The Lancet
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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Lancet |
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| Discipline | Medicine |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Richard Horton |
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Publication history
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1823–present |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| 45.217 | |
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0140-6736 (print) 1474-547X (web) |
| LCCN | sf82002015 |
| CODEN | LANCAO |
| OCLC no. | 01755507 |
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The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's oldest and best known general medical journals.
The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet, as well as after the architectural term "lancet arch", a window with a sharp pointed arch, to indicate the "light of wisdom" or "to let in light".
The Lancet 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. As of 2015[update], the editor-in-chief is Richard Horton. The journal has editorial offices in London, New York, and Beijing.
In the 2014 Journal Citation Reports, The Lancet was ranked second among general medical journals, (with an impact factor of 45), after The New England Journal of Medicine (impact factor of 56).
The Lancet also publishes several specialty journals: The Lancet Neurology (neurology), The Lancet Oncology (oncology), The Lancet Infectious Diseases (infectious diseases), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (respiratory medicine), The Lancet Psychiatry (psychiatry), and The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology (endocrinology) all of which publish original research and reviews. In 2013, The Lancet Global Health (global health) became the group's first fully open access journal. In 2014, The Lancet Haematology (haematology) and The Lancet HIV (infectious diseases) were launched, both as online only research titles. The three established specialty journals (The Lancet Neurology, The Lancet Oncology, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases) have built up strong reputations in their medical specialty. According to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports by Thomson Reuters, The Lancet Neurology's impact factor is 22, The Lancet Oncology 25, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases 20. There is also an online website for students entitled The Lancet Student in blog format, launched in 2007.
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