The Lancet
peer-reviewed general medical journal
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Summary
The Lancet is a scientific journal[1]. It ranks in the top 0.25% of scientific journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,702 views/month, #6 of 2,364).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: medicine[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: medical journal[5], academic journal[6]
- Editor: Richard Horton[7]
- Founder: Thomas Wakley[8]
- Publisher: Elsevier[9]
- Named after: scalpel[10]
- Commons category: The Lancet[11]
- Language of work or name: English[12]
- Archives at: Portico[13], CLOCKSS[14]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[15], Kingdom of the Netherlands[16]
- Has part(s): EAT-Lancet Commission[17]
- Inception: 1823[18]
- Official website: https://www.thelancet.com/[19], https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-lancet/[20]
- Main subject: medicine[21]
- Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator level: 2[22], 3[23]
- Described by source: Wikipedia:Vaccine safety/Perennial sources[24]
- Title: Lancet[25]
- Short name: Lancet[26]
- Different from: Lancet[27], The Lancet Regional Health - Americas[28]
- Publication interval: 1 week[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[30]
- Editor-in-chief: Jocalyn Clark[31]
- Social media followers: 607,369[32], 32,500[33], 706,909[34], 42,300[35], 741,448[36], 49,200[37], 56,600[38], 62,300[39], 68,700[40]
- Indexed in bibliographic review: Scopus[41], Science Citation Index Expanded[42]
Why It Matters
The Lancet has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]