GMS Journal for Medical Education

Aims & Scope

GMS Journal for Medical Education (GMS J Med Educ) – formerly GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung – publishes scientific articles on all aspects of undergraduate and graduate education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and other health professions.

Research and review articles, project reports, short communications as well as discussion papers and comments may be submitted.

There is a special focus on empirical studies which are methodologically sound and lead to results that are relevant beyond the respective institution, profession or country.

Please feel free to submit qualitative as well as quantitative studies.

We especially welcome submissions by students.

It is the mission of GMS Journal for Medical Education to contribute to furthering scientific knowledge in the German-speaking countries as well as internationally and thus to foster the improvement of teaching and learning and to build an evidence base for undergraduate and graduate education.

To this end, the journal has set up an editorial board with international experts.

All manuscripts submitted are subjected to a clearly structured peer review process.

All articles are published bilingually in English and German and are available with unrestricted open access.

Thus, GMS Journal for Medical Education is available to a broad international readership.

GMS Journal for Medical Education is published as an unrestricted open access journal with at least four issues per year.

In addition, special issues on current topics in medical education research are also published.

Until 2015 the journal was published under its German name GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung.

By changing its name to GMS Journal for Medical Education, we wish to underline our international mission.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 800.00 EUR. Learn more.

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