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Use when targeting The Lancet or deciding whether a clinical medicine or global-health manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# The Lancet (the-lancet)

## Journal positioning

The Lancet is one of the world's oldest and most influential general medical journals, published by Elsevier. It publishes practice-changing and policy-changing clinical and global-health evidence, with an explicit commitment to health equity, global burden of disease, and the social determinants of health. The readership spans clinicians, public-health practitioners, policymakers, and health systems researchers worldwide. Papers that merely confirm existing practice without shifting guidelines or informing policy do not belong here.

This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the publisher's own site or submission system.

## When to trigger

- The author names The Lancet as the target venue for a clinical trial, systematic review, or global-health analysis.
- A manuscript has potential practice- or policy-changing implications but needs framing around equity, global-health burden, or health-systems impact.
- A clinical-medicine paper needs to distinguish The Lancet's editorial culture from NEJM or JAMA before deciding where to submit.
- The author needs The Lancet's desk-reject risks and credible alternatives before submitting.
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