the Life of a Family Physician and editorials on topics relevant to primary care.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Family Practice
Editor-in-chief Hani Syahida SalimPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Malaysia 22, United Kingdom 2, Singapore 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions15.3%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine6.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.8%
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine5.3%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities5%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.7%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Practice | Q2 | 30/59 | 50th |
| Community and Home Care | Q3 | 21/40 | 48th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, J-Gate, EBSCOHOST, EMCARE, Open J-Gate, MyAIS, MyCite, WPRIM
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 444 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 281 |
| 2025 | 82 | 80 | 340 |
| 2024 | 74 | 72 | 280 |
| 2023 | 75 | 73 | 206 |
| 2022 | 65 | 63 | 144 |
| 2021 | 70 | 69 | 34 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- case reportCase reports should preferably be less-commonly seen cases that have an educational value for practising doctors. Only case reports that are novel, have importa…main text ≤ 1,500 words · abstract ≤ 250 words · references ≤ 20
- letterA letter to the editor should be of relevance to primary care and in response to an article or topic published in previous issues of this journal. The length sh…main text ≤ 1,000 words · references ≤ 20
- reviewAll types of review articles, including narrative review, scoping reviews and systematic reviews are accepted for publication in MFP. A comprehensive review of …main text ≤ 250 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Policies
RESEARCH ETHICS: Evidence of ethics approval from a recognised ethics committee and informed consent should be included in the manuscript for studies involving animal experiments or human participants. When manuscripts describe studies with vulnerable populations (refer ICH-GCP guideline) and there is a risk of coercion or incomplete consent, the manuscript will undergo further evaluation by an in…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
- Country or region
- Malaysia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1985-207X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1985-2274
- Society / sponsor
- Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Malaysian Family Physician
How long does peer review take at Malaysian Family Physician?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Malaysian Family Physician?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: AMA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Malaysian Family Physician based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Malaysia (22), United Kingdom (2) and Singapore (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Malaysian Family Physician?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Malaysian Family Physician is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Malaysian Family Physician open access, and what is the APC?
Malaysian Family Physician is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .