Asia Pacific Scholar

Aims & Scope

TAPS aims to address the needs of health professionals involved in the education of future practitioners.

It provides a forum for communication amongst health professional educators across the disciplines.

The journal’s areas of focus include: research in medical and health professional education, pedagogical innovations, educational leadership and management.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Global Perspective on Continuing Professional Development

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Lawrence T., Kathy B.

• Are residents learners or workers? A historical perspective in Japan

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Hirohisa, Daisuke, Masato

• Validation of the perceived stress scale (PSS-10) in medical and health sciences students in Hong Kong

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Julie Yun, Weng-Yee, Agnes, Janet, Ian C K, Alan, Yibin, Mai Har, Joyce Pui Yan, Chak Sing

• The Odyssey of Medical Education in Indonesia

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Rita, Hiroshi, Sjamsuhidajat, Albert

• Delivering on Social Accountability: Canada’s Northern Ontario School of Medicine

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Roger

• “Just tell me what I need to know to pass the exam!” Can active flipped learning overcome passivity?

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Diane, Wei, Emma, Tehmina, Peter, Rebecca

• Fostering student engagement using online, collaborative reading assignments mediated by Perusall

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Seow Chong, Foong May

• Patients’ decision-making in the informed consent process in a hierarchical and communal culture

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Astrid Pratidina, Brahmaputra, Jan van, Albert

• Effect of Smartphone Overuse on Sleep Problems in Medical Students

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Pairoj

• Virtual Integrated Patient: An AI supplementary tool for second-year medical students

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Juanita S. M., Boon See, Yueh Jia, Anu Bharath, Edmund J.D., Judy C. G.