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Balkan Medical Journal

An international, peer-reviewed medical journal publishing clinically relevant research across all areas of medicine since 1979.

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Impact Factor: 5.0
CiteScore: Q1
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Volume 43, Issue 2 (2026)

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Featured in This Issue Single-Cell Analysis, Spatial Transcriptomics and Molecular Docking Unveil Potential Therapeutic Targets for Carotid Atherosclerosis

Rongxing Qin, Hongyu Xu, Qingchun Qin, Wei Xu, Xinyu Lai, Li Chen

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Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Servet Altay

Department of Cardiology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Türkiye

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Welcoming the New Year with Q1 Success

Balkan Medical Journal continues its scientific journey in the Q1 quartile, as reported by Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate).

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