
The synopsis should provide information on the following points: Purpose of the special edition, type of articles that can be submitted, schedule, editorial board.
Write a synopsis and submit it to the editorial office at least 2 weeks before the editors’ meeting in Jan/Feb or before the annual conference. Propose an editorial board for the special edition. Apply for grants for translations, etc. Special agreements, for example in case of invited contributions, should be coordinated with the editors prior to the call for submissions for the special edition. Agree on dates (submission deadline, review deadlines, publication date) with the editorial office. The guidelines for authors follow the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals. After a publication has been accepted, German-language manuscripts must also be translated into English and then appear bilingually English-language manuscripts can also be translated into German and are then also published bilingually.īefore publication all articles go through a peer review process. Manuscripts can be submitted in German and English. In addition, special editions are published on current topics in education research.
GMS J Med Educ is published regularly as an open-access journal with at least five issues per year. General information GMS Journal for Medical Education (GMS J Med Educ) – formerly GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung – is an open access, interdisciplinary e-journal which publishes a wide range of papers, in both German and English, on the entire field of medical education and continuing medical education. GMS Journal for Medical Education – Authors' Guidelines 1.