The Lancet Neurology

Published by Elsevier

ISSN : 1474-4422 eISSN : 1474-4465

Abbreviation : Lancet Neurol.

Aims & Scope

The Lancet Neurology publishes interesting and informative reviews on any topic connected with neurology, and considers any original research contribution that advocates change in, or illuminates, neurological clinical practice.

Topics include, but are not limited to: Cerebrovascular disease; Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease; Epilepsy and seizures; Genetics; Headache and migraine; Neurological infections; Motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Movement disorders; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromuscular disorders; Peripheral nerve disorders; Paediatric neurology; Sleep disorders; Trauma; Neurological tumours.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 45.5
2024 46.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 11.729

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 379

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 62

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 9796

Impact Factor Trend

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

  • Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria

    Citation: 6400

    Authors: Alan J, Brenda L, Frederik, William M, Timothy, Giancarlo, Jorge, Franz, Massimo, Mark S, Kazuo, Steven L, Hans Peter, Ludwig, Fred D, Ruth Ann, Aaron E, David H, Xavier, Ellen M, Per Soelberg, Mar, Anthony L, Maria, Bernard M J, Sandra, Emmanuelle, Brian G, Stephen C, Jeffrey A

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Citation: 5289

    Authors: Valery L, Benjamin A, Catherine Owens, Gregory A, Catherine, Gdiom Gebreheat, Mitra, Mohsen, Foad, Vida, Ahmed, Niveen ME, Abdelrahman I, Oladimeji M, Gina, Pradyumna, Bright Opoku, Sohail, Sepideh, Yusra, Budi, Samaneh, Rufus Olusola, Hanadi, Fares, Sheikh Mohammad, Vahid, Syed Mohamed, Sami, Rajaa M, Rustam, Nelson, Robert, Deanna, Jason A, Adnan, Ippazio Cosimo, Jalal, Johan, Kurnia Dwi, Zahra, Samaneh, Tahira, Mohammad, Alok, Marcel, Atif Amin, Ovidiu Constantin, Maciej, Miguel A, Suzanne Lyn, Till Winfried, Mark Thomaz Ugliara, Sanjay, Gholamreza, Ettore, Mahya, Yannick, Arielle Wilder, Derrick A, Isabela M, Woldesellassie Mequanint, Yihienew Mequanint, Akshaya Srikanth, Pankaj, Krittika, Ali, Boris, Mulugeta M, Archith, Aime, Michael, Hermann, Dana, Zahid A, Florentino Luciano, Ismael R, Carlos, Juan J, Carlos A, Alberico L, Promit Ananyo, Jaykaran, Sonali Gajanan, Enayet Karim, Dinh-Toi, Sheng-Chia, David, Vera Marisa, Simona, Michael H, Omid, Baye, Xiaochen, Koustuv, Albertino Antonio Moura, Emanuele, Lalit, Rakhi, Jiregna, Kairat, Vanessa, Rupak, Deepak, Samath Dhamminda, Mandira Lamichhane, Meghnath, Daniel, Martin, Klara, Rajkumar, Abdel, Bruce B, Sahar, Michael, Nevine, Islam Y, Muhammed, Shaimaa I, Matthias, Aman Yesuf, Daniel Asfaw, Emerito Jose A, Umar, Farshad, Abdullah Hamid, Irina, Florian, David, Mohamed M, Shilpa, Reza, Ahmad, Nermin, Ghozali, Sherief, Alessandro, Simona, Syed Amir, Paramjit Singh, Elena V, Mahaveer, Alessandra C, Yuming, Rajeev, Veer Bala, Vivek Kumar, Pradip, Nima, Samer, Asif, Graeme J, Arief, Abdiwahab, Treska S, Hamid Yimam, Rasmus J, Simon I, Khezar, Mohamed I, Claudiu, Ramesh, Sorin, Mowafa, Junjie, Ayesha, Bing-Fang, Licia, Ivo, Segun Emmanuel, Olayinka Stephen, Irena M, Milena D, Usman, Seyed Sina Naghibi, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Nahlah Elkudssiah, Hiroyasu, Gaetano, Masao, Louis, Vardhmaan, Sung-In, Sathish Kumar, Shubha, Ranil, Panniyammakal, Ravi Prakash, Walter D, Jost B, Nitin, Jacek Jerzy, Mikk, Rizwan, Rohollah, Yogeshwar, Ashwin, Zahra, Tanuj, Himal, André, Patrick DMC, Gbenga A, Pedram, Yousef Saleh, Ejaz Ahmad, Imteyaz A, Maseer, Moien AB, Mahalaqua Nazli, Jagdish, Gyu Ri, Min Seo, Yun Jin, Adnan, Sezer, Mika, Dhaval, Ali, Sindhura Lakshmi, Ai, Kewal, Vijay, Rita V, G Anil, Dian, Carlo, Ben, Hassan Mehmood, Tea, Savita, Pablo M, Matilde, Bingyu, Shanshan, Hualiang, Ro-Ting, Xuefeng, Warren David, Stefan, Giancarlo, Ricardo, Hassan, Francesca Giulia, Preetam Bhalchandra, Azeem, Alaa, Reza, Ahmad Azam, Navid, Mohammad Ali, Lorenzo Giovanni, Santi, Giampiero, Man Mohan, Ritesh G, Atte, Amanual Getnet, Junmei, Bartosz, Tomasz, Irmina Maria, Erkin M, Yousef, Abdollah, Shafiu, Ali H, Yaser, Mariam, Mohammad Ali, Ahmed Al, Rahmatollah, Lidia, Jakub, Walter, Kamarul Imran, Ahamarshan Jayaraman, Mohsen, Sreenivas, Bruno Ramos, Ruxandra Irina, Sandhya, Trang Huyen, Bo, Jean Jacques, Vincent Ebuka, Bogdan, Oluwakemi Ololade, Andrew T, Hans, Mayowa O, Jagadish Rao, Adrian, Tarang, Eun-Cheol, Fatemeh, Mona, Mario F P, Arokiasamy, Truong-Minh, Michael A, Vivek, Suzanne, Maarten J, Akram, Amir, Alireza, Alberto, Fakher, Vafa, Mosiur, Muhammad Aziz, Amir Masoud, Nazanin, Priyanga, Chythra R, Sowmya J, Priya, David Laith, Salman, Marissa B, Vishnu, Andre M N, Aziz, Jefferson Antonio Buendia, Leonardo, Michele, Andrzej, Simona, Masoumeh, Sahar, Amirhossein, KM, Rehab, Mehrnoosh, Abdallah M, Itamar S, Milena M, Nizal, Brijesh, Davide, Silvia, Markus P, Maria Inês, Aletta Elisabeth, Sadaf G, Allen, Feng, Saeed, Masood Ali, Mohammed, Md Shajedur Rahman, Aziz, Sara, Kenji, Soraya, Diego Augusto Santos, Jasvinder A, Jitendra Kumar, Valentin Yurievich, Anna Aleksandrovna, Badr Hasan, Stefan, Saverio, Eyayou Girma, Ingan Ukur, Mohamad-Hani, Yvonne, Amanda G, Marcello, Marcos Roberto, Bach Xuan, Manjari, Gebiyaw Wudie, Anayat, Brigid, Bhaskaran, Alireza, Sahel, Tommi Juhani, Narayanaswamy, Dominique, Bay, Victor, Kia, Giang Thu, Linh Gia, Hatem A, Yasir, Yanzhong, Tissa, Andrea Sylvia, Charles D A, Mark, Jason H, Sarah, Xiaoyue, Lalit, Ali, Seyed Hossein, Kazumasa, Hiroshi, Naohiro, Chuanhua, Ismaeel, Muhammed Shahriar, Sojib Bin, Maryam, Ramin, Alireza, Mikhail Sergeevich, Anasthasia, Yunquan, Zhi-Jiang, Chenwen, Yves Miel H, Christopher J L

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Citation: 4962

    Authors: Michael T, Monica J, Joseph El, Gary E, Frederic, Douglas L, Andreas H, Tony, Javier, Richard M, Karl, Sally A, Bente, Guy C, Alexei, Koji, Jari, Eicke, Annett, Gabor C, Terrence, Dave, Mari L, V Hugh, Clive, Nicolas G, David J, Stéphane, Bertrand, Nikolaus, Olga, Erik, Charles A, John C, Greg M, Douglas T, Markus P

  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration

    Citation: 4523

    Authors: Joanna M, Eric E, Geert J, Charlotte, Franz, Richard, Richard I, John T, Frederik, Oscar R, Sandra E, Carol, Monique, Hugues, Charles, Frank-Erik, Fergus, Marco, Nick C, Steven, Vladimir, Ingo, Vincent, Robert van, Leonardo, Oliver, Blossom C M, Stefan, Anand, David, Christopher, Colin, Mark, Bo, Philip B, Martin

  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Citation: 3632

    Authors: Valery L, Emma, Tahiya, Marlena S, Ettore, Natacha, William J, E Ray, Alexis, Richard G, James L, Christina, Giorgia, Linda, Spencer L, Catherine Owens, Nicholas J, Giancarlo, Benoît, W Cliff, Minh, Richard, Anoop P, Marco, Gregory A, Timothy J, Lars Jacob, Cassandra E I, Alice, Stein Emil, Mitchell Taylor, Claire, Joseph Raymond, Nooshin, Foad, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Victor, Haftom Niguse, Dilaram, Abdu A, Oladimeji M, Abiodun Moshood, Jose C, Mohsen, Sutapa, Alireza, Muktar Beshir, Amani Nidhal, Ibtihel, Miloud Taki Eddine, Rufus Olusola, Nadia, Ayman, Rustam, Fares, Kefyalew Addis, Syed Mohamed, Khalid, Nelson, Nahla Hamed, Carl Abelardo T, Jalal, Olatunde, Johan, Hamid, Rana Jawad, Hagos Tasew, Ashish, Beatriz Paulina, Tambe B, Alaa, Maciej, Joseph Adel Mattar, Miguel A, Suzanne Lyn, Till Winfried, Bernhard T, Neeraj, Masoud, Meysam, Yannick, Bayu Begashaw, Abate Bekele, Derrick A, Isabela M, Adugnaw, Mircea, Krittika, Zulfiqar A, Belete, Ali, Nigus, Muhammad Shahdaat, Christopher Kynrint, Carol, Zahid A, Ismael R, Carlos, Mate, Rosario, Juan J, Félix, Carlos A, Franz, Ferrán, Ester, Yazan, Jung-Chen, Irini, Peggy Pei-Chia, Hanne, Devasahayam J, Cyrus, Paolo Angelo, Vera M, Michael H, Christopher Stephen, Albertino Antonio Moura, Ahmad, Vanessa, Fernando Pio, Diego, Gebre Teklemariam, Kebede, Samath Dhamminda, Daniel, Mesfin Tadese, Shirin, David Teye, Manisha, Eleonora, Eyasu Ejeta, David, Ziad, Matthias, Aman Yesuf, Sharareh, Alireza, Sadaf, Farzaneh, Andre, Farshad, Mohammad Hosein, Batool, Seyed-Mohammad, Eduarda, Garumma Tolu, Irina, Florian, Takeshi, Morsaleh, Fortune Gbetoho, Miguel A, Abadi Kahsu, Teklu Gebrehiwo, Belayneh K, Johanna M, Demeke, Kebede Embaye, Maryam, Mahari Y, Paramjit Singh, Tiffany K, Efrata Tufa, Elena V, Alessandra C, Ayman, Giuseppe, Yuming, Rahul, Rajeev, Juanita A, Tekleberhan B, Arvin, Arya, Randah R, Samer, Graeme J, Yuantao, Josep Maria, Hadi, Hamid Yimam, Rasmus, Simon I, Mohamed I, Behnam, Andualem, Fatemeh, Chi Linh, Michael K, Enayatollah, Seyed Mostafa, Guoqing, Ehimario U, Olayinka Stephen, Seyed Sina Naghibi, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Mihajlo, Mehdi, Ravi Prakash, Yash B, Jost B, Jacek Jerzy, Mikk, Amaha, Rizwan, Yogeshwar, Teshome Abegaz, Tanuj, Manoochehr, André, Narges, Amir, Tesfaye Dessale, Zemenu Yohannes, Anil, Adane Teshome, Peter Njenga, Yousef Saleh, Morteza Abdullatif, Ibrahim A, Ejaz Ahmad, Young-Ho, Habibolah, Aliasghar A, Daniel N, Anthony S, Daniel, Young-Eun, Yun Jin, Adnan, Yoshihiro, Ai, Rita V, Barthelemy, Burcu, Manasi, Ben, Alessandra, Van C, Arman, Cheru Tesema, Shanshan, Yu, Shai, Warren David, Jaifred Christian F, Stefan, Paulo A, Robyn M, Raimundas, Mark T, Narayan Bahadur, Marek, Reza, Azeem, Reza, Deborah Carvalho, Navid, Mohammad Ali, Lorenzo Giovanni, Winfried, Tivani Phosa, Benjamin Ballard, Kedar K V, Colm, John J, Varshil, Toni, Hagazi Gebre, Addisu, Peter T N, Ziad A, Walter, Desalegn Tadese, Getnet, Atte, Tuomo J, Tomislav, Bartosz, Tomasz, Ted R, GK, Erkin M, Babak, Bahram, Naser, Moslem, Maryam, Roghayeh, Mousa, Shafiu, Farnam, Ali H, Lorenzo, Stefania, Yoshan, Mahmood, Ghobad, Maziar, Mehdi, Paula, Ilais, Shane Douglas, Seyyed Meysam, Oumer Sada, Walter, Kamarul Imran, Ghulam, Mehdi, Gabriele, Aliya, Gurudatta, Farid, Vinay, Ionut, Ruxandra Irina, Charles Richard James, Josephine W, Cuong Tat, Long Hoang, Dina Nur Anggraini, Yirga Legesse, Molly R, Bo, Jean Jacques, Malihe, Peter S, Okechukwu Samuel, In-Hwan, Andrew T, Tinuke O, Pedro R, Obinna E, Eyal, Mayowa Ojo, Mahesh, Amir H, Wen-Harn, Songhomitra, Jeyaraj Durai, Sangram Kishor, David M, Max, Julian David, Michael A, Guilherme V, Suzanne, Maarten J, Richie, Hossein, Swayam, V, Mostafa, Amir, Anwar, Alireza, Fakher, Vafa, Mahfuzar, Mohammad Hifz Ur, Muhammad Aziz, Fatemeh, Usha, Anna, David Laith, Salman, Nickolas, Cesar, Andre M N, Serge, Shahab, Mohammad Sadegh, Carlos Miguel, Nicholas L S, Leonardo, Luca, Elias Merdassa, Gholamreza, Ali, Parisa, Ralph L, Perminder S, Basema, Hosein, Roya, Sare, Saeid, Rajesh, Ramesh, Amirhossein, Mohammad Ali, Payman, Saleh, Yahya, Abdallah M, Juan, Itamar S, Milena M, Nizal, Benn, Shahabeddin, Brijesh, Maheswar, Arundhati R, Monika, Ione J C, Ben, David C, Soraya, Sadaf G, Hosein, Azadeh, Masood Ali, Raad A, Mehran, Morteza, Mehdi, Mahdi, Jun, Aziz, Kevin N, Mika, Rahman, Reza, Ivy, Soraya, Tariq J, Inga Dora, Rannveig, Donald H, João Pedro, Dayane Gabriele Alves, Jasvinder A, Dhirendra Narain, Eirini, Mari, Badr Hasan, Soheila, Moslem, Ireneous N, Luciano A, Dan J, Murray B, Mark A, Mu'awiyyah Babale, Bryan L, PN, Rafael, Braden James, Arash, Mohamad-Hani, Omar, Jarnail Singh, Amanda G, Roman, Miguel, Marcos Roberto, Bach Xuan, Khanh Bao, Thomas Clement, Afewerki Gebremeskel, Lorainne, Kingsley Nnanna, Irfan, Muhammad Shariq, Olalekan A, Pascual R, Tommi Juhani, Rajagopalan, Yousef, Narayanaswamy, Francesco S, Vasily, Kia, Giang Thu, Isidora S, Fasil Shiferaw, Yasir, Yuan-Pang, Elisabete, Jordan, Harvey A, Tissa, Andrea Sylvia, Charles Shey, Charles D A, Gelin, Ali, Tomohide, Yuichiro, Mehdi, Hiroshi, Ebrahim M, Paul, Engida, Naohiro, Mahmoud, Chuanhua, Zoubida, Sojib Bin, Mohammad, Hamed, Zohreh, Yunquan, Sanjay, Mohsen, Christopher J L, Theo

  • A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

    Citation: 3283

    Authors: Francesc, Maarten J, Ramani, Susanne, Christian G, Tania, Irene, Russell C, Jeffrey M, Michael, Carol A, Jerome, Romana, Takahiro, Sarosh R, Eric, Frank, Harald, Alexander, Markus, Myrna R, Kevin, Albert, Arun, Angela, Klaus-Peter, Patrick, Josep

Quick Facts

Current Factor
45.5
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
11.729
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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