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The Lancet Digital Health

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN2589-7500eISSN2589-7500

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

6.838

H-Index

124

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

5.393

Total Works

987

Total Citations

56,634

2yr Mean Citedness

13.00

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, including the development of predictive models for disease diagnosis and prognosis, the use of large language models for patient communication and research, and the evaluation of AI fairness and bias in clinical settings.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications987

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2589-7500 / 2589-7500

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Health InformaticsQ1

Health Information ManagementQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical InformaticsMedicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementHealth InformaticsMedicine (miscellaneous)Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMachine Learning in HealthcareMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsCOVID-19 diagnosis using AIAI in cancer detectionTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationDigital Mental Health InterventionsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesRetinal Imaging and Analysis