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The Lancet Global Health Template

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About the The Lancet Global Health format

The Lancet Global Health is a peer-reviewed journal published by Clinical & Medical Journals, covering Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology. Over its lifetime it has published 4,845 papers, which have received 254,999 citations.

PublisherClinical & Medical Journals
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. The Lancet Global Health. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inGlobal Maternal and Child Health Child Nutrition and Water Access Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Global Health and Surgery Healthcare Systems and Reforms
ISSN2214-109X
Citation impact (2-yr)9.81
h-index217
i10-index2,164
Article processing charge$5,000
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in The Lancet Global Health per year

280
2014
280
2015
327
2016
367
2017
395
2018
443
2019
420
2020
432
2021
413
2022
420
2023
367
2024
378
2025

Citation impact of The Lancet Global Health by publication year

22.8K
2014
18.1K
2015
18K
2016
26.7K
2017
36.8K
2018
31.2K
2019
38.3K
2020
17.3K
2021
15.3K
2022
10.1K
2023
6.5K
2024
2.3K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Lancet Global Health

Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis

Lale Say, Doris Chou, Alison Gemmill et al. · 5 May 2014

BACKGROUND: Data for the causes of maternal deaths are needed to inform policies to improve maternal health. We developed and analysed global, regional, and subregional estimates of the causes of maternal death during 2003-09, with a novel method, updating the previous WHO systematic review. METHODS: We searched specialised and general bibliographic databases for articles published…

6,665 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants

Regina Guthold, Gretchen A Stevens, Leanne M Riley et al. · 4 Sep 2018

BACKGROUND: Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life. We describe levels of insufficient physical activity across countries, and estimate global and regional trends. METHODS: We pooled data from population-based surveys reporting the prevalence of insufficient physical activity, which included…

4,934 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis

Marc Arbyn, Elisabete Weiderpass, Laia Bruni et al. · 4 Dec 2019

BACKGROUND: The knowledge that persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the main cause of cervical cancer has resulted in the development of prophylactic vaccines to prevent HPV infection and HPV assays that detect nucleic acids of the virus. WHO has launched a Global Initiative to scale up preventive, screening, and treatment interventions to eliminate cervical…

4,173 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution

Margaret E. Kruk, Anna Gage, Catherine Arsenault et al. · 5 Sep 2018

and respecting all workers to deliver the best care possible. Fourth, governments and civil society should ignite demand for quality in the population to empower people to hold systems accountable and actively seek high-quality care. Additional targeted actions in areas such as health financing, management, district-level learning, and others can complement these efforts. What works…

3,978 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

Jaimie D Steinmetz, Rupert Bourne, Paul Svitil Briant et al. · 1 Dec 2020

BACKGROUND: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the prevalence and relative contribution of avoidable causes of blindness and vision impairment globally from 1990 to 2020. We aimed to compare the results with the World Health Assembly…

3,074 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

The Lancet Global Health template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Lancet Global Health format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Lancet Global Health template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Clinical & Medical Journals format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Lancet Global Health use?
The Lancet Global Health uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. The Lancet Global Health. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to The Lancet Global Health?
No. DocuGuru generates the article LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Clinical & Medical Journals-ready The Lancet Global Health document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is The Lancet Global Health?
Clinical journal (generic ICMJE manuscript format). It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Clinical & Medical Journals.
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