Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Acta Medica Lituanica
ISSN 1392-0138 · eISSN 2029-4174 · Vilnius University Press · Lithuania
Acta Medica Lituanica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 97 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Medica Lituanica is published by Vilnius University Press and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maternal and fetal healthcare, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 15.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1994. The periodical scholarly journal Acta medica Lituanica is published by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University and the National Cancer Institute. It publishes papers on high quality research, mostly from Lithuania, the Baltic states, and Eastern Europe. Indexed in the Scopus database since 2021.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Editor-in-chief Rimantas JankauskasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maternal and fetal healthcareMedicine5.5%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.1%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine4.6%
- Renal cell carcinoma treatmentMedicine4.6%
- Uterine Myomas and TreatmentsMedicine4.6%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.6%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Dimensions, Scilit, Sherpa Romeo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 41Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 604 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 22 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 41 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 62 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 139 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 167 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
97 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 57 days – 130 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 114 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 230 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (70 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Our periodical is diamond open access journal. All of its content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles published in this journal without asking prior permission of the publisher or the author. The journal does not charge fees for article processing or submis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Vilnius University Press
- Country or region
- Lithuania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1392-0138
- Electronic ISSN
- 2029-4174
- Society / sponsor
- Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Medica Lituanica
What CAS zone is Acta Medica Lituanica in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Medica Lituanica?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at Acta Medica Lituanica?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 97 days (interquartile range 57–130 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Acta Medica Lituanica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Medica Lituanica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Medica Lituanica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Medica Lituanica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .