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 is transferred to MDPI. 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. |
2022 | Medicina has established the following section:
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Editors-in-Chief
1920–1922 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Juozas Žemgulys |
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 Stankevicius |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Olaf Dammann for the section on Health Humanities |