The peer-reviewed scientific and practical "Baikal Medical Journal" "Baikal Medical Journal" was registered by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications on May 12, 2022 (Registration Certificate El No. FS77-83228 - online edition). The journal is published in electronic form with a frequency of 4 issues per year.
The magazine has a rich history. The first edition of the journal was published in 1923 under the name "Irkutsk Medical Journal", which covered the activities of the "Scientific Medical Society of Doctors" at Irkutsk State University. The executive editors of this publication in different years were professors A. A. Melkikh, N. N. Toporkov, V. S. Levit, N. D. Bushmakin; N. S. Spassky, N. P. Shavrov, M. P. Mikhailov, Ya. V. Plavinsky, A. M. Popov, F. L. Yudalevich, V. P. Zanchenko, V. P. Ivanov, P. A. Lomovitsky, V. A. Donskov, N. I. Agapov, V. S. Deryabin, A. T. Bondarenko, A. A. Korchagin, N. N. Klodnitsky, N. A. Sinakevich, Dr. A. N Beck, V. N. Morosanov, technical secretaries - O. I. Bronshtein, A. M. Skorodumov, Z. G. Frank-Kamenetsky.
In 1930, the Irkutsk Medical Journal, Omsk Medical Journal and the Siberian Archive of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, in order to reduce subscription costs for medical workers, it was decided to merge into the Siberian Clinical and Preventive Journal.
In the 90s. it was decided to continue the traditions of the "Irkutsk Medical Journal" and in 1994 the East Siberian Regional Office for Registration and Control over Compliance with the Legislation on the Mass Media and the Press under the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Press June 30, 1994 "Siberian Medical Journal" was registered under registration number I-162. In 2003, the journal was re-registered with the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications (registration number SMI No. 77-15668 of July 22, 2003, ISSN 1815-7572). The journal was founded by Irkutsk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Buryat State University, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences.
"Siberian Medical Journal" was published in printed form with a frequency of 8 issues per year. Since 2002, the journal has been included in the list of periodic scientific and scientific-practical publications published in the Russian Federation and recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission for publishing research results of dissertations for scientific degrees.
For a long time, the editor-in-chief of the journal was Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher Education, Honorary Rector and Head of the Department of Medical Biology of the Irkutsk State Medical University Mayboroda Askold Aleksandrovich.
The journal covered the problems of medical science and practical healthcare in the headings: scientific reviews, original research, health and healthcare organization issues, case studies, lifestyle and ecology, lectures, history of science and healthcare, medicinal plants, aspects of medical law and ethics.
For 12 years a major role in the development and promotion of the journal was played by the Deputy Chief Editor Professor T.P. gray. After she moved to Krasnoyarsk to work in the journal Siberian Medical Review, since 2006, the deputy editor-in-chief, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.N. Kalyagin. The journal gained notoriety in the medical community.
In 2022, due to a change in the legislation of the Russian Federation, the journal was re-registered under the name "Baikal Medical Journal" "Baikal Medical Journal" under the registration number El No. FS77-83228. The founders of the journal are the Irkutsk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Irkutsk Scientific Center for Surgery and Traumatology.
In 2023, the history of the journal will be 100 years old.
