Lancet Neurology is a monthly journal, published by Elsevier BV, and covering the field of clinical neurology. It includes research articles, reviews, commentaries and news. It is an authoritative forum for key opinion leaders across medicine, government, and health systems to influence clinical practice, explore global policy, and inform constructive, positive change worldwide.
It has been around since 2002, and is ranked among the top medical journals of its kind in the world. It is a leading authority on neurological research and has an impact factor of 59*935, ranking it first among 212 clinical neurology journals globally (2021 Journal Citation Reports (r), Clarivate 2022).
Preprints with The Lancet
In the tradition of open access publishing, The Lancet has set up a site to make preprints, the earliest version of a paper that has not yet undergone peer review, available to the community. These preprints are accompanied by standard SSRN checks, and are subject to a Lancet-specific check for appropriateness and transparency.
The most effective way to cite your article in The Lancet is by referencing it using the journal’s citation format. For more information on how to cite in The Lancet, see the journal’s instructions to authors.
A good way to find the best citation format for your article is to use a combination of online resources such as BibTeX and Mendeley or offline tools such as EndNote or Reference Manager. The citation format of each resource will be slightly different, but will generally include the full article identifier in the cited text.
h-index and citations to the article (2017)
The h-index is a measure of productivity in scholarly publications and indicates how many citations an article has received. A high h-index is a good indicator of the quality of the work. The number of citations is typically based on the impact factor (IF) of the publication, which is calculated by dividing the total number of citations to an article by its average number of citations over time.
IF and SCImago Journal Rank
The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of a journal’s scientific influence that combines citation counts and the importance or prestige of the journals where citations to a given article originate. It is not an exact science, but is often used to help researchers find the most influential journals in a particular area of research.
