GMJ Preprint Policy Published — Manuscripts from medRxiv Welcome

The Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) is pleased to announce the publication of its formal Preprint Policy, effective 28 May 2026.

GMJ now formally accepts manuscripts that have been previously posted on recognised preprint servers. Posting a manuscript on a preprint server does not constitute prior publication, and the existence of a preprint has no bearing — positive or negative — on the editorial decision at GMJ. This policy is consistent with the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and aligns with the preprint policies of BMJ, The Lancet, PLOS Medicine, Nature, JAMA, and eLife.

Recognised servers include medRxiv, bioRxiv, Preprints.org, OSF Preprints, SSRN, and Research Square. Authors submitting a manuscript that has been posted as a preprint must disclose the preprint server name and DOI in their cover letter and in the OJS metadata fields at the time of submission.

GMJ's editorial scope — public health, health policy, epidemiology, migration health, health systems, and clinical medicine — aligns closely with medRxiv's subject categories. GMJ is registered on medRxiv and is exploring formal integration with the medRxiv-to-Journal (M2J) transfer programme.

Upon publication, Crossref metadata automatically links the GMJ Version of Record (DOI prefix 10.66636) to the original preprint, ensuring full version transparency for readers and citation systems.

Read the full policy: https://gmj.ge/index.php/pub/preprint-policy

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