Price Policy

Georgian Medical Journal

Price Policy

Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG)  ·  Open Access  ·  CC BY 4.0  ·  editor@gmj.ge  ·  gmj.ge

1) Universal Publication Grant — All Submissions (5 January 2025 – 1 January 2027)

 

From 5 January 2025 to 1 January 2027 — Authors pay nothing.

Every accepted article receives a 100% PHIG Publication Grant covering the full Article Processing Charge. This applies to all article types, all authors, all nationalities, and all funding situations — no application required.

This grant is provided by the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG) as a founding institutional commitment to open, barrier-free scientific communication during GMJ's inaugural period. PHIG is actively developing partnerships with international health organisations, research foundations, and institutional donors to extend and expand grant coverage beyond 2027 — with the goal of sustaining full or partial APC support for authors from Georgia, the South Caucasus, and low-resource settings globally.

Editorial decisions are made solely on scientific merit and are entirely independent of fees or grant status.

Articles submitted before 1 January 2027 and accepted after this date remain covered by the grant, provided the submission was received within this window. Authors will be notified of their status at the point of acceptance.

2) APCs after the Grant Period (effective 1 January 2027)

Note: The APC schedule below takes effect from 1 January 2027. All articles accepted before this date are published free of charge under the universal grant described in Section 1.

Article Type APC (USD)
Original Research / Systematic Review / Meta-analysis $690
Quality Improvement / Health Services / Methods $490
Brief Report / Research Letter / Case Report $350
Guideline / Position Statement / Editorial / Viewpoint $0–$190 (invited: $0)
Conference Proceedings (full peer-reviewed paper) $290
Conference Abstract / Poster Summary $90
Student Research Paper $190
Student Case Report / Research Letter $120

Payment accepted in USD or Georgian lari (GEL) at the National Bank of Georgia official exchange rate on the invoice date. Payment by bank transfer or credit/debit card following receipt of an invoice. Institutional billing available on request.

3) Waivers, Discounts & Grants (from 1 January 2027)

 

PHIG Publication Grant

Annual fund covering up to 100% of APCs. Priority: Georgian public hospitals, universities, and unfunded projects aligned with national public health priorities. Cannot be combined with other GMJ waivers but supersedes them where it covers a higher proportion.
 

Country-Income Waivers (World Bank classification)

Low-Income countries: 90% discount  ·  Lower-Middle-Income: 50% discount  ·  Upper-Middle-Income: 30% discount
Classification assessed at the date of submission.
 

Early-Career Waiver

Up to 90% discount for residents, interns, and MPH/PhD students as first or corresponding author. Proof of enrolment or position required.
 

Unfunded Research

50–100% discount on a case-by-case basis with brief written justification.
 

Reviewer Voucher

20% discount for timely, high-quality GMJ reviews. Transferable to a co-author, valid 24 months from date of issue.
 

How to Apply

Submit a waiver request at submission or before acceptance, stating institution, funding status, and waiver sought. Decisions within 5–7 business days by a team entirely separate from peer review. Waiver decisions are never communicated to the handling editor before the final publication decision.

4) Conference Proceedings — Official Partnership Programme

GMJ actively invites medical and public health conferences to establish GMJ as their official proceedings journal. Under this partnership, peer-reviewed abstracts, poster summaries, and full conference papers are published in a dedicated GMJ issue or supplement, assigned individual Crossref DOIs (prefix 10.66636), and made permanently open access.

 

What GMJ Offers Conference Partners

— Dedicated thematic issue or supplement with conference name and branding
— Individual Crossref DOIs for every accepted abstract, poster, and full paper
— Permanent open-access archiving and global discoverability
— Structured metadata for Google Scholar and indexing databases
— Certificate of publication for all contributing authors
— Full editorial and production support

Eligibility: Conferences must be organised by a recognised academic, professional, or governmental body in medicine, public health, or a related health discipline. GMJ does not publish proceedings from commercial or predatory events.

How to apply: Contact editor@gmj.ge with a brief description of the conference, expected number of submissions, and proposed timeline. GMJ will confirm eligibility and provide a partnership agreement within 10 business days.

All conference submissions undergo editorial review. Acceptance is not guaranteed and is based on scientific merit. During the universal grant period (through 1 January 2027), all accepted conference content is published free of charge.

5) Student Submissions

GMJ actively welcomes research by medical and public health students — undergraduate, graduate, MD, MPH, and PhD — as a core part of its mission to support the next generation of Georgian and regional researchers.

Students may submit independently or with a faculty supervisor or senior clinician as co-author. GMJ strongly recommends — but does not require — that student manuscripts be reviewed by an experienced mentor before submission.

Student article types accepted:
— Student Research Paper (original research, methods, or pilot studies)
— Student Case Report / Research Letter
— Student Review or Narrative Summary
— Student Conference Abstract or Poster

During the universal grant period (through 1 January 2027), all accepted student submissions are published free of charge.

6) What APCs Cover

 

A single APC covers the full publication service — no hidden charges

— Editorial management and workflow administration
— Double-anonymised peer review coordination
— Plagiarism and similarity screening
— Professional copyediting and typesetting
— DOI registration via Crossref (prefix 10.66636, from 9 April 2026)
— Permanent open-access online hosting
— CC BY 4.0 licensing and rights management
— Structured metadata for indexing and discoverability
— Long-term preservation via PKP Preservation Network (LOCKSS/CLOCKSS)
— Publication certificate upon request

7) No Additional Charges

GMJ does not charge for: manuscript submission, colour figures or images, supplementary files or datasets, links to external data repositories, editorial notices (corrections, expressions of concern, retractions), manuscript length beyond standard limits (within reason), or language editing requests during revision.

8) Refunds

Circumstance Refund
Journal-initiated withdrawal after acceptance 100%
Author withdrawal after acceptance, before production begins 50%
Author withdrawal after production begins No refund
Post-publication editorial notice (correction/retraction) No charge

Approved refunds are processed within 30 days via the original payment method. Refund requests must be submitted in writing to editor@gmj.ge.

9) Effective Dates

Period Status
5 January 2025 – 1 January 2027 Universal 100% PHIG Grant — no charges apply
From 1 January 2027 APCs in force as per Section 2

GMJ reserves the right to extend the universal grant period. Any changes will be announced on the journal website with a minimum of 60 days' notice and will not apply retroactively to articles already under review or accepted.

 

Contact — For APC, waiver, invoice, conference partnership, or grant enquiries: editor@gmj.ge  ·  gmj.ge