The Lancet
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN (online)
- 1474-547X
- ISSN (print)
- 0140-6736
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Journal website
- www.thelancet.com
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Adverse Drug Reaction | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Article (Qualitative or Mixed Methods) | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Article (Randomised Controlled Trial) | CONSORT | 5 |
| Clinical Rounds | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Comment | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Correspondence (General Interest) | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Correspondence (Linked to Published Item) | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Hypothesis | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Viewpoint and Other Departments | Depends on study design | 5 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
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