Today’s world is, in many ways, unimaginably different from that of even 50 years ago. The dominant driver for such change is a new knowledge, and its translation into new ways of doing things. The first online journal of family medicine for the Middle East has started despite all obstacles, as the idea behind the journal is unique, and futuristic. From its beginning, the specialty of family practice has also distinguished itself as unique. Family practice even earned itself the designation of a "counterculture" specialty, not surprising given the individualism and rebelliousness of those who entered family practice in the early years of the specialty.

The World Family Medicine (WFM) / Middle East Journal of Family Medicine (MEJFM) is a peer-reviewed journal to meet the needs of scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and the patients and communities they serve in the Middle-East. It is born out of the growing need for the exchange of ideas and research results in the region. It will foster a knowledge base for caring for individuals, families, societies and communities. The Mission of the Journal is to promote family medicine in the Middle East. The journal publishes original clinical and educational research of interest to primary care specialties, practicing clinicians, residents and others involved in primary care and community medicine education. Faculty development and clinical research and methods are also featured in the journal. It will include state of the art review articles based on evidence based medicine and teaching case reports. Reflections from editorial members, clinicians and policy makers will be included as well. Environmental health and control of environmental hazards will receive attention, in addition to the effect of war on health.

The aim of the journal is to provide academically sound, clinically practical information for family and general physicians, in addition to the promotion of the specialty of family medicine in the Middle East Region.

The editorial and peer-review processes of the journal have full editorial autonomy from both organizational and commercial pressures. A prominent regional and international Editorial Board facilitates to direct the journal to achieve its mission and foster regional and international participation. (for details see: http://www.mejfm.com/editorial_board.htm )

Peer Review
All papers are subject to Peer Review. The time this process may take depends on the topic. The Chief Editor will advise you re publication date on submission of your paper.

Indexing
The journal is now in its 21st year and is highly respected in the Middle East region and around the world. It is indexed with EBSCOhost, EBSCO Solar, Cinhal and new Ultimate databases, and with free services like Google Scholar, Hinari, Academia and Research Gate.

It is also indexed in WHO EMRO | Publications | Library
www.emro.who.int/e-library/publications/publications.html
https://vlibrary.emro.who.int/

It was also indexed with Web of Science until early 2023 when they changed their criteria.

Impact Factor

It is almost impossible to track all readership as we are Open Access online and listed across a variety of databases.

The University of Michigan provides a search facility for several of our database listings and this can be found below.

EBSCOhost databases
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282982&p=3387694

Google Scholar
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282982&p=3387694
Website/Archives (all papers since Volume 1, Issue 1 are free to air on the journal website.)
http://www.mejfm.com/archive.htm

We receive DOI reports from CrossRef outlining the top 10 DOIs for the quarter and the top 10 DOIs for the past year. We advise individual authors if their papers have achieved this standing.

The above listings do not reflect all current readership and all current database listings.

Article processing fee and Submission of papers
Our processing fees are based on World Bank PPP (Purchase Price Parity) with discounts for quality papers from non High Income nations. The article processing charge is US $ 1000 for authors from High Income nations. A thesis or longer papers will be charged at a higher rate.

There may be a discount for lower and middle income nations, based on the special condition of these nations.

All papers must be submitted to the Chief Editor on aabyad@cyberia.net.lb; aabyad121@gmail.com

Submission of the article to the journal can be finalised once the payment method has been agreed. Any applicable article processing charge must be paid prior to publication.

The processing fee includes the cost of expert English review.

Code of Ethics
MEJFM complies with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE Recommendations), and to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for editors guidelines:

Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
www.icmje.org

COPE Code of Conduct
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/New_Code.pdf

Full details on Code of ethics can be found at: http://www.mejfm.com/resources.htm

Full details on Submission of manuscripts can be found at: http://www.mejfm.com/author_info.htm

Editorial Office :
Abyad Medical Center & Middle East Longevity Institute
Azmi Street, Abdo Center,
PO BOX 618
Tripoli, Lebanon
Phone: (961) 6-443684
Fax: (961) 6-443685
Email: aabyad@cyberia.net.lb; aabyad121@gmail.com

Chief Editor
Dr Abdulrazak Abyad
Email: aabyad@cyberia.net.lb, aabyad121@gmail.com

Publisher :
Lesley Pocock
medi+WORLD International
AUSTRALIA
Email: lesleypocock@mediworld.com.au, publishermwi@gmail.com

Details on Chief Editor, Dr Abdul Abyad

Biography (pdf)
Education (pdf)
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Details on Publisher, Lesley Pocock

Curriculum vitae

Business, product and education summary (pdf)