The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN (online)
- 1474-4457
- ISSN (print)
- 1473-3099
- Specialty
- Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Picture | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Comment | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Correspondence | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Editorial | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Grand Round | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Historical Review | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Media Watch | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Original Research | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Personal View | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Randomised Controlled Trial | CONSORT | 8 |
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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