Aims and Scope

To date, “Russian Medical Inquiry” is a peer-reviewed scientific and practical journal published 11 times a year. Each issue is thematic and covers a specific medical area (Allergy/Immunology, Surgery/Urology, Respiratory Diseases/Otorhinolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology).

The key missions of the journal are to familiarize medical practitioners with the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases in terms of evidence-based medicine, improve the professional level of practical health care specialists within postgraduate education, and be an informational platform for exchange of views and free discussion between specialists.

A wide audience coverage is provided by:

• regular release of thematic issues on various branches;

• involvement of leading experts in their field as editors-in-chief for issues who fill them with significant and interesting materials;

• publication of paper on allied fields;

• availability of publications, including those that received a positive review and were published electronically under a gold open access Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) license as a preprint on the website as well as full-text publication in the scientific electronic library (eLibrary.ru);

• representation of authors from different Russian regions and neighboring countries;

• free distribution among Russian doctors to make it available irrespective of the income;

• publication of most interesting (in the judgment of Russian-speaking Editorial Board members) papers translated into English to provide the access to publications for worldwide medical community and review of articles by foreign members of the Editorial board.

Fundamental medicine is indissolublely related to practical medicine. Therefore, the journal publishes original articles on epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis of various diseases, results of various treatment methods, and reviews of most relevant researches serving as a vector for the development of a particular field. Materials are accepted in English and Russian. In addition, conferences and symposiums that are significant for the medical community are announced and reports on past events are published.