Journal profile
The Lancet Neurology
The Lancet Neurology is published by Elsevier BV under ISSN 1474-4422. It holds an h-index of 458 across 7,356 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 15.99, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 1474-4422 |
| All ISSNs | 1474-4422, 1474-4465 |
| Indexed works | 7,356 |
| Total citations | 789,054 |
| h-index | 458 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 15.99 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Acute Ischemic Stroke Management · Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments · Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Neurological disorders and treatments |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria
- Authors
- Alan J. Thompson, Brenda Banwell, Frederik Barkhof, William M. Carroll, Timothy Coetzee, Giancarlo Comi, and 24 more
- Year
- 2017
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 162-173
IEEE
A. J. Thompson, B. Banwell, F. Barkhof, W. M. Carroll, T. Coetzee, G. Comi et al. "Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria," The Lancet Neurology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 162-173, 2017, doi: 10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30470-2.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for The Lancet Neurology against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Thompson, A. J., Banwell, B., Barkhof, F., Carroll, W. M., Coetzee, T., & Comi, G., et al. (2017). Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria. The Lancet Neurology, 17(2), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30470-2
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{thompson2017,
author = {Alan J. Thompson and Brenda Banwell and Frederik Barkhof and William M. Carroll and Timothy Coetzee and Giancarlo Comi},
title = {Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria},
journal = {The Lancet Neurology},
volume = {17},
number = {2},
pages = {162--173},
year = {2017},
issn = {1474-4422},
doi = {10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30470-2}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. The Lancet Neurology records 7,356 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
The Lancet Neurology carries an h-index of 458, which is above 78% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 789,054 citations across 7,356 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 15.99.
209 of the journals covered here are published by Elsevier BV. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about The Lancet Neurology
What is the ISSN of The Lancet Neurology?
The linking ISSN is 1474-4422. The journal also carries 1474-4465, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes The Lancet Neurology?
Elsevier BV publishes it. 209 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is The Lancet Neurology open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from The Lancet Neurology in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key thompson2017 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does The Lancet Neurology use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 162 to 173, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is The Lancet Neurology?
Its h-index is 458, above 78% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 789,054 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 15.99. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does The Lancet Neurology have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 458 and a two-year mean citedness of 15.99 across 7,356 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.