Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Sains Malaysiana

Country

Malaysia

Universities and research institutions in Malaysia
Media Ranking in Malaysia

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

National University of Malaysia in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

43

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

01266039

Coverage

2006-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

jsm@ukm.edu.my

Scope

Sains Malaysiana is a refereed journal committed to the advancement of scholarly knowledge and research findings of the several branches of science and technology. It contains articles on Earth Sciences, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. The journal publishes articles, reviews, and research notes whose content and approach are of interest to a wide range of scholars. Sains Malaysiana is published by the UKM Press an its autonomous Editorial Board are drawn from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In addition, distinguished scholars from local and foreign universities are appointed to serve as advisory board members and referees. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Multidisciplinary2007Q4
Multidisciplinary2008Q3
Multidisciplinary2009Q3
Multidisciplinary2010Q3
Multidisciplinary2011Q3
Multidisciplinary2012Q2
Multidisciplinary2013Q2
Multidisciplinary2014Q2
Multidisciplinary2015Q2
Multidisciplinary2016Q2
Multidisciplinary2017Q2
Multidisciplinary2018Q2
Multidisciplinary2019Q2
Multidisciplinary2020Q2
Multidisciplinary2021Q2
Multidisciplinary2022Q2
Multidisciplinary2023Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20070.101
20080.161
20090.157
20100.141
20110.169
20120.207
20130.223
20140.237
20150.230
20160.215
20170.250
20180.228
20190.250
20200.251
20210.263
20220.235
20230.216
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
200629
200732
200868
2009130
2010150
2011211
2012211
2013243
2014250
2015223
2016238
2017296
2018348
2019300
2020318
2021320
2022332
2023257
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.098
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.208
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.574
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.651
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.764
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.725
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.771
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.832
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.933
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20201.101
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.227
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.235
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.098
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.225
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.209
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.428
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.595
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.694
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.738
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.685
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.758
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.778
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.887
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20201.109
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.224
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.165
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.970
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.180
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.217
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.457
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.598
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.711
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.685
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.570
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.607
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.653
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.684
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.798
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20201.173
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20211.092
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.002
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.840
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20084
Self Cites200910
Self Cites20106
Self Cites201118
Self Cites201232
Self Cites201336
Self Cites201438
Self Cites201542
Self Cites201641
Self Cites2017118
Self Cites2018110
Self Cites2019138
Self Cites2020105
Self Cites202196
Self Cites2022109
Self Cites202377
Total Cites20060
Total Cites20070
Total Cites20086
Total Cites200929
Total Cites201048
Total Cites2011149
Total Cites2012292
Total Cites2013397
Total Cites2014491
Total Cites2015482
Total Cites2016476
Total Cites2017539
Total Cites2018589
Total Cites2019782
Total Cites20201047
Total Cites20211182
Total Cites20221093
Total Cites2023941
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20060
External Cites per document20070.000
External Cites per document20080.033
External Cites per document20090.147
External Cites per document20100.183
External Cites per document20110.376
External Cites per document20120.530
External Cites per document20130.631
External Cites per document20140.681
External Cites per document20150.625
External Cites per document20160.608
External Cites per document20170.592
External Cites per document20180.633
External Cites per document20190.730
External Cites per document20200.998
External Cites per document20211.124
External Cites per document20221.049
External Cites per document20230.891
Cites per document20060.000
Cites per document20070.000
Cites per document20080.098
Cites per document20090.225
Cites per document20100.209
Cites per document20110.428
Cites per document20120.595
Cites per document20130.694
Cites per document20140.738
Cites per document20150.685
Cites per document20160.665
Cites per document20170.758
Cites per document20180.778
Cites per document20190.887
Cites per document20201.109
Cites per document20211.224
Cites per document20221.165
Cites per document20230.970
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
200613.79
20070.00
20085.88
20097.69
201010.67
201117.54
201218.96
201316.46
201419.20
201514.80
201618.49
201715.54
201815.23
201921.33
202020.44
202124.38
202220.78
202325.29
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20080
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20121
Non-citable documents20131
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20161
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Citable documents20060
Citable documents200729
Citable documents200861
Citable documents2009129
Citable documents2010230
Citable documents2011348
Citable documents2012490
Citable documents2013571
Citable documents2014663
Citable documents2015703
Citable documents2016715
Citable documents2017711
Citable documents2018757
Citable documents2019882
Citable documents2020944
Citable documents2021966
Citable documents2022938
Citable documents2023970
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20060
Uncited documents200729
Uncited documents200856
Uncited documents2009107
Uncited documents2010192
Uncited documents2011253
Uncited documents2012317
Uncited documents2013357
Uncited documents2014395
Uncited documents2015438
Uncited documents2016435
Uncited documents2017414
Uncited documents2018411
Uncited documents2019445
Uncited documents2020464
Uncited documents2021462
Uncited documents2022440
Uncited documents2023501
Cited documents20060
Cited documents20070
Cited documents20085
Cited documents200922
Cited documents201038
Cited documents201195
Cited documents2012174
Cited documents2013215
Cited documents2014270
Cited documents2015266
Cited documents2016281
Cited documents2017297
Cited documents2018346
Cited documents2019437
Cited documents2020480
Cited documents2021504
Cited documents2022498
Cited documents2023469
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
200630.30
200729.87
200829.14
200930.17
201031.97
201134.80
201237.94
201337.42
201435.14
201538.04
201638.54
201738.43
201844.56
201941.93
202044.49
202146.16
202247.28
202343.58
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton201511
Overton20160
Overton20174
Overton20185
Overton20195
Overton20202
Overton20210
Overton20221
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201898
SDG201975
SDG2020105
SDG2021129
SDG2022133
SDG2023107
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