Editor-in-chief: Prof. Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, dr. h.c. multi, FAHA, FESC, FNLA, FASA, FRSPH

Archives of Medical Science (AMS) publishes high quality original papers and short communications prepared especially by young scientists from all over the world. It is a peer-reviewed journal with international Editorial Board. The second aim of AMS is to present best educational manuscripts written by experienced scientists (reviews, letters to Editor, editorials and research papers) to make this Journal even more interesting for young doctors.

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IF 2023

3.2

IF Five Year

100

MNiSW

182.18

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Google H5

4.9

CiteScore 2023

58/325
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Rank by Journal Impact Factor

79/329
76.14%

Rank by Journal Citation Index

Most read Editor's Choice Manuscripts accepted

Rosuvastatin-based combination treatment with acetylsalicylic acid or ezetimibe in the management of patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk. Expert opinion paper of the Polish Lipid Association 2025

Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Agata Bielecka-Dąbrowa, Marek Gierlotka, Renata Główczyńska, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Jóźwiak, Jacek Kubica, Witold Streb, Filip Szymański, Tomasz Tomasik, Robert Gil

Lipoprotein(a) and thromboembolism: current state of knowledge and unsolved issues

Małgorzata Konieczyńska, Joanna Natorska, Michał Ząbczyk, Anetta Undas

The prevention opportunities of retinopathy in diabetic patients – position paper endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association

Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Grzegorz Dzida, Jacek Jóźwiak, Bogusław Okopień, Jacek Rysz, Konrad Szosland, Andrzej Grzybowski

2024 Polish recommendations for the management of familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents

Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Marta Bandura, Anna Wołoszyn-Durkiewicz, Matylda Hennig, Mieczysław Walczak, Jarosław Peregut-Pogorzelski, Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Krzysztof Chlebus, Bartosz Wasąg, Agnieszka Zmysłowska, Maciej Banach

Telomere length across the spectrum of metabolic health – an analysis from the LIPIDOGEN2015 study

Maciej Banach, Martyna Fronczek, Anna Goc, Mateusz Lejawa, Ewa Boniewska-Bernacka, Tadeusz Osadnik, Anna Pańczyszyn, Joanna Strzelczyk, Natalia Pawlas, Marek Gierlotka, Marcin Goławski, Karol Krystek, Agnieszka Gach, Kamila Osadnik, Jacek Jóźwiak

2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings.

Bożena Sosnowska, Peter Toth, Alexander Razavi, Alan Remaley, Roger Blumenthal, Maciej Banach

LC risk score – development and evaluation of a scale for assessing the risk of developing long COVID

Mateusz Babicki, Mateusz Lejawa, Tadeusz Osadnik, Joanna Kapusta, Maciej Banach, Piotr Jankowski, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Żaneta Kałuzińska-Kołat, Damian Kołat, Michal Chudzik

Familial Mediterranean fever association with schizophrenia: insights from big data analysis

Kassem Sharif, Abdulla Watad, Nicola Bragazzi, Yarden Yavne, Charlie Bridgewood, Dennis McGonagle, Doron Comanhester, Arnon Cohen, Howard Amital

Rutin ameliorates cigarette smoke mediated lung inflammation in a mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease via regulating the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-8 and PAF

Juan Chen, Jinyu Su, Lingyun Dong, Zhiyu Bai, Yufeng Liu, Hongju Bao, Yanfang Lu, Yajuan Wu

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APOE suppresses osteosarcoma by modulating ferroptosis through the mTOR/Stat3 signaling pathway

Xiangyang Cheng, Chong Bian, Yiming Zhang, Huijie Gu, Guangnan Chen, Liang Wu

A Silent Crisis: Two Decades of Anaemia Trends among Women in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2000–2019)

Reem Eltayeb, Ghaida alsaif, Husam Ganash, Etaf Alshawarbeh, Naif Binsaleh

CircRNA_103809/miR-516a/FBXL18 contributes to stemness and Gemcitabine Resistance of bladder cancer cells

Yu Yang, Feng Wang, Weiqiang Ning, Yi Ding, Wei Chen, Zhixian Yu

HER2-Low Status in Breast Cancer: Clinicopathological Factors and Prognostic Value.

Joanna Huszno, Zofia Kołosza, Ewa Stobiecka, Dorota Ponikiewska, Bogna Szcześniak, Jakub Simek, Ewa Chmielik

Higher lifestyle oxidative balance scores are associated with lower metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and fibrosis risk in US adults, while dietary scores lack impact on fibrosis.

Yan Chu, Nuo Cheng, Jie Feng, Yawen Cao

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Current issue

2/2025 vol. 21

Lipid disorders

STATE OF THE ART PAPER

2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings.

Bożena Sosnowska, Peter P. Toth, Alexander C Razavi, Alan T Remaley, Roger S Blumenthal, Maciej Banach

Arch Med Sci 2025;21(2):355-373

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms/202213

Abstract

eISSN:	1896-9151
ISSN:	1734-1922

Current issue

2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings.

Analysis of the current status of computed tomography diagnosis of sarcopenia

From cirrhosis to hepatogenous diabetes: risk factors and glycemic management

The effect of α-lipoic acid treatment on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine, a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy

Cardiometabolic risk in non-diabetic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MAFLD) patients: insights from the triglyceride-glucose, plasma atherogenic, and cardiometabolic index

Assessment of vitamin D levels in correlation with coronary computed tomography angiography results in a Slovak population

Evaluation of microbiome composition combined with serum untargeted metabolomic profiling in newly diagnosed children with inflammatory bowel disease

Investigation of potential prognostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected people at a university hospital, Turkey

Predictive score for in-hospital mortality in patients with severe acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Assessment of inflammatory markers, disease severity and comorbidities in very elderly patients with acute respiratory diseases

Evaluation of pain during diagnostic and surgical minihysteroscopy under local anesthesia

An observational study of serum vitamin D status in critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit

Comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between the direct anterior approach and the posterolateral approach for primary total hip arthroplasty

Microstructural changes in postoperative cervical cords with cervical spondylotic myelopathy evaluated by neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging: a preliminary study

Decreased expression of cytokeratin 15 and tropoelastin in men with androgenetic alopecia and its relationship with increased expression of p15/p16

Association between Life’s Essential 8 and depression: a population-based study

Temporal trends in neck pain prevalence among adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 from 1990 to 2019

MiR-200a promotes the survival of cardiac cells and improves cardiac injury in chronic heart failure rats

Celastrol attenuates Alzheimer’s disease-mediated learning and memory impairment by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced inflammation and oxidative stress

Efficacy and safety of apixaban and warfarin in prevention of ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Efficacy and harms associated with β-blockers for cardiotoxicity in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of ovarian suppression in combination with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor as adjuvant therapy for early oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: a systematic review

Efficacy and safety of rituximab in children with steroid-dependent or frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Causal relationship between sleep traits and erectile dysfunction: evidence from Mendelian randomization analysis

Association between type 1 diabetes mellitus and esophageal varices: a Mendelian randomization study

Important role of long non-coding RNA UBE2R2-AS1 in diabetes-induced renal injury

Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 can regulate proliferation and apoptosis of LPS-treated HK-2 cells via targeting miR-23a-3p through regulating ERK signaling

The SP1/SNHG16/GLUT1 axis promotes prostate cancer proliferation and invasion by regulating glucose metabolism

MicroRNA let-7f protects against H2O2-induced oxidative damage in neuroblastoma cells by targeting AKT-2

Anticancer activity of sulforaphane against human hepatoblastoma cells involves apoptosis, autophagy and inhibition of β-catenin signaling pathway

MicroRNA-27a regulates the viability, migration and invasion of human skin cancer cells by targeting MAPK7

Insights into the role of miR-877 and histidine-rich glycoprotein in preeclampsia

Analysis of lcnRNAHomebox transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) expression in Polish women with endometriosis

Mendelian randomization studies of diagnostic value of standard biochemistry serum enzymes portfolio in cardiovascular diseases

The expression of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) and nerve growth factor (NGF) in endometriomas

Influenza in hospitalized pediatric patients in Poland: a retrospective single-center study of the 2023/2024 epidemic season