The University of Malaya is a public university situated in Kuala Lumpur, the national capital and largest city in Malaysia. It is the first-born university in Malaysia and is the uppermost ranking Malaysian foundation of higher education according to several international ranking agencies. According to the latest Kscien survey, 3.7% of the Malaya papers have been published in the predatory journals.

A random sample from the studies published by the university teaching staffs composing of 4301 papers showed that 162 (3.7%) of the papers have been published in the predatory journals that have already been flagged by Kscien organization for scientific research. The survey was accomplished on May 1, 2019.  Although this ratio is lower than the data of the other universities that were previously announced (table), the number is not negligible and should be taken seriously in order to overcome the predatory complications.