Hainan Medical University (HMU) is established in 1993 and offers degrees in medicine to both domestic and oversea students. Focusing on the establishment of disciplines such as tropical medicine, emergency trauma and disaster medicine, reproductive medicine, ethnic Li medicine, health services and management, HMU has sponsored 5 journals: Journal of Hainan University (Chinese version), Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction and Journal of Acute Disease. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine and Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine have been included by SCI.