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This accomplishment not only elevated the Balkan Medical Journal to 50th place in the medicine category but also made it Türkiye’s first Q1 general medicine journal.4  \nFollowing this remarkable milestone, the number of articles submitted to our journal increased substantially, particularly during the second half of 2025. While the total number of  \nsubmissions was 1,677 in 2024, this figure rose by 77% to 2,968 in 2025. There was also a marked increase in submissions from abroad. The proportion of international submissions, which stood at 33% in 2024, reached 55% in 2025 (Figure 1) . The countries contributing the most articles outside Türkiye were, in order, China, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia.  \nThe growing number of submissions has led to longer waiting times for articles in our journal. This situation causes delays in the scientific community’s access to new research and poses challenges in meeting authors’expectations. To address this, the editorial board decided that beginning from 2026, the Balkan Medical Journal will be published monthly, with 12 issues per year, to ensure faster dissemination of knowledge and greater author satisfaction. Furthermore, the Balkan  \nFIG. 1. Distribution of total submissions and submissions from outside Türkiye between 2019 and 2025.  \nCorresponding author: Servet Altay, Department of Cardiology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Türkiye  \ne-mail: [drservetaltay@gmail.com](drservetaltay@gmail.com)  \nAvailable Online Date: January 02, 2026 • DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj. galenos.2025.2025.111125 Available [at www.balkanmedicaljournal.org](at www.balkanmedicaljournal.org)  \nORCID iDs of the authors: S.A. 0000-0001-7112-3970.  \nCite this article as: Altay S. News from the Balkan Medical Journal: Moving to Monthly Publication. Balkan Med J. ; 2026; 43(1):1-2 . Copyright@Author(s) -Available online at [http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/](http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/)  \n2 Servet Altay. News from the Balkan Medical Journal  \nMedical Journal, which currently appears in both online and print formats, will be published exclusively online starting in 2026 to protect the environment and reduce economic costs.  \nWe hope this decision will be beneficial for our journal, our authors, and our readers.  \nREFERENCES  \n1. Koçak Z, Ulugöl A. History of Balkan Medical Journal: road to high-impact journal. Balkan MedJ. 2018;35:1-7 . [CrossRef]  \n2. Koçak Z. Being a Q2 journal. Balkan MedJ. 2022;39:228-229 . [CrossRef]  \n3. Altay S. Keeping the Journal in the Second Quarter: what are we doing and what will we do? Balkan MedJ. 2023;40:232-233 . [CrossRef]  \n4. Altay S. First Q1 medicine journal in Türkiye: Balkan Medical Journal. Balkan Med J. 2025;42:284-285 . [CrossRef]  \nBalkan MedJ, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2026","cbCaikv58UsC8q7v","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikv58UsC8q7v","pdf",191957,"English","# Editorial\n## Journal impact and indexing achievements\n## Submission growth and manuscript delays\n## Transition to monthly issues in 2026\n## Exclusive online publication from 2026\n## References","[{\"question\":\"What achievement prompted the journal’s editorial changes?\",\"answer\":\"The journal achieved an impact factor of 3.8, the highest in its 46-year history, and was promoted to Q1 with its 2024 impact factor.\"},{\"question\":\"How did submissions change after that milestone?\",\"answer\":\"Submissions rose from 1,677 in 2024 to 2,968 in 2025, and international submissions increased from 33% to 55%.\"},{\"question\":\"What will the Balkan Medical Journal do starting in 2026?\",\"answer\":\"It will publish monthly with 12 issues per year and will move to exclusive online publication to protect the environment and reduce economic costs.\"}]","News from the Balkan Medical Journal - Moving to Monthly Publication - Editor's message | PDF",1790608347]