Call for Papers — Volume 1, 2026.
The peer-reviewed home for quality improvement, clinical audit and preventive primary care
GJPC gives medical students, international medical graduates and early-career clinicians a credible, mentored and free route to indexed, DOI-registered publication — without compromising on rigour.
No APC at launch
Free publication in 2026–27 — no submission or publication fees.
DOI on every article
Permanent, citable Crossref registration.
First decision ≈ 6 weeks
Double-anonymised review by two reviewers.
SQUIRE 2.0 discipline
Structured QI & audit reporting, mentored feedback.
Our indexing roadmap — stated honestly
Sep 2026
Launch · ISSN filed · Crossref DOIs live.
Dec 2026
First articles · Google Scholar discoverability.
2027
DOAJ application once eligible.
Sep 2028
PubMed Central application at the two-year mark.
We never describe GJPC as “PubMed-indexed” or “DOAJ-listed” before it is true. This page is updated the day status changes.
Transparency statement. The Global Journal of Primary Care, Preventive Health and Quality Improvement is owned and published by MD Acumen Ltd, a company registered in England (no. 16538952). The Editor-in-Chief holds an ownership interest in the publisher; this interest is declared on all policy pages, and all manuscripts involving the Editor-in-Chief’s institutions, students or collaborators are handled independently by a Deputy Editor-in-Chief. The journal operates in accordance with COPE guidance and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
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