About Journal

International Journal of Medical arts “IJMA” is international, open access, double-blinded, peer-reviewed journal, published on behalf of Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. IJMA aims to provide the scientific community with a timely publishing platform for high-quality original and scholarly research, and it serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and trending ideas between researchers in the medical field or in relation to it (e.g., it publishes articles of general interest to clinicians, pharmacists, nurses, lab technicians, policymakers, primary healthcare providers, dentists, scientists, etc..).    

The journal welcomes articles aiming to improve clinical practice, benefit health policymakers, increase the understanding of pathophysiological aspects of diseases, with a direct helpful impact on human health.

IJMA adheres to the highest ethical standards in all processes related to medical publishing.  Articles are published online when ready for publication as Articles in Press or Ahead of Print. Additional issues may be published for special events.

As an Open Access journal, users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles under the “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-SA 4.0)”.  [Adopted in volume 2, Issue 4, October 2020]. Previous Issues published under the “Creative Commons license [CC BY] [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/]”. For more information about the current license, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

International Journal of Medical Arts is indexed in J-Gate database.

Reasons to publish with International Journal of Medical Arts

  • High standard, rigorous peer review

  • Quality and reputation

  • Immediate open access, freely available to read, download and share

  • Fully compliant with all open access standards

  • Authors retain copyright. Articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution, ShareAlike, version 4, License

  • Now indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals, Index Copernicus and J-Gate.

  • Average 15 days from submission to a first decision!

  • Average 45 days from submission to preliminary acceptance (depends on article quality, authors revisions and reviewer’s response).