The Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also one of the world's highest-impact academic journals.[1][2] It was founded in England in 1823.[3]
This article is about the journal. For other uses, see Lancet.Discipline
The journal publishes original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials, book reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports. The Lancet has been owned by Elsevier since 1991, and its editor-in-chief since 1995 has been Richard Horton.[4] The journal has editorial offices in London, New York City, and Beijing.
Impact[edit]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 202.731, ranking it first above The New England Journal of Medicine in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".[8] According to BMJ Open, The Lancet is more frequently cited in general newspapers around the world than The BMJ, NEJM and JAMA.[9]
Volume renumbering[edit]
Prior to 1990, The Lancet had volume numbering that reset every year. Issues in January to June were in volume i, with the rest in volume ii. In 1990, the journal moved to a sequential volume numbering scheme, with two volumes per year. Volumes were retro-actively assigned to the years prior to 1990, with the first issue of 1990 being assigned volume 335, and the last issue of 1989 assigned volume 334. The table of contents listing on ScienceDirect uses this new numbering scheme.[12]
Volume 1, 1823
Observations on Transfusions of Blood, June 1829 issue
The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal: