摘要Objective:To draw on data about publication patterns and citation indicators ofAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine(APJTM) during2008 andJune2014 in order to know about the current state of the journal.Methods:Data used in this study were collected based on publications inAPJTM from2008 toJune,2014.Information including publication issue, type of manuscript, country/region of corresponding author, funded research paper, and international collaboration were aggregated and analyzed withExcel software.Citation indicators including total cites, average cites of each manuscript, h-index, and impact factors were primarily drawn fromWeb ofScienceTM database onJune15,2014 and changes over the past six and half years were interpreted.The top10 most cited papers inWeb ofScienceTM database were also analyzed. Results:Number of all submissions has arisen from less than200 in2008 to over1500 in2013, manuscript acceptance rate has decreased to be less than14.00% indicating its improvement in quality over this period of time.Out of the1115 publiations,23.77% were fruits of funded projects or produced by funded co-authors,87.08% of all publications inAPJTM were submited by authors from10 most contributed countries.During the studied period, each published manuscript in the journal has received an average of1.05 cites, and at least10 publications has been cited for more 10 times.Conclusion:Detailed analysis showsAPJTM has made great progress over the past six and half years, but authors’ originating countries are still disproportionate.Efforts should be made to improve its citation indicators.