Aims & Scope | Medicina

Aims

Published since 1920, Medicina is a peer reviewed monthly scientific journal of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuanian Medical Association, Vilnius University, Rīga Stradiņš University, the University of Latvia, and the University of Tartu.

The journal’s main focus is on reviews as well as clinical and experimental investigations. The journal aims to advance knowledge related to problems in medicine in developing countries as well as developed economies, to disseminate research on global health, and to promote and foster prevention and treatment of diseases worldwide. Medicina publications cater to clinicians, diagnosticians and researchers, and serve as a forum to discuss the current status of health-related matters and their impact on a global and local scale.

Scope

The journal serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge by publishing editorials, comments, original research articles, reviews, and case reports that will contribute to the current knowledge and encourage future research including, but not limited to, the following subjects:

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Neuroscience
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Dentistry
Surgery
Oncology and Cancer Research
Hematology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Gastroenterology & Hepatopancreatobiliary Medicine
Nephrology & Urology
Immunology
Dermatology
Otolaryngology
Translational Medicine
Infectious Disease
Geriatrics/Aging
Intensive Care/ Anesthesiology
Genetics
Ophthalmology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pharmaceutical Science and Pharmacology

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Medicina will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

© 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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