Aims & Scope

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

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

The journal publishes (sections):
- original research
- literature reviews
- clinical cases
- lectures
- reviews

in the following areas of medical science:

- Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
- Endocrinology
- Epidemiology
- Forensic Medicine and Forensic Medical Examination
- Hematology
- History of Medicine
- Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Occupational Pathology
- Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
- Medical Radiology
- Microbiology
- Military Medicine
- Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics and Traumatology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics and Neonatology
- Phthisiology
- Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine
- Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology
- Social Medicine and Public Health Protection
- Surgery
- Teaching Issues and Lectures
- Technologies of Medical Diagnostics and Treatment
- Theoretical and Experimental Medicine
- Therapy
- Urology, Andrology and Nephrology

This direction is indicated as the first keywords of each article. The journal also publishes "articles of congresses and conferences," which are tagged with the appropriate keyword.

The journal was founded in September 1998. About the journal in the "Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine".

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

From 2022, all journal articles are published under CC BY-NC-SA license.

Indexing and archiving

The journal is indexed in
Google Scholar
Ulrichsweb
WorldCat

The journal is archived in the repositories of
the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
the scientific library of the Kharkiv National Medical University
on Zenodo (with indexing in OpenAIRE).

Author Fees

The editorial office sends an invoice for payment to the authors of articles accepted for publication. The payment only partially reimburses the publisher's costs of publishing the magazine. 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 (approximately 1.1 USD) per manuscript page;
- an employee of the Kharkiv National Medical University separately (the article has one author) ‒ 55 UAH (approximately 1.3 USD) per manuscript page;
- all others, and if the article has more than one author ‒ 75 UAH (approximately 1.8 USD) per manuscript page.

Advertising Policy

The journal is open to advertising proposals. All advertisements placed on its pages and website must comply with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising". The journal does not consider proposals for the advertisement of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, homeopathic medicines, weapons, or gambling.

If a published article is withdrawn by the editorial board due to discovered facts of dishonesty (re-publication, falsification of data, etc.), the payment is not refunded.

Open Access Policy

Authors retain full copyright over their work and grant the journal permission to publish without imposing any restrictions on reuse or redistribution. The journal ensures long-term access to its content by depositing materials in recognized digital preservation archives. Each article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to guarantee permanent accessibility and reliable citation. All articles include embedded machine-readable Creative Commons license information to facilitate proper indexing, reuse, and compliance with open access mandates. Article-level metadata is made available in standard formats to facilitate inclusion in indexing services and aggregators. Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit all versions of their manuscript in institutional or subject repositories, including: in press versions and final versions.

Manuscript Review Policy and Procedure

The algorithm for working with authors' manuscripts is as follows:

The manuscript is checked for plagiarism. Data about the authors, their affiliation and the place of research are removed from the manuscript. Instead of the full name of the hospital, the treatment profile may be entered (for example, in a surgical hospital). At least 2 reviewers are invited to review each manuscript. If one conclusion is negative and the other is positive, the manuscript is reviewed by a third reviewer. The procedure for working with manuscripts is described in the publication: https://doi.org/10.35339/ekm.2025.94.2.nsd Reviewers are selected by the editorial board, according to their medical specialty and the availability of research on the topic covered in the publication. Reviewers are instructed. The editors inform them about the technology and ethics of review, the possibility/necessity of refusing to review in the presence of a conflict of interest or due to insufficient qualifications. A questionnaire has been developed for review, in which you can also write any comments in addition to the questionnaire. This questionnaire is presented in the editorial article: https://doi.org/10.35339/msz.2023.92.1.sha The reviewer's recommendation (publish the article as is; make changes and publish; make changes and submit it to the reviewer again for review; reject the article) is taken into account by the editorial board, but the final decision on publication is made by the editorial board.

Publication Ethics

"Medicine Today and Tomorrow" is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with open access to all articles, focused on adhering to the best practices of evidence-based medicine, the integrity of scientific research and the publication of their results. Every author, editor, reviewer and publisher must adhere to these rules. Control over the implementation of ethical rules is entrusted to the editorial board, which is guided by the guidelines: PEMS, DORA, COPE, WAME, ICMJE, CONSORT. In cases of identified misconduct or the creation of conflict situations, the editorial board takes measures ranging from issuing warnings to authors and reviewers to the complete termination of cooperation with them.

Policy on the use of artificial intelligence

Authors are prohibited from using artificial intelligence to generate manuscript texts.