Health
The Lancet
thelancet.com ↗Peer-reviewed general medical journal since 1823; flagship clinical-research publication.
SourceScore Index
A·86Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.
A — peer-review + clinical-research authority; high-trust per cite.
Citation Discipline
A+·95
Peer-review enforced; methodology + data disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
About this sub-score →Modern Reference
B·82
DOIs + structured abstracts; metered paywall partial-LLM-corpus.
About this sub-score →Citation Velocity
B·80
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
About this sub-score →Signals behind these scores
Citation Discipline
A+·95- Peer reviewEditor + ≥2 reviewer cycles before publication.
Modern Reference
B·82- DOIPermanent identifier per article.
Citation Velocity
B·80- Citation impact factor~98 (top of medical-journal venues).
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