Journal History
| 1920 | The inaugural issue of the Lithuanian-language journal Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) was released. Medicina was published as a monthly journal. |
| 1923 | The abstracts of all articles were published in German. |
| 1941–1944 | As a result of political changes, Medicina was renamed twice within this period (L.T.S.R. Medicina and Lietuviškoji Medicina). |
| 1944 | Publication of the journal was suspended until the re-establishment of Lithuanian independence in 1990. |
| 1989 | The re-established Lithuanian Medical Association decided to resume the publication of Medicina. |
| 1990 | Medicina published its first issue after its 46-year break. |
| 2001 | Under a tripartite agreement among Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuanian Medical Association and Vilnius University, the journal was reorganized. Medicina became an open access journal. |
| 2002 | Medicina became the first Lithuanian scientific journal to be indexed in Index Medicus and MEDLINE. |
| 2009 | Medicina received its first Impact Factor (0.506). |
| 2012 | From this year onward, all articles in Medicina are published in English only. |
| 2014 | Elsevier became the publisher of Medicina. The journal adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. |
| 2018 | Publication of Medicina was transferred to MDPI from Volume 54, Issue 1 (2018). Medicina adopted a monthly publication schedule. In June, Medicina launched its first Special Issue. |
| 2020 | Medicina established the following sections:
Medicina published its 1,000th paper. |
| 2021 | Medicina received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.430), ranked 80/196 (Q2) in “Medicine, General & Internal” category; The CiteScore (2020) increased to 1.7. |
| 2022 | Medicina received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.948); The CiteScore (2021) increases to 2.7. |
| 2023 | Medicina received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.6); The CiteScore (2022) increased to 3.6. Section Immunology was renamed as Hematology and Immunology. Section Nephrology was renamed as Urology & Nephrology. Section Genetics was renamed as Genetics and Molecular Medicine. Medicina established the following section:
Section Biochemistry and Pharmacology was renamed as Pharmacology. |
| 2024 | Medicina received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.4), ranking in Q1 80/325 in the "Medicine, General & Internal" category. Medicina received its CiteScore (2023) of 3.3, ranked 80/325 (Q1) in “General Medicine”. |
| 2025 | Medicina received its 2024 Impact Factor (2.4), ranked 78/332 (Q1) in "Medicine, General & Internal". Medicina received its CiteScore (2024) of 4.1, ranked 123/688 (Q1) in “General Medicine”. |
| 2026 | Medicina received its 2025 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked 75/336 (Q1) in "Medicine, General & Internal". Medicina received its CiteScore (2025) of 4.6, ranked 107/669 (Q1) in “General Medicine”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 1920–1922 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Juozas Žemgulys (Founding Editor) |
| 1922–1944 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jonas Staugaitis |
| 1990–2001 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zigmantas Satkevičius |
| 2001–2013 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Habil. Dr. Vilius Grabauskas |
| 2013–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2021–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aron-Frederik Popov for the section on Surgery Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Johannes Mayr for the section on Pediatrics |
| 2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ann M. Møller for the section on Intensive Care/ Anesthesiology |
| 2023–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manfredi Rizzo for the section on Endocrinology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jack V. Greiner for the section on Ophthalmology |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vassilios S. Nikolaou for the section on Orthopedics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Žilvinas Dambrauskas for the section on Surgery Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Davide Bolignano for the section on Urology & Nephrology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vishal G. Shelat for the section on Gastroenterology & Hepatology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Stefanie Krick for the section on Pulmonary |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Edward A. Bittner for the section on Intensive Care/ Anesthesiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vita Maciulskiene for the section on Dentistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paola Savoia for the section on Dermatology |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Henrik Falhammar for the section on Endocrinology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stephen G. Schwartz for the section on Ophthalmology |
| 2026–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lukas Lusuardi for the section on Urology & Nephrology |
Medicina - ISSN 1648-9144