The Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) is a peer-reviewed, fully open-access scholarly journal published by the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). From its inception, GMJ has been structured not merely as a publication outlet, but as a standards-driven academic platform designed to ensure long-term visibility, interoperability, and preservation of Georgian and international medical research within the global scholarly ecosystem.
In contemporary scientific communication, discoverability is not incidental — it is structural. For research to influence policy, education, and clinical practice, it must be persistently identifiable, machine-readable, harvestable, and preserved across infrastructures. GMJ therefore operates in alignment with internationally recognized metadata and indexing frameworks to guarantee that every published article remains permanently accessible and citable.
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license and are assigned persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).
Online ISSN: 3088-4322
Official ISSN Portal Record:
https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/3088-4322
GMJ is listed in ROAD – the Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources maintained by the ISSN International Centre in collaboration with UNESCO:
https://road.issn.org
The official publisher registered in the ISSN database is the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG).
ISSN registration ensures international cataloguing recognition and formal identification within the global serial publications registry.
All citable items published in GMJ are assigned DOIs via Zenodo, operated by CERN:
https://zenodo.org
DOIs are registered through DataCite:
https://datacite.org
Example GMJ DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18203000
The DOI system guarantees permanent citation linkage independent of hosting infrastructure. This ensures that even in the event of platform migration or server change, citation integrity remains intact.
This approach reflects GMJ’s commitment to international research standards and citation stability.
GMJ articles are indexed and discoverable in Google Scholar, including direct indexing from the journal’s primary domain (gmj.ge):
https://scholar.google.com
Example indexed search query:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=georgian+medical+journal+pkhakadze
Structured citation metadata (citation_title, citation_author, citation_doi, citation_publication_date, etc.) is embedded at article level to facilitate academic indexing and automated citation harvesting.
Articles deposited via Zenodo are harvested by OpenAIRE:
https://explore.openaire.eu
Example OpenAIRE record:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?pid=10.5281%2Fzenodo.18109373
This integration situates GMJ publications within the European research infrastructure and enhances cross-repository visibility.
GMJ supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), enabling structured harvesting by academic libraries, repositories, and indexing aggregators.
OAI-PMH endpoint:
https://gmj.ge/index.php/pub/oai
The endpoint provides Dublin Core-compliant metadata and ensures technical interoperability across global indexing systems.
Scholarly permanence requires redundancy. GMJ employs a multi-layered preservation model:
• Zenodo (CERN infrastructure)
• DataCite DOI registry
• PKP Preservation Network (Open Journal Systems ecosystem)
• LOCKSS-compatible archiving frameworks
This layered infrastructure ensures continuity, redundancy, and resilience against data loss.
As part of its structured indexing expansion, GMJ has submitted applications to:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
https://doaj.org
ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences)
https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
https://www.base-search.net
Semantic Scholar
https://www.semanticscholar.org
Status updates are published as evaluations progress.
Subject to eligibility criteria and sustained publication stability, GMJ intends to apply to:
PubMed Central (PMC)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
MEDLINE
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline
Scopus
https://www.scopus.com
Web of Science
https://mjl.clarivate.com
EBSCO, ProQuest, and Gale
Applications to PMC, Scopus, and Web of Science will follow demonstration of sustained publication regularity, citation performance, XML technical compliance (JATS), and editorial maturity.
This phased strategy reflects institutional prudence and long-term sustainability planning.
Primary website:
https://gmj.ge
All articles are published in full open access with DOI assignment and structured metadata.
GMJ articles are also disseminated through the PHIG public health media platform SheniEkimi:
https://sheniekimi.ge/category/georgian-medical-journal/
Mobile applications:
iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/sheniekimi/id6746522706
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ge.sheniekimi.app
Telegram channel:
https://t.me/SheniEkimi
Additional dissemination occurs through the PHIG institutional platform:
https://publichealth.ge
This ecosystem model enhances knowledge translation beyond academic circles while preserving editorial independence.
The GMJ Official Podcast is a collaborative initiative between the Georgian Medical Journal and the Public Health Institute of Georgia.
Selected articles are accompanied by structured 10–15 minute scholarly audio commentaries addressing:
• Methodological rigor
• Policy implications
• Clinical relevance
• Educational context
Distribution platforms include:
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/33U05xcBx4ZERFpwppky7d
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-georgia-medical-journal-podcast/id1879124703
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/@GeorgianMedicalJournal
Amazon Music
https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/4853e78c-2d47-454e-ba85-2e0927829b9f
Castbox
https://castbox.fm/vh/7075396
Goodpods
https://go.goodpods.com/HbSmOZ
Pocket Casts
https://pca.st/1krb6adq
This multimedia extension supports modern scholarly communication and academic engagement.
Official channels include:
X
https://x.com/gmedicaljournal
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/gmj.ge
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgian-medical-journal/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/gmj.ge/
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@gmj.ge
Substack
https://substack.com/@gmjofficial
Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/gmj-georgia.bsky.social
These platforms are used for publication announcements, visual abstracts, scholarly commentary, and public health communication.
All communications adhere to international publication ethics and editorial independence standards.
To enhance indexing and citation performance, authors are encouraged to:
• Provide validated ORCID iDs
https://orcid.org
• Use precise, searchable titles
• Submit structured abstracts
• Provide 4–6 relevant keywords (MeSH where appropriate)
https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov
• Include funding statements and grant identifiers
• Provide data availability statements with dataset DOIs where applicable
These measures strengthen article discoverability and metadata quality.
For indexing, metadata, or repository inquiries:
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