Open Access
Open access

The Lancet

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 01406736, 1474547X
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
98.4
SJR
12.113
CiteScore
148.1
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
1823-2025
journal names
The Lancet
Publications
471 076
Citations
6 861 911
h-index
968
Publications
8 191
Citations
1 997 298
Top-3 citing journals
The Lancet
The Lancet (170775 citations)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (68598 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (1655 publications)
University College London
University College London (1514 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (240 publications)
University College London
University College London (221 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (33850 publications)
USA (18347 publications)
Australia (3624 publications)
United Kingdom (1446 publications)
USA (1437 publications)
Australia (386 publications)

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991081 citations, 14.44%
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320049 citations, 4.66%
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