Lancet Journal Submission Checker
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What do Lancet journals require?
The Lancet family (The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Lancet Neurology, eClinicalMedicine, etc.) publishes high-impact clinical and health research. Lancet journals enforce stringent clinical reporting standards: CONSORT for clinical trials, PRISMA for systematic reviews, STROBE for observational studies. All Lancet submissions require explicit ethics committee approval, patient consent statements, trial registration numbers, ORCID for corresponding authors, and detailed conflict of interest declarations. Statistical reporting standards are rigorous.
Lancet compliance checks
CONSORT/PRISMA/STROBE compliance check
Verify that your manuscript follows the appropriate reporting guideline for your study design as required by Lancet journals.
Ethics approval and patient consent validation
Confirm that ethics committee approval and patient consent statements are present and complete.
Clinical trial registration number check
Check that a trial registration number from an approved registry is included for all clinical trials.
Conflict of interest and funding declarations
Validate that conflict of interest and funding declarations meet Lancet's detailed disclosure requirements.
Statistical methods section completeness
Flag missing statistical method details that Lancet editors require for clinical research.
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Ethics committee statement
Explicit ethics committee approval statement present for all research involving human participants.
Patient consent declaration
Patient or participant consent statement included as required for clinical studies.
Trial registration number
Clinical trial registration number from an approved registry present for all trials.
CONSORT compliance for trials
CONSORT checklist completed and submitted for randomized controlled trials.
Conflict of interest statement
Detailed conflict of interest declarations present for all authors.
Author ORCID
ORCID iD present for the corresponding author.
Statistical analysis section
Statistical methods described with sufficient detail for clinical research.
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Professor in Mechanical Engineering, ÉTS Montréal
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Manon
Master's Student in Speech Therapy
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Afonso
PhD Candidate, UFPE
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Postdoc Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
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Frequently asked questions
The Lancet requires ethics committee approval, patient consent statements, trial registration numbers for clinical trials, CONSORT/PRISMA/STROBE compliance depending on study design, ORCID for corresponding authors, and detailed conflict of interest declarations for all authors.
Yes. The Lancet requires CONSORT compliance for all randomized controlled trial submissions. Authors must complete and submit the CONSORT checklist alongside the manuscript. Other study designs require PRISMA (systematic reviews) or STROBE (observational studies).
The Lancet requires all authors to declare any financial or non-financial interests that could be perceived as influencing the research. This includes employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, grants, and patents. Declarations must be specific and detailed.
Run your manuscript through CheckMyManuscript to validate ethics statements, trial registration, CONSORT compliance, and conflict of interest declarations. Then review the specific author guidelines for the Lancet journal you are targeting.