Aims & Scope

This journal practices a policy of immediate open access to published content, supporting the principles of free dissemination of scientific information and global exchange of knowledge for general social progress.

The journal adheres to the principles of evidence-based medicine. The journal's audience is scientists, clinicians, students.

The journal publishes:
- original research
- literature reviews
- clinical cases
- short scientific reports
- lectures
- reviews

Journal sections:
Obstetrics and gynecology
Alternative and complementary medicine
Military medicine Hematology Hygiene
medical ecology and occupational pathology
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Infectious and parasitic diseases
History of medicine
Emergency medicine
anesthesiology and intensive care
Medical radiology
Microbiology
Neurology and neurosurgery
Oncology
Orthopedics and traumatology
Otorhinolaryngology
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics and neonatology
Teaching issues and lectures
Psychiatry, narcology and medical psychology
Reviews
Social medicine and public health
Articles from congresses and conferences
Dentistry
Forensic medicine
Expertise
Theoretical and experimental medicine
Therapy
Medical diagnostic and treatment technologies
Urology, andrology and nephrology
Physical therapy, rehabilitation and sports medicine
Phthisiology
Surgery

The journal was founded in September 1998.

Key aspects of the journal's work

Indexed and archived in Google Scholar, Crossref, NLUV, KhNMU Repository, Zenodo, OpenAIRE, Ulrichsweb.

Publication in the journal is paid by the authors in the amount:

- postgraduate student of the Kharkiv National Medical University separately (the article has one author) ‒ 45 UAH per manuscript page;

- an employee of the Kharkiv National Medical University separately ((the article has one author) ‒ 55 UAH per manuscript page;

- all others, and if the article has more than one author ‒ 75 UAH per manuscript page.

All journal manuscripts undergo plagiarism checking and double-blind (anonymous) peer review.

Since 2022, all journal articles have been published under the CC BY-NC-SA license.