About the journal

About the journal

Aimes and scope

Scripta Medica (Banja Luka) is an international open access scientific journal covering all areas and aspects of medicine: preventive, clinical and experimental. Scripta Medica (Banja Luka) is jointly owned by the Association of Medical Doctors of the Republic of Srpska and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Editorial Office is located at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka. The first volume appeared in 1966. It has a circulation of 1,000 and is published quarterly, both as a hardcopy edition (ISSN 2490-3329) and online (ISSN 2303-7954). It publishes free of charge original articles, special articles, current topics, history of medicine articles, reviews, case reports and editorials. Since January, 2019, it has been published exclusively in English.

Scripta Medica (Banja Luka) has a well-balanced Editorial Board, comprised of well-known biomedical scientists from different countries all over the globe: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzaegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Japan, Norway, Qatar, South Africa, Slovenia, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, The United Kingdom and The United States.

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  • 1st round review completion (days): 41.2
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  • Acceptance/publication time (days): 70.9
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