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The Lancet Psychiatry Template

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About the The Lancet Psychiatry format

The Lancet Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal published by Clinical & Medical Journals, covering Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health and Psychiatry. Over its lifetime it has published 3,850 papers, which have received 211,755 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 Psychiatry. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inMental Health Treatment and Access Schizophrenia research and treatment Mental Health and Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Treatment of Major Depression
ISSN2215-0366
Citation impact (2-yr)7.43
h-index216
i10-index1,340
Article processing charge$6,300
Top institutions publishing hereKing's College London
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in The Lancet Psychiatry per year

195
2014
409
2015
404
2016
352
2017
342
2018
354
2019
380
2020
315
2021
255
2022
244
2023
252
2024
218
2025

Citation impact of The Lancet Psychiatry by publication year

13.3K
2014
19.2K
2015
34.1K
2016
17.3K
2017
18.5K
2018
24.1K
2019
50.1K
2020
14.7K
2021
11.5K
2022
4.7K
2023
3.3K
2024
953
2025

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

Most-cited papers in The Lancet Psychiatry

Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

10 Jan 2022

BACKGROUND: The mental disorders included in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 were depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, conduct disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, idiopathic developmental intellectual disability, and a residual category of other mental disorders. We aimed to measure the global, regional,…

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The Lancet Psychiatry template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Lancet Psychiatry format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Lancet Psychiatry 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 Psychiatry use?
The Lancet Psychiatry 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 Psychiatry. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to The Lancet Psychiatry?
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 Psychiatry document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the The Lancet Psychiatry format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is The Lancet Psychiatry?
Clinical journal (generic ICMJE manuscript format). It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Clinical & Medical Journals.
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