The Lancet
Last updated ISSN 0099-5355
The Lancet is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $7,890.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Lancet concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Medical History and Innovations
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- History of Medical Practice
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Child and Adolescent Health
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0099-5355, 0140-6736, 1474-547X |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $7,890 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 476,049 |
| Publishing since | 1823 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-lancet |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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