The Lancet Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in The Lancet style?

This is the Citationsy guide to The Lancet citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in The Lancet.

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How do you cite a book in the The Lancet referencing style? (2024 Guide)

A book citation in The Lancet always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

Here’s an example book citation in The Lancet using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title, Edition. City: Publisher, 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
The Lancet citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn. New York: Random House, 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in The Lancet looks like this: 1


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How to reference a journal article in the The Lancet citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in The Lancet format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the The Lancet citation format.

Here’s a The Lancet journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000; Volume: pages Used.
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So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in The Lancet: