The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is a gold open access general medical journal published by Elsevier as part of the Lancet Group's regional health initiative, launched in 2020 to advance clinical practice and health policy across the Western Pacific, and it carried a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.4《柳叶刀-区域健康（西太平洋）》（The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific）是（Elsevier）出版的黄金开放获取综合医学期刊，属《柳叶刀》（The Lancet）区域性健康计划，2020 年创刊，旨在推动西太平洋地区的临床实践与卫生政策，2025 年影响因子为 9.4。

Scope

• As a gold open access journal it forms part of the Lancet's global initiative to advocate for health-care quality and access in all regions of the world作为黄金开放获取期刊，它属于《柳叶刀》倡导全球各区域医疗质量与可及性的全球计划。
• The journal publishes high-quality original research that illuminates or advocates change in clinical practice and health policy in the Western Pacific region, with the goal of improving health outcomes该刊发表能阐明或推动西太平洋地区临床实践与卫生政策变革的高质量原创研究，目标是改善健康结局。
• Invited topics include infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, child and adolescent health, maternal and reproductive health, ageing health, mental health, public health and health policy征稿主题包括传染病、非传染性疾病、儿童与青少年健康、孕产妇与生殖健康、老龄健康、心理健康、公共卫生与卫生政策。
• It publishes a range of content types including Articles, Reviews, Comments and Correspondence, and it also convenes Lancet commissions on regional health issues该刊刊载的文章体裁包括原创论文、综述、评论与通信，并召集针对区域卫生议题的《柳叶刀》委员会。
• Articles are open access under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, and the journal is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals文章以（Creative Commons Attribution）许可开放获取，该刊被（Directory of Open Access Journals）收录。
• It holds the first quartile in the Health Care Sciences and Services category with a rank of 5 out of 194 titles, and also in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health该刊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 5 位，在公共、环境与职业健康类亦为第一四分位。

History

• The title was launched in 2020, its first volume appearing in August 2020, as one of four regional health journals introduced together with the Europe, Americas and Southeast Asia editions该刊于 2020 年创刊，首卷于 2020 年 8 月问世，与欧洲版、美洲版及东南亚版一同作为四种区域健康期刊推出。
• Its earliest deposited article, published in the first volume, addressed harnessing the experience of COVID-19 for sustained improvements in global health security其最早登记的文章发表于首卷，探讨如何借新冠疫情经验持续推进全球卫生安全建设。^[1]
• The editorial team marked the journal's fifth anniversary in 2025, reflecting the growth of its regional coverage since 2020编辑团队于 2025 年迎来刊物创刊五周年，体现其自 2020 年以来区域覆盖的成长。
• The editorial office is based in Shanghai, China, where the Lancet Group has recruited senior editors for the Western Pacific edition编辑部设在中国上海，《柳叶刀》集团曾在此为该西太平洋版招募高级编辑。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 8.559 in 2022 and 8.1 in 2024 before reaching 9.4 in 2025其影响因子 2022 年为 8.559、2024 年为 8.1，2025 年升至 9.4。

Editors

• Jie Cai is the editor-in-chief of The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific（Jie Cai）任《柳叶刀-区域健康（西太平洋）》主编。
• John S. Ji serves on the journal's international advisory board, and he is based at the Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University in Beijing（John S. Ji）为该刊国际顾问委员会成员，任职于北京清华大学万科公共卫生与健康学院。
• The journal is run by an in-house team of senior editors within the Lancet Group, drawing on the group's editorial standards and regional expertise该刊由《柳叶刀》集团内部的高级编辑团队运营，依托集团的编辑标准与区域专长。
• Like its sister Lancet titles, it relies on external peer review and on commissioned series and commissions that bring together regional experts与《柳叶刀》系列姊妹刊一样，该刊依靠外部同行评审，并组织由区域专家参与的系列文章与委员会。
• In 2025 the journal convened a Lancet commission on reimagining healthcare in Indonesia for 2045, chaired by Indonesian and international experts2025 年该刊发起关于 2045 年印度尼西亚医疗卫生重塑的《柳叶刀》委员会，由印尼及国际专家共同主持。
• Editorial decisions are made independently of the publisher, in keeping with the Lancet Group's editorial independence policy编辑决定独立于出版方作出，符合《柳叶刀》集团的编辑独立政策。