The Lancet Abbreviation (ISO4)

The Lancet (ISO4) Standard Journal Abbreviation

Lancet. (Lancet)


The Lancet - Abbreviation - Journals usually have long names, such as (The Lancet). It is hard to list them in databases with such long names so they’re usually shortened to aid in storing data. These shortened names are known as journal abbreviations. Journal abbreviations are shortened from the Journal title. An example of a The Lancet abbreviation is Lancet. (Lancet).

The use of standardized abbreviations is important to get correct and corroborated scientific and technical citations.

Abbreviation of The Lancet

The official abbreviation of the The Lancet is Lancet. it is a standardized way to abstract, index, and reference a particular journal according to ISO 4. For example, if you’re looking for a scientific journal that particularly publishes research related to Medical in / then you can gather the required information from The Lancet.

This abbreviation of the title meets all the criteria issued by ISO4 for choosing journal title abbreviations.

The official abbreviation of the The Lancet is Lancet.


The Lancet - Abbreviation Details


Journal Name The Lancet
Journal Abbreviation Lancet. (Lancet)
Journal Print 0140-6736 (01406736)
Journal Online 1474-547X (1474547X)
Impact Factor The Lancet Impact Factor
CiteScore The Lancet CiteScore
Acceptance Rate The Lancet Acceptance Rate
SCImago Journal Rank The Lancet SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

ISO4 and LTWA

List of Title Word Abbreviations or LTWA is standard abbreviations for words commonly found in serial titles. LTWA includes has more than 56,000 words and their abbreviations in about 65 languages, it is a vast database. These abbreviated words serve as the basis for constituting “abbreviated key titles” published in the ISSN Register. So might consist of words from LTWA that are formed according to ISO4 by ISSN.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has appointed the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) International Centre as the registration authority for ISO 4. ISO 4 (Information and documentation – Rules for the abbreviation of title words and titles of publications) is an international standard that marks a static system for the abbreviation of serial publication titles. According to ISO4, terms are abbreviated according to LTWA. It is a list that is filled with all the uniform abbreviations used for words in scientific excerpts. It is based on ISO 4.

International Standard for Serial Numbers provides guidelines for abbreviating titles of serials and, if required, non-serial documents by using alphabets from languages like Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek.

The Lancet - Abbreviation

How to abbreviate Journal Titles

  • Omit articles, conjunctions, and prepositions.
  • Capitalize all abbreviated words.
  • Only abbreviate the title proper.
  • Single-word titles and titles in languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean that use characters should not be abbreviated.
  • Single-syllable words and words of 5 or fewer letters in singular form are not usually abbreviated as it is not required.
  • Words in the can also be abbreviated by the help of contraction (omission of a few internal letters).

The Lancet

The Lancet is considered an authoritative voice in global medicine, with 1.8 million registered users worldwide. The Lancet’s 2013 impact factor is 39.207, ranking the journal second in the general medicine category. It’s very difficult to be published in The Lancet. Only 5% of submitted manuscripts accepted for publication in the Lancet family of nine general medicine specialty journals. Research published in The Lancet is considered ethical and credible. more...









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