We analysed 580 articles (original articles only) published in
Medical Journal of Malaysia between 2004 and 2008, the
resources referenced by the articles and the citations and
impact received. Our aim was to examine article and author
productivity, the age of references used and impact of the
journal. Publication data was obtained from MyAIS database
and Google Scholar provided the citation data. From the 580
articles analyzed, contributors mainly come from the
hospitals, universities and clinics. Contributions from foreign
authors are low. The useful lives of references cited were
between 3 to 11 years. ISI derived Impact factor for MJM
ranged between 0.378 to 0.616. Journal self-citation is low.
Out of the 580 sampled articles, 76.8% have been cited at
least once over the 5 years and the ratio of total publications
to citations is 1: 2.6.