The Lancet

The Lancet is an independent international general medical journal founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley and published by Elsevier, covering clinical medicine, public health and global health, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 109.0《柳叶刀》是 Thomas Wakley 于 1823 年创办、由 Elsevier 出版的独立国际综合医学期刊，涵盖临床医学、公共卫生与全球健康，2025 年影响因子为 109.0。

Scope

• It publishes original primary research and review articles of the highest standard, and its coverage is international in focus and extends to all aspects of human health该刊刊载最高水准的原创研究文章与综述，其报道以国际视角为焦点，涵盖人类健康的方方面面。
• Its content is stringently edited and peer-reviewed to ensure the scientific merit and clinical relevance of its diverse material其内容经过严格编辑与同行评审，以确保各类材料的科学价值与临床相关性。
• It draws on an international network of advisers and contributors to meet the needs of physicians by adding to their clinical knowledge and alerting them to important advances该刊依托国际顾问与撰稿人网络，通过充实临床知识并提示重要进展来满足医师需求。
• Article types include Articles such as randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses, Reviews, Seminars, Health Policy, Therapeutics, Comments and Correspondence文章类型包括随机对照试验与荟萃分析等原创论文、综述、专题研讨、卫生政策、治疗学、评论与通讯。
• It publishes weekly print and online issues together with Online First content released ahead of issue publication该刊每周出版印刷版与在线版，并在正式刊期前先行在线发布 Online First 内容。
• It maintains editorial offices in London, New York and Beijing, reflecting its global editorial operation该刊在伦敦、纽约与北京设有编辑部，体现其全球化的编辑运作。
• It is a subscription journal, so only some articles are published open access该刊为订阅制期刊，故仅部分文章以开放获取出版。

History

• It was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, a surgeon, and its first weekly issue appeared on October 5, 1823该刊由外科医生 Thomas Wakley 于 1823 年创办，首期周报于 1823 年 10 月 5 日出版。
• Members of the Wakley family retained the editorship of the journal until 1908Wakley 家族成员执掌该刊编辑权直至 1908 年。
• In 1921 it was acquired by Hodder and Stoughton, and in 1991 it was acquired by Elsevier, which remains its owner该刊 1921 年被霍德·斯托顿（Hodder and Stoughton）收购，1991 年被爱思唯尔（Elsevier）收购，后者至今为所有者。
• It has been published weekly throughout its history and is one of the world's oldest and most cited general medical journals该刊历史上一直按周出版，是世界最古老、被引最多的综合医学期刊之一。
• It sits within the Lancet Group, a family of specialty journals spanning oncology, infectious diseases, public health and more该刊隶属柳叶刀集团（Lancet Group），该集团下辖肿瘤、传染病、公共卫生等专科期刊。
• Its 200th anniversary was marked in 2023 with special content celebrating two centuries of advancing health2023 年该刊以特别内容纪念其推动健康事业两百周年。^[1]
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 109.0, ranking first among 336 general and internal medicine journals, with a CiteScore of 92.4其 2025 年影响因子为 109.0，在 336 种全科与内科学期刊中排名第一，CiteScore 为 92.4。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Richard Horton, who qualified in physiology and medicine at the University of Birmingham in 1986 and has led the journal since 1995现任主编为 Richard Horton，1986 年于伯明翰大学取得生理学与医学学位，自 1995 年起执掌该刊。
• He joined The Lancet in 1990 and moved to New York as North American Editor in 1993, and was the first president of the World Association of Medical Editors他 1990 年加入该刊，1993 年赴纽约任北美编辑，并曾任世界医学编辑协会首任主席。
• The executive editor for digital is Naomi Lee, who handles peer review and commissioning with interests in surgery, health informatics and medical technology数字执行编辑为 Naomi Lee，负责同行评审与约稿，关注外科、卫生信息学与医疗技术。
• Rebecca Cooney is the North America executive editor and Ben Abbott serves as an executive editorRebecca Cooney 任北美执行编辑，Ben Abbott 任执行编辑。
• Every Article, Hypothesis, Seminar and Review published in The Lancet has been peer reviewed, while occasional contributions such as Essays are accepted without peer review该刊发表的每篇原创论文、假说、专题研讨与综述均经同行评审，而随笔等偶发稿件可不经同行评审接收。
• On submission a report is first read by physicians and scientists on the journal's staff before external review稿件提交后先由该刊的医师与科学家团队审读，再进入外部评审。