Most-cited articles by year
The Lancet
Elsevier BV · ISSN 0099-5355 · 475,758 works in OpenAlex · h-index 1206
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles The Lancet published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
About these lists
The Lancet published between 1,326 and 1,649 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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