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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology is a specialty journal in The Lancet family covering gastroenterology and hepatology. The journal publishes article categories including Editorials, Comments, Articles, Reviews, Corrections, and In Focus content.
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Subject
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Impact Factor
38.6
Quartile
Q1
Open Access Type
Hybrid
eISSN
2468-1253
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
Manuscript submission is free. Gold open access APC information is available via The Lancet open access page.
Submission Instructions
Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Meta-Analysis
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
A structured semistructured summary is required. The Summary must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be structured as a semistructured summary. The Summary must include Background, Methods, Findings, Interpretation, and Funding sections.
Manuscript
The main text must be 3500 words. The manuscript must be structured into Summary, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion, with Results and Discussion written without subheadings. The manuscript must include a Research in context panel with Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, and Implications of all the available evidence sections, a Contributors statement, a Declaration of interests statement, a table of study characteristics, a study-selection flow chart, a forest plot usually, and an AI-use disclosure in the Methods or Acknowledgments if applicable.
References
References must include only studies in the systematic review or meta-analysis plus up to 30 additional references, with no more than 75 references in total. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially as superscript numbers after punctuation, listing all authors when there are six or fewer and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more.
Figures & Tables
A table of study characteristics and a study-selection flow chart are required, and a forest plot should usually be included. Text and tables must be submitted in a Word document, and the study-selection figure, forest plots, and other figures must be supplied as editable files separately. The study-selection figure must account for all exclusions, forest plots must include absolute patient numbers as n/N for treatment and control groups, and the x-axis of a forest plot must not be converted to a log scale unless the effect estimate was calculated that way.
Review
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Reviews must include an abstract in the form of a summary. The summary must be no more than 150 words. The summary must be unstructured.
Manuscript
Reviews should be no more than 4500 words. Reviews must include a brief section entitled 'Search strategy and selection criteria'. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, author contribution statements at the end of the manuscript, and a 'Search strategy and selection criteria' section stating the sources searched and the study inclusion and exclusion criteria.
References
Reviews should include no more than 75 references. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially in the text as superscript numbers after punctuation, with all authors listed when there are six or fewer authors and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more.
Figures & Tables
Tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text. Table text must be editable.
Article
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Articles must include a semistructured abstract. The abstract must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be semistructured in five paragraphs. The abstract must use the headings Background, Methods, Findings, Interpretation, and Funding.
Manuscript
Articles must be up to 3500 words, although randomised controlled trial Articles may be up to 4500 words. The manuscript must include Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Contributors, Declaration of interests, Acknowledgments, a data sharing statement, and a Research in context panel, with randomised trials also requiring a Randomisation and masking section and a Role of the funding source subsection at the end of Methods. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, individual author contribution statements, a data sharing statement, a Research in context panel with Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, and Implications of all the available evidence sections, and AI writing assistance disclosures in the Acknowledgments if used.
References
Articles must include no more than 30 references. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially as superscript numbers after punctuation, list all authors when there are six or fewer and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more, and abbreviate journal names in standard Index Medicus form.
Figures & Tables
Text and tables must be submitted in a Word document, while figures must be supplied as editable files and randomised trial profiles must be provided in an editable format such as Word or PowerPoint. Baseline characteristics must be provided in a table for randomised trials, Kaplan-Meier plots must include numbers at risk at each timepoint under the x axis and be supplied in editable format, and figure and table legends must be kept brief without repeating methods or interpretation from the main text.
Systematic Review
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
A structured summary is required. The summary must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be structured. The summary must include Background, Methods, Findings, Interpretation, and Funding sections.
Manuscript
The main text must be 3500 words. The manuscript must include an Introduction ending with the study aim, Methods sections including Search strategy and selection criteria, Data analysis, and Role of the funding source, a Results section without subheadings, and a Discussion section without subheadings that includes a Research in context panel. The manuscript must include a Contributors statement, a Declaration of interests statement, funding information in the Acknowledgments, a Research in context panel with Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, and Implications of all the available evidence sections, and any use of AI in study methods or writing must be disclosed in the Methods or Acknowledgments as applicable.
References
References may include only studies in the systematic review or meta-analysis plus up to 30 additional references. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially as superscript numbers after punctuation, with two citations separated by a comma and three or more consecutive citations given as a range, and journal references must list all authors if there are six or fewer or the first three followed by et al if there are seven or more.
Figures & Tables
The manuscript must include at least one table of study characteristics and one study-selection flow chart. Text and tables must be submitted in a Word document, tables must be supplied in Word rather than Excel or PDF, and the study-selection figure must be supplied in an editable format such as Word or PowerPoint. Figures must be supplied as editable files such as .eps or .pdf, and table and figure legends must be minimal and must not repeat analytical details from the Methods or main text.
Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
A structured summary is required for this article type. The structured summary must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be structured as a semistructured summary. The Summary must include Background, Methods, Findings, Interpretation, and Funding sections.
Manuscript
The manuscript should aim for a maximum length of about 3500 words. The manuscript must be structured around Summary, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. The manuscript must include a Research in context panel with Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, and Implications of all the available evidence sections, a Contributors statement, a Declaration of interests statement, a Role of the funding source section, a table of study characteristics, a study-selection flow chart, a forest plot usually, and an AI-use disclosure in the Methods or Acknowledgments if applicable.
References
The manuscript should include no more than 75 references, comprising studies included in the systematic review or meta-analysis plus up to 30 other references. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially as superscript numbers after punctuation, with all authors listed when there are six or fewer and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more.
Figures & Tables
A table of study characteristics and a study-selection flow chart are required, and a forest plot should usually be included. Text and tables must be submitted in a Word document, tables supplied in Word rather than Excel or PDF, and the study-selection figure and forest plots supplied in editable format. The study-selection figure must account for all exclusions, and forest plots must include absolute patient numbers as n/N for treatment and control groups.
Research Articles
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
A structured summary is required. The abstract must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be semistructured with five paragraphs. The abstract must use the headings Background, Methods, Findings, Interpretation, and Funding.
Manuscript
Articles must be up to 3500 words, except randomised controlled trial articles may be up to 4500 words. The manuscript must include an Introduction ending with the study aim, a Methods section with a 'Role of the funding source' subsection and 'Randomisation and masking' for randomised trials, a Discussion without subheadings, and a Research in context panel. The manuscript must include a Contributors statement identifying data-access authors, declaration of interests, funding acknowledgment, data sharing statement, and a Research in context panel with the sections Evidence before this study, Added value of this study, and Implications of all the available evidence, and any use of AI in writing must be disclosed in the Acknowledgments section.
References
Articles must include no more than 30 references. References must use Vancouver style. References must be cited sequentially as superscript numbers after punctuation, list all authors when there are six or fewer and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more, and journal titles must use standard Index Medicus abbreviations.
Figures & Tables
Text and tables must be submitted in a Word document, tables must be supplied in Word rather than Excel or PDF, figures must be supplied as editable files such as .eps or .pdf, and the study selection figure must be supplied in an editable format such as Word or PowerPoint. A table containing characteristics of studies and a study-selection flow chart must be included, and the Research in context panel must not contain references.
Clinical Picture
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
Clinical Picture text must not exceed 300 words. Clinical Picture submissions must include text with a brief patient history explaining what the image shows and why it is of interest to the general reader, plus a challenging clinical question with four possible answers. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, and author contributions must be specified at the end of the manuscript.
References
Clinical Pictures must not include references.
Figures & Tables
The manuscript should include tables and panels, while figures should be included with the submission.
Clinical Rounds
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission. Cover letter content requirements are not explicitly stated for this article type beyond including the letter itself.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
The manuscript must include a title page with author details and end text sections for individual contributions and Declaration of interests. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, author contribution details at the end of the manuscript, and a 'Declaration of interests' subheading stating conflicts or that none exist.
References
References must use Vancouver numbering style with superscript numbers in the text. References must be cited sequentially, table and figure references must follow numerical order by first mention in the text, journal names must use Index Medicus abbreviations, and references with seven or more authors should list the first three followed by et al.
Figures & Tables
The manuscript should include tables and panels, figures should be included with the submission, and tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text. Table text must be editable, tables must not have multiple parts, and figures must be provided in an editable file type unless the figure is a photograph or MRI scan.
Grand Rounds
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
Author contribution details and a 'Declaration of interests' section must be included at the end of the manuscript. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, and all percentages shown in text or tables must be accompanied by the underlying numbers.
References
References must use Vancouver numbering style with superscript citation numbers in the text. References must be cited sequentially, list all authors when there are six or fewer, list the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more, abbreviate journal names in Index Medicus style, and cite personal communications and unpublished work only in the text.
Figures & Tables
Figures should be submitted with the submission, while tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text. Table text must be editable and figures must be provided in an editable file type unless the figure is a photograph or MRI scan.
Seminar
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
The manuscript must include tables and panels, declaration of interests and source of funding statements, and author contribution information at the end of the manuscript.
References
References must use Vancouver numbering style with superscript numbers in the text. References must be cited sequentially, list all authors when there are six or fewer, list the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more, and abbreviate journal names in Index Medicus style.
Figures & Tables
Figures should be included with the submission, while tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text. Table text must be editable and figures must be provided in an editable file type unless the figure is a photograph or MRI scan.
Comment
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
Unsolicited comments must be no more than 750 words. The manuscript must include declaration of interests and source of funding statements, and author contributions must be specified at the end of the manuscript.
References
Unsolicited comments must include no more than 10 references. References must use Vancouver numbering style. References must be cited sequentially in the text as superscript numbers after punctuation, with all authors listed when there are six or fewer and the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more.
Figures & Tables
Unsolicited comments may include only one figure, panel, or small table. Tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text.
Correspondence
Cover Letter
A covering letter should be included with the submission.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
Correspondence letters must be no longer than 400 words. The manuscript must include author contributions at the end of the text and declaration of interests and source of funding statements.
References
Correspondence may include no more than five references. References must use Vancouver numbering style with superscript numbers cited sequentially in the text. List all authors when there are six or fewer, list the first three followed by et al when there are seven or more, and abbreviate journal names in Index Medicus style.
Figures & Tables
Only one table or figure is permitted. Tables must be supplied in a separate Word document from the main text. Table text must be editable.
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Fast-track Articles are peer-reviewed within 3–5 days and, if accepted, published within 10 weeks from submission. Most articles are published online ahead of print. Authors are informed at least a week in advance of Online First publication. Proofs should be corrected and returned within 48 h.
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A covering letter should be uploaded at the Enter Comments stage of submission and should explain why the paper should be published in the journal and state whether fast-track publication is requested. Detailed responses to reviewers’ comments in a covering letter are necessary for revised submissions.
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Manuscript submission is free. The journal is hybrid and offers gold open access and subscription green open access options for eligible research Articles. APC information is provided through The Lancet open access page.
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