Ege Tıp Dergisi (Ege Journal of Medicine) is the official scientific publication organ of the Ege University Faculty of Medicine, located in Izmir, Turkey. Founded in 1962, the journal has aimed since its inception to foster scientific knowledge production across various medical fields, advance current medical knowledge and practices, and share accumulated scientific evidence among healthcare professionals and researchers.
The primary objective of the journal is to introduce original, high-quality, and scientifically contributing research conducted in diverse disciplines of medicine and health sciences to the scientific community. In addition to basic and clinical medical sciences, the journal features multidisciplinary scientific studies related to public health, healthcare services, health policies and management, and medical education, aiming to facilitate communication and foster collaborative research among investigators.
Ege Tıp Dergisi (Ege Journal of Medicine) accepts original research articles, short reports, invited review articles, consensus reports, case reports, letters to the editor, and scientific articles related to health policies. The evaluation of publication types is based on the scientific quality, originality, methodological adequacy, validity of the results, contribution to the field, and alignment of the study with the aims and scope of the journal.
The journal adopts internationally recognized principles of scientific research and publication ethics in the planning, execution, reporting, and publication of scientific studies. Following an initial editorial screening, submitted manuscripts undergo a scientific evaluation by expert reviewers in the respective scientific fields. During the peer-review process, the originality, methodological adequacy, scientific reliability, ethical compliance, and contribution of the research to the relevant field are taken into consideration. For studies conducted on humans and animals, compliance with national legislation and international ethical standards is strictly observed.
Ege Tıp Dergisi adopts an open-access publishing model. Following the assignment of a DOI number, immediate and free online access is provided to each electronically published issue and the full texts of the articles contained within. This publication policy supports unrestricted access to scientific knowledge. The reuse of content is subject to the licensing conditions adopted by the journal.
Guided by the principles of scientific quality, research integrity, ethical publishing, transparency in peer-review processes, and open access, the journal aims to contribute to the production and sharing of reliable scientific evidence in medical and health sciences, and to bring this evidence into the national and international scientific literature.