Qatar Medical Journal (QMJ) and the Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care (JEMTAC), which are two journals hosted by Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press’ (HBKU Press) online and open access platform, QScience.com, have been recently indexed with the World Health Organization’s Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR).
Research indexing bodies facilitate the dissemination of a researcher’s work on a global scale while guaranteeing certain accreditation and standards. They can improve citation scores and maintain a researcher’s intellectual property rights.
The World Health Organization’s IMEMR, one of the major projects of the Virtual Health Sciences Library, was initiated in response to a pressing need to index health and biomedical journals in the region.
The Index Medicus maps and archives health literature produced in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and fills the gap of the near absence of health and biomedical journals published in the region from international indexing and abstracting services.
It also assists authors and researchers with networking and developing communities of practice to gain visibility at the national, regional and international levels; encourages local publishing of health and biomedical sciences literature; and creates an environment that fosters improvements in quality, increases competition, and leads to aspiration for better information products.
Currently, the index includes more than 180,000 bibliographic citations from more than 645 health and biomedical journals published in 20 countries of the region: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, occupied Palestinian territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
QMJ and JEMTAC make up two of the four journals that are published in Qatar and are indexed by WHO. Both journals showcase the many scientific advances of Qatar and the region.
QMJ publishes original work, reviews articles, and case reports that are particularly relevant to medicine in the broad sense. Its editors-in-chief include Dr. Abdurrazak Gehani of Al-Ahli Hospital, as well as Dr. Mohamad Alkadi and Professor Jassim Al Suwaidi, both working at HMC.
JEMTAC is a journal for discussion of all topics related to emergency medicine and subsequent patient care. The journal aims to encourage the dissemination of local and international knowledge in an area that is one of the most challenging fields of medicine. It also encourages the inclusion of trauma and intensive care as the latest sub-specialities in the field of emergency medicine.
JEMTAC’s editors-in-chief are Dr. Hassan Al Thani and Dr. Sandro Rizoli from the Trauma Section at Hamad Medical Corporation.
Other QScience journals, articles and books are also indexed in top recognized indexing bodies such as the Directory of Open Access Journals, Scimago, the Directory of Open Access Books, Google Scholar, and PubMed Central.
QScience.com currently hosts open-access scholarly journals, conference proceedings and eBooks, all available online for free in an effort to disseminate knowledge and understanding of scientific, social, political and health-related subjects while adhering to international publishing standards.
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