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The Lancet Infectious Diseases Template

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About the The Lancet Infectious Diseases format

The Lancet Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed journal published by Clinical & Medical Journals, covering Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mosquito-borne diseases and control. Over its lifetime it has published 10,851 papers, which have received 653,270 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 Infectious Diseases. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inViral Infections and Outbreaks Research Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mosquito-borne diseases and control SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
ISSN1473-3099
Citation impact (2-yr)10.93
h-index372
i10-index4,106
Article processing charge$6,300
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases per year

413
2014
491
2015
539
2016
533
2017
492
2018
541
2019
687
2020
578
2021
596
2022
521
2023
582
2024
520
2025

Citation impact of The Lancet Infectious Diseases by publication year

28.5K
2014
32K
2015
40K
2016
42K
2017
30.8K
2018
24.4K
2019
96.4K
2020
30K
2021
23.3K
2022
12.1K
2023
10.9K
2024
3.2K
2025

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

Most-cited papers in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time

Ensheng Dong, Hongru Du, Lauren Gardner · 19 Feb 2020

In December, 2019, a local outbreak of pneumonia of initially unknown cause was detected in Wuhan (Hubei, China), and was quickly determined to be caused by a novel coronavirus,1WHOWHO statement regarding cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China.https://www.who.int/china/news/detail/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-chinaDate: Jan 9, 2020Date accessed: February 11, 2020Google Scholar namely severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The…

11,180 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis

Robert Verity, Lucy Okell, Ilaria Dorigatti et al. · 30 Mar 2020

BACKGROUND: In the face of rapidly changing data, a range of case fatality ratio estimates for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been produced that differ substantially in magnitude. We aimed to provide robust estimates, accounting for censoring and ascertainment biases. METHODS: We collected individual-case data for patients who died from COVID-19 in Hubei, mainland China…

4,168 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

The Lancet Infectious Diseases template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Lancet Infectious Diseases format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Lancet Infectious Diseases 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 Infectious Diseases use?
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 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 Infectious Diseases. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to The Lancet Infectious Diseases?
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 Infectious Diseases 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 Infectious Diseases?
Clinical journal (generic ICMJE manuscript format). It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Clinical & Medical Journals.
Can I export a submission-ready The Lancet Infectious Diseases PDF?
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