THE LANCET · 4 COMPARISONS

Every The Lancet head-to-head

The Lancet appears in 4 canonical SourceScore comparisons. Each is a real "X vs Y" search-intent page scored on Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity.

Biggest score gap

BMJ Best Practice sits 7 index-points below The Lancet · full comparison →

The Lancet

SourceScore Index (A)

Partner mean

Average index across the 4 partners The Lancet is compared with

Global mean

Average index across all 130 sources

All The Lancet comparisons (sorted by score gap)

#1The Lancet vs BMJ Best Practice
B·79+7
Clinical-decision-support compendium vs flagship medical journal — both BMJ-family but different reader workflows.
BMJ Best Practice profile →Discipline-only Modern Reference-only Velocity-only
#2The Lancet vs STAT News
B·82+4
Health-vertical investigative journalism vs flagship medical journal — same beat, different formats.
STAT News profile →Discipline-only Modern Reference-only Velocity-only
#3The Lancet vs New England Journal of Medicine
A·87-1
The two highest-impact general medical journals — citation discipline compared.
New England Journal of Medicine profile →Discipline-only Modern Reference-only Velocity-only
#4The Lancet vs The BMJ (British Medical Journal)
A·85+1
Two UK-based tier-1 general-medicine journals — both Elsevier-adjacent, scored head-to-head.
The BMJ (British Medical Journal) profile →Discipline-only Modern Reference-only Velocity-only

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