On 2nd April 2025, Medicina (ISSN: 1648-9144) held its Editorial Board meeting, chaired by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius. 7 Editorial Board Members and 2 JRSs attended this meeting.  The meeting was organized on the occasion of Author Training—MDPI Open Science Insights: Scientific Publishing Exchange at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) held on 3rd April 2025.

We are extremely grateful for the strong support of our Editorial Board Members and for the opportunity to have a face-to-face meeting to discuss the development of Medicina. We sincerely hope that more Editorial Board Members can attend future meetings.

The meeting began with a presentation including an introduction to Medicina, a summary of the Editorial Board Membership, journal statistics, and market activities.

The following topics were discussed:

• Quality of Submissions: How can this be improved?;
• Number of Submissions: How can we attract more high-quality papers?;
• Inactive EBMs: How can we activate them more?;
• New EBMs: Any recommendations?;
• Journal’s exposure and academic reputation: how to improve it?;
• Experience working with Medicina—Ideas and Suggestions.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius (Editor-in-Chief), Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Ričardas Radišauskas, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Vytenis Arvydas Skeberdis, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50162 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Vilmantė Borutaitė, Neuroscience Institute, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eiveniu Str. 4, LT-50162 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Vita Mačiulskienė (Section Editor-in-Chief), Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Andrius Macas, Department of Anaesthesiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Limas Kupčinskas, Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Prof. Dr. Vitalis Briedis, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Sukilėlių av. 13, 50162 Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Dr. Jurgita Grigienė (EiC Assistant), Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania;
• Silvija Seles Gugolj, Journal Relations Specialist;
• Anna Krakowka, Journal Relations Specialist.

The latest official CiteScore (2023 Scopus data) for Medicina is 3.3, ranking Q1 in the “General Medicine” category. The current Impact Factor of Medicina is 4.1 (2023), ranking Q1 in the “Medicine, General, and Internal” category.

To access more journal statistics, please click here https://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicina/stats.

Medicina Editorial Office