The Lancet Regional Health-Americas

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas is an open access general medical journal published by Elsevier as part of The Lancet Group's regional health series, launched in September 2021 to improve health in the Americas, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.1.《柳叶刀-区域健康（美洲）》（The Lancet Regional Health - Americas）是（Elsevier）出版、《柳叶刀》区域健康系列中的开放获取综合医学期刊，2021 年 9 月创刊，旨在改善美洲地区健康水平，2025 年影响因子为 9.1。

Scope

• The journal publishes high-quality original research that advocates change in, or illuminates, clinical practice and health policy in the Americas.该刊发表高质量的原创研究，推动或阐明美洲地区的临床实践与卫生政策变革。^[1]
• Its regional focus takes in infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, child and adolescent health, and maternal and reproductive health.其区域性选题覆盖传染病、非传染性疾病、儿童与青少年健康，以及孕产妇与生殖健康。
• Further regional topics include emergency care, health policy and health equity.其他区域议题包括急诊医学、卫生政策与健康公平。
• Alongside original research the journal considers relevant reviews, commentaries and opinion pieces.除原创研究外，该刊还接收相关综述、评论与观点文章。
• The journal aims to raise the quality of regional and national health research and to advocate health-care quality and access across the Americas.该刊致力于提升区域与国家卫生研究质量，并倡导改善美洲地区的医疗质量与可及性。
• It is a fully open access journal, free to read and published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.该刊为完全开放获取期刊，内容免费阅读，并以（CC BY）许可发表。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, PubMed and Scopus, and it ranks in the first quartile of the Health Care Sciences and Services category at 6th of 194 titles.该刊被（ESCI）、（PubMed）与（Scopus）收录，在医疗保健科学与服务类位居第一四分位、于 194 种刊中排名第 6。

History

• The journal belongs to The Lancet Regional Health series, which The Lancet Group introduced from 2020 to carry its coverage into world regions.该刊属于《柳叶刀》区域健康系列，该系列由（The Lancet Group）自 2020 年起推出，把期刊覆盖扩展到世界各区域。
• The Americas edition began with volume 1 in September 2021 and is published by Elsevier Ltd from Oxford.美洲版于 2021 年 9 月以第 1 卷创刊，由（Elsevier Ltd）在牛津出版。
• It sits alongside sister titles for Western Pacific, Europe and Southeast Asia in the regional health family.它与西太平洋、欧洲与东南亚的同系列姊妹刊并列。
• The title carries the single electronic ISSN 2667-193X and appears online only, with no print edition.该刊仅使用电子刊号（2667-193X），只在线出版，不发行印刷版。
• It has been fully open access since its first volume, and its Journal Impact Factor rose from 7.6 in 2024 to 9.1 in 2025.自创刊首卷起，该刊即为完全开放获取，影响因子由 2024 年的 7.6 升至 2025 年的 9.1。
• Its editorial office is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the journal is published from the United Kingdom.该刊编辑部设在巴西里约热内卢，而期刊出版地则在英国。

Editors

• Taissa Vila is the editor-in-chief of the journal.该刊主编为（Taissa Vila）。
• The editorial team includes senior editors such as Gustavo Monnerat, Orison Woolcott, Maria Dario and Evgenia Koutsouki.编辑团队包括（Gustavo Monnerat）、（Orison Woolcott）、（Maria Dario）与（Evgenia Koutsouki）等高级编辑。
• The journal is run by an in-house team of senior editors, a deputy editor and the editor-in-chief, supported by an international advisory board.该刊由高级编辑、副编辑与主编组成的内部团队运营，并得到国际顾问委员会支持。
• Submitted research is assessed and peer reviewed so that high-quality, practice-changing content is published.来稿经评估与同行评审，以确保发表高质量、能改变实践的内容。
• As a Lancet title the journal follows the peer-review and editorial policies of The Lancet family, including its ethical and reporting standards.作为《柳叶刀》系列刊物，该刊遵循《柳叶刀》家族的同行评审与编辑政策，包括伦理与报告规范。
• It publishes research articles together with editorials, comments and correspondence, and it runs special collections on regional health priorities.该刊发表研究论文以及社论、评论与通信，并设有聚焦区域健康优先议题的专题合集。