Lietuvos chirurgija

Lietuvos chirurgija (English: Lithuanian Surgery) is the official scientific journal of Lithuania's surgical community, published in Vilnius since 1993 in both Lithuanian and English. It is an open-access, peer-reviewed periodical registered as a scholarly journal of the Republic of Lithuania. The journal is issued by a broad consortium of Lithuanian surgical and related medical societies, including the Lithuanian Society of Surgeons, the Lithuanian Wound Management Association, the Lithuanian Ambulatory Surgery Society, the Lithuanian Society of Endoscopists, the Lithuanian Society of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, the Lithuanian Society of Coloproctologists, the Lithuanian Society of Vascular Surgeons, the Lithuanian Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery, the Lithuanian Neurosurgical Society, the Lithuanian Society of Oncologists, the Lithuanian Society of Pathologists, the Lithuanian Society of Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation, the Lithuanian Society of Traumatologists and Orthopedists, the Lithuanian Urological Society, the Lithuanian Society of Pediatric Surgeons, the Lithuanian Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Lithuanian Vertebrological Society, and the Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, and Panevėž regions' surgical societies. The journal is open not only to surgical specialties but also to all societies and medical professionals collaborating with surgeons. Its print run is 1,000 copies. The journal has been led by several editors-in-chief: Algimantas Jasulaitis (1993–1994), Leonas Algirdas Noreika (1994–2003), and Raimundas Lunevičius (since 2003).

Lietuvos chirurgija was established in 1993 in Vilnius as the official scientific journal of Lithuanian surgeons. It was founded to provide a dedicated peer-reviewed publication for the country's surgical community, publishing in both Lithuanian and English. The journal is issued by a wide coalition of surgical and allied medical societies, reflecting the breadth of the surgical profession in Lithuania. Its first editor-in-chief was Algimantas Jasulaitis, who served from 1993 to 1994. He was succeeded by Leonas Algirdas Noreika, who led the journal from 1994 to 2003. Since 2003, Raimundas Lunevičius has served as editor-in-chief. The journal is registered as a peer-reviewed periodical scientific journal of the Republic of Lithuania and has a print run of 1,000 copies. It is open not only to surgical specialties but also to all societies and medical professionals who collaborate with surgeons. The journal is available in open access, with online archives and volumes accessible through its website.

• 2003

  Raimundas Lunevičius becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1994

  Leonas Algirdas Noreika becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1993

  Journal founded in Vilnius; first issue published.

• 1993

  Algimantas Jasulaitis becomes first editor-in-chief.

Official peer-reviewed open-access journal of the Lithuanian surgical community, bilingual in Lithuanian and English.

• Lietuvos chirurgija (journal)

  Open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal published in Lithuanian and English.

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