Information For Librarians

Information · For Librarians
Add GMJ to your library catalogue
Open-access, peer-reviewed, persistently identified, fully archived
A free, COPE-aligned medical and public-health journal that meets every criterion for inclusion in academic and hospital library e-journal collections.

No subscription cost · No DRM · No registration walls · CC BY 4.0 reuse permitted

1) Why list GMJ in your library

We encourage research librarians, hospital librarians, and university collection managers to list the Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) among their library's electronic journal holdings. Listing is straightforward and incurs no cost — GMJ is fully open access under CC BY 4.0, and all content is freely available to readers, students, and researchers without subscription, paywall, or registration.

2) Quick facts for cataloguers

Field Value
Title Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ)
Title (Georgian) საქართველოს სამედიცინო ჟურნალი
ISSN (electronic) 3088-4322
DOI prefix 10.66636 (Crossref)
Publisher Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG), Tbilisi
Subject Medicine; Public Health; Health Policy; Clinical Sciences
Languages English, Georgian
Frequency Continuous publication; volumes annually
Founded 5 January 2025
Open access Diamond / Platinum (no APC, no reader fees)
Licence CC BY 4.0 (authors retain copyright)
Peer review Double-anonymised; ICMJE/COPE compliant
URL https://gmj.ge
OAI-PMH endpoint https://gmj.ge/index.php/pub/oai
Contact editor@gmj.ge

3) Persistent identifiers & long-term archiving

DOIs via Crossref
All articles are assigned persistent DOIs through Crossref (prefix 10.66636). DOIs from the launch period (5 Jan 2025 – 8 Apr 2026) were issued through Zenodo / DataCite and remain permanently valid.
Multi-layer preservation
Articles are archived through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) with distributed LOCKSS, the CLOCKSS dark archive, and Zenodo (CERN) — guaranteeing perpetual access.

4) Indexing & discovery services

Indexed in 21 databases: Crossref · Google Scholar · OpenAlex · BASE · Scilit · CORE · The Lens · OpenAIRE · ERIH+ · ETH Library / swisscovery · Index Copernicus · EuroPub · Zenodo · OpenDOAR · ROAD · ISSN Portal · Wikidata · ISIndexing · ResearchBib · ASCI · OAI-PMH
Applications submitted: DOAJ · SHERPA RoMEO
Strategic roadmap (2027+): PMC · MEDLINE · Scopus · Web of Science · EBSCO · ProQuest
→ Full details: Indexing & Discoverability

5) Standards & technical infrastructure

GMJ is published on Open Journal Systems (OJS) — the open-source journal management and publishing platform developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The platform exposes article metadata via OAI-PMH for harvesting by discovery services, library link resolvers, and union catalogues. Articles are delivered in HTML and PDF; full-text search is supported. Libraries interested in hosting OJS for faculty-led journals may find the platform well suited to their institutional needs.

6) For your patrons

No barriers, no friction. Patrons can read, download, share, adapt, and reuse all articles under CC BY 4.0 with appropriate attribution. Each article page provides one-click citation export in BibTeX, RIS, and EndNote — compatible with Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote desktop. There are no pop-ups, no advertising trackers, and no third-party reader analytics.

7) Need a MARC record or KBART file?

Contact the editorial office at editor@gmj.ge with the subject line "Library inclusion — [your institution]". We can supply a MARC 21 record, a KBART export, or a tailored title-list extract on request, normally within two working days.

Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) · Published by the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG) · Open Access · CC BY 4.0 · ISSN 3088-4322 · DOI prefix 10.66636 · gmj.ge