Abstract
Medical Journal of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences was initially published by the School of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1960 under the title of “The Journal of the Medical Faculty of Tabriz” (Fig 1-3) [Revue de la Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie from 1963 (Fig 4,5)], focusing on medical and pharmaceutical papers with English and French abstracts. The journal has been regularly issued, except for a short period of time, publishing original articles in the field of medical sciences. Meanwhile, it has been issued bimonthly since 2004 under the title of “Medical Journal of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences”. I am pleased to announce that, as the result of the editorial and administrative teams’ efforts, we have recently met the requirements to be indexed in the Scopus database. This happened because of the sincere help and empathetic support provided by all my colleagues, authors, reviewers, the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology of TUOMS, and the Director of Medical Information and Scientific Resources. Currently, our vision is to promote the quality of the Journal to meet the requirements of Pubmed and ISI databases. To reach this aim, one of our strategic plans is to publish the Journal bilingually (in both Persian and English languages) to share domestic data globally and invite the researches from other countries to publish their works in our Journal. Hence, we seek to publish evidenced-based studies in several medical scopes, including basic, clinical, and health medicine. More rigorous criteria have been created to promote the quality of the Journal according to the regional and research priorities. Also, many researchers have been invited to review the submitted papers critically. We hope that scientists in different fields participate in broadening the scientific borders through submitting their state-of-the-art studies in our Journal. The editorial board is open to any comments or corrective recommendations. We also appreciate all the authors who have submitted their papers to our Journal, our reviewers, and all those helping us to promote the Journal in this long journey.
Editor-in-Chief