Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) is published by the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG), Tbilisi, Georgia. PHIG advances evidence-based practice, quality, and patient safety through research, education, and open scientific communication.
To foster rigorous, ethical, and impactful medical scholarship relevant to Georgia and the wider region; to make knowledge openly accessible; and to support capacity-building for early-career researchers and clinicians.
GMJ’s editors make decisions independently of PHIG, sponsors, and advertisers. Editorial policy follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) principles.
GMJ is open access under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright and grant GMJ a licence to publish.
GMJ does not charge submission fees. At present there are no article processing charges (APCs). Any future changes will be announced with clear waiver/discount policies.
Persistent identifiers: Crossref Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for all citable items.
Archiving: Deposits with community preservation services (e.g., PKP Preservation Network / LOCKSS / CLOCKSS or equivalents) and mirrored backups.
Interoperability: Machine-readable metadata and OAI-PMH support to facilitate indexing and discovery.
Journal management and policy stewardship
Editorial and production workflows (copyediting, typesetting, proofs)
Website and platform maintenance
Ethics oversight and compliance support
Discoverability and metadata management
Author education (guidelines, templates, good reporting practice)
Imprint: Publisher of record — Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG), Tbilisi, Georgia
Contact: editor@gmj.ge · www.gmj.ge
A new scientific commentary published in the Georgian Medical Journal examines the ethical and legal foundations for including critically ill patients in clinical research. The article is based on international standards and the Georgian regulatory context and is available in English with a DOI.
An overview of the evolution of ISO 15189—from a technical laboratory standard to a foundation of patient safety and health system trust—highlighting the roles of international organisations, WHO, and modern accreditation frameworks.
