About this journal

Aims and scope

The International Journal of General Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on general and internal medicine. The journal showcases categorized research on diseases related to specific areas of the body, curated by a global team of experts within each area.

Clinical studies in all areas of human disease and medicine are welcome.

Specific topics covered by the journal include:

• Diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases
• Elucidation of disease processes and management protocols
• Patient perspectives including satisfaction, quality of life, health literacy and communication
• Development of new healthcare programs and optimizing clinical outcomes
• Improved patient outcomes
• Monitoring and treatment protocols
• Multi-system disease processes
• Prevention
• Pathogenesis
• Epidemiology

The International Journal of General Medicine is characterized by the rapid reporting of reviews, original research, and clinical studies across all disease areas.

When considering submission of a paper utilizing publicly available data (e.g. SEER/GWAS/TCGA/GEO etc.), authors should ensure that such studies add significantly to the body of knowledge about a specific disease or relevant phenotype and that they are validated using the author’s own data through replication in an independent sample set and functional follow-up. Bioinformatics studies should also conform to these criteria.

The International Journal of General Medicine will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. The journal will not consider research purely focusing on surgical techniques, cell lines or animal studies.

Case reports/series submitted to the International Journal of General Medicine will be diverted to the International Medical Case Reports Journal (Journal metric data for this journal can be accessed here).

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 452K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.2 (2023) 5 year IF

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief

Professor Kenneth Adler, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 

Dr Scott Fraser, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland, UK

Jump to section

The International Journal of General Medicine publishes across 12 areas of general and internal medicine. Each section is led by Associate Editor-in-Chiefs, as listed below.

Cardiology

Dr Vinay Kumar, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

Dr Redoy Ranjan, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Stroke Scientist, Royal Holloway University Of London, London, UK

Prof. Dr. Yuriy Sirenko, Department of Arterial Hypertensions, National Scientific Center, National Academy of Medical Science, Kyiv, Ukraine

Clinical Neurology

Dr Woon-Man Kung, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Dr Redoy Ranjan, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Stroke Scientist, Royal Holloway University Of London, London, UK

Endocrinology

Associate Editor-in-Chiefs

Dr Sarah Cipriani, Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Dr Jacopo Manso, Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism Specialist, Endocrinology Unit, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy

Associate Editor

Professor Xudong Zhu, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Gastroenterology

Associate Editor-in-Chiefs

Dr Christian Selinger, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK

Dr Hossam El-Din Shaaban, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Consultant, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK 

Associate Editor

Professor Xudong Zhu, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

General Medicine

Dr Vinay Kumar, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA 

Dr Woon-Man Kung, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Hematology

Professor Arthur E. Frankel, Chief of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Professor David E. Stec, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

Hepatology

Professor Hyam Leffert, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Dr Hossam El-Din Shaaban, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy consultant, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK

Infectious Diseases

Professor Héctor M. Mora Montes, Department of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Dr Sandul Yasobant, Centre for One Health, Education, Research & Development (COHERD), Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Nephrology

Dr. Franco Musio, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

David E. Stec, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

Oncology

Professor Dr. Leonardo Oliveira Reis, UroScience, School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas and University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Dr Dinesh Vyas, Department of Surgery, California Northstate University College of Medicine, Elk Grove, CA, USA

Public Health

Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University, Tama Campus, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Satish Chandrasekhar Nair, College of Medicine, Tawam Hospital, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Dr Sandul Yasobant, Centre for One Health, Education, Research & Development (COHERD), Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Urology

Dr Daniele Castellani, Urology Division, University Hospital of Ancona United Hospitals, Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy

Professor Dr. Leonardo Oliveira Reis, UroScience, School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas and University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Editorial Board Members

Dr Priyanka Bhugra, Clinical Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, USA

Dr Charlie Bridgewood, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Dr Kevin Chamberlin, Pharmacy, UConn School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT, USA

Prof. Dr. Gopal Krishna Dhali, Gastroenterology, School of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Professor Perenlei Enkhbaatar, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

Professor Asghar Fazaeli, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan Province, Zanjan, Iran

Professor Levent Filik, Gastroenterology Department, Ankara Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Dr Domenico Giannese, Nephrology Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Dr Anju Gupta, Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India

Professor Anut Itthagarun, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Griffith University, QLD, Australia

Professor Robert Kaplan, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Dr Erum Khan, Department of Neurology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA 

Prof. Dr. Shinichi Mitsui, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Professor Franz Oesch, Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Dr Russell Phillips, Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Dr Amit Ray, Neurology, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Dr Kamal Kant Sahu, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Dr Taro Shimizu, Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Shimotsuga, Tochigi, Japan

Dr Vasileios Zochios, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of General Medicine is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

EMBASE (Elsevier)

Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)

Open access

International Journal of General Medicine is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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