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Acta Medica Lituanica

Vilnius University Press · Lithuania · Est. 1967

ISSN1392-0138eISSN2029-4174

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.221

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.367

Total Worksi

574

Total Citationsi

2,118

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Acta Medica Lituanica is peer-reviewed diamond open access scholarly journal published by Vilnius University in collaboration with the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the National Cancer Institute. It publishes high quality original research papers, reviews and case studies mostly from the Central and Eastern Europe. The journal is also publishing research from other regions if they provide useful insights and lessons in fundamental and clinical medicine for journal’s readership. The journal aims to contribute to the development and dissemination of multidisciplinary knowledge on various fields of medicine and biomedical sciences. The journal welcomes original papers, review articles, preliminary notes, short communications and case reports.

General Information

Country / RegionLithuania

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Frequencytwo volumes per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications574

Publisher OrgVilnius University

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Vilnius University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1392-0138 / 2029-4174

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PKP PN

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

323

2019

2020

167

2021

135

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maternal and fetal healthcareRenal cell carcinoma treatmentCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesRespiratory Support and MechanismsGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningAirway Management and Intubation Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Acta Medica Lituanica

Is Acta Medica Lituanica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Medica Lituanica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Medica Lituanica?

Acta Medica Lituanica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.43.

Is Acta Medica Lituanica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Medica Lituanica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.